On Writing by Stephen        KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeWriting Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Best Books on Creative Life
505 books — 618 voters
Wreck This Journal by Keri SmithThis Is Not a Book by Keri SmithListography Journal by Lisa NolaHow to Be an Explorer of the World by Keri SmithMess by Keri Smith
Journals That Spark Extreme Creativity
265 books — 198 voters

History of Beauty by Umberto EcoWays of Seeing by John BergerBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingLeonardo da Vinci by Frank ZöllnerA History of Illuminated Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
The World History of Art
377 books — 137 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingAlien Earths by Lisa KalteneggerThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsCosmos by Carl Sagan
Get Smart!
250 books — 112 voters

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu SuzukiTao Te Ching by Lao TzuZen Flesh, Zen Bones by Paul RepsThe Way of Zen by Alan W. WattsThe Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau
Insightful Zen Buddhism Books
157 books — 134 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,960 books — 1,241 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVZen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu SuzukiWhen Things Fall Apart by Pema ChödrönPeace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
A Buddhist Reading List
893 books — 1,150 voters
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanShakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareAriel by Sylvia PlathThe Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
Best Poetry Books
2,971 books — 2,412 voters

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu SuzukiCutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chögyam TrungpaIn the Buddha's Words by Bhikkhu BodhiWhat the Buddha Taught by Walpola RahulaZen Flesh, Zen Bones by Paul Reps
Buddhist Classics
66 books — 41 voters