The Story of Art by E.H. GombrichThe Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent van GoghThe Shock of the New by Robert HughesThe Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneThe Judgment of Paris by Ross King
Best Art and Art History Books
773 books — 312 voters
Color by Victoria FinlayInteraction of Color by Josef AlbersConcerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily KandinskyThe Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. ClairTheory of Colours by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Best Books About Colors
87 books — 83 voters

Color by Victoria FinlayInteraction of Color by Josef AlbersThe Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. ClairMauve by Simon GarfieldBlue by Michel Pastoureau
The History of Colors
68 books — 35 voters

The Discovery of Heaven by Harry MulischDe donkere kamer van Damokles by Willem Frederik HermansNooit meer slapen by Willem Frederik HermansThe Assault by Harry MulischHersenschimmen by J. Bernlef
The best Dutch literature
414 books — 387 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAgainst Nature by Joris-Karl HuysmansLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Decadence & the Fin-de-Siècle
240 books — 201 voters