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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 1195 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.97 — 353,686 ratings — published 2012
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1133 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.96 — 125,660 ratings — published 2002
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 987 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.96 — 241,649 ratings — published 2015
The War of Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 924 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.96 — 124,513 ratings — published 2002
The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 806 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.94 — 100,815 ratings — published 2023
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 602 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.20 — 105,966 ratings — published 2014
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 594 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.11 — 43,720 ratings — published 2003
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Paperback)
by (shelved 575 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.07 — 64,343 ratings — published 2014
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 338 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.24 — 115,423 ratings — published 1994
Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All (Hardcover)
by (shelved 327 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.97 — 14,406 ratings — published 2013
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)
by (shelved 307 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.26 — 18,312 ratings — published 2019
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 295 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,012 ratings — published 1996
Imagine: How Creativity Works (Hardcover)
by (shelved 264 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.00 — 57,180 ratings — published 2012
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 250 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.34 — 328,506 ratings — published 2000
Art and Fear (Paperback)
by (shelved 239 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.77 — 110,114 ratings — published 1994
Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 216 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.10 — 30,342 ratings — published 2009
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Paperback)
by (shelved 204 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.10 — 91,691 ratings — published 1990
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Paperback)
by (shelved 203 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.21 — 32,487 ratings — published 1986
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work (Hardcover)
by (shelved 202 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.65 — 21,767 ratings — published 2013
Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques (Paperback)
by (shelved 200 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.98 — 4,212 ratings — published 1991
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 191 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.99 — 15,723 ratings — published 2010
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by (shelved 185 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.88 — 389,944 ratings — published 1979
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 184 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.78 — 22,132 ratings — published 2006
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 158 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.95 — 59,111 ratings — published 2016
A Technique for Producing Ideas (Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.05 — 5,291 ratings — published 1940
Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 148 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,699 ratings — published 2001
The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 147 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.05 — 5,992 ratings — published 2011
Lateral Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.75 — 4,882 ratings — published
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future (Paperback)
by (shelved 134 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.92 — 29,935 ratings — published 2004
Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 125 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.88 — 10,084 ratings — published 2020
The Practice: Shipping Creative Work (Hardcover)
by (shelved 124 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,416 ratings — published 2020
A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,702 ratings — published 1973
What It Is (Hardcover)
by (shelved 119 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.21 — 27,074 ratings — published 2008
The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,277 ratings — published 1979
Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,696 ratings — published 2015
The Dot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 106 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.27 — 36,013 ratings — published 2003
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 106 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.98 — 101,881 ratings — published 2006
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 106 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.86 — 19,189 ratings — published 2009
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.26 — 134,682 ratings — published 1929
Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 101 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.27 — 21,105 ratings — published 2018
How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.23 — 16,851 ratings — published 2008
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.08 — 22,021 ratings — published 1973
Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.01 — 29,904 ratings — published 2013
The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to Be The Artist You Truly Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.04 — 30,589 ratings — published 2005
Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.12 — 31,210 ratings — published 2010
Do the Work (Audio CD)
by (shelved 92 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.97 — 21,086 ratings — published 2011
Creative Quest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,322 ratings — published 2018
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as creativity)
avg rating 3.83 — 6,785 ratings — published 1998
Turning Pro (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 91 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.15 — 14,721 ratings — published 2012
The Design of Everyday Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as creativity)
avg rating 4.15 — 49,354 ratings — published 1988
“When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time. ”
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