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BuzzFeed's 37 Books Every Creative Person Should Read

Making new things can be quite a challenge at times. Here are some books that would help to inspire and invigorate you.
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The Creative Habit (Twyla Tharp)
The Creative Habit
1
Twyla Tharp
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
2
Daniel Kahneman
Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)
Bird by Bird
3
Anne Lamott
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
4
Manage Your Day-To-Day (Glei)
Manage Your Day-To-Day
5
Glei
Predictably Irrational
Predictably Irrational
6
The Artists Way (Julia Cameron)
The Artists Way
7
Julia Cameron
Contagious: Why Things Catch On
Contagious: Why Things Catch On
8
The Writing Life (Annie Dillard)
The Writing Life
9
Annie Dillard
Understanding Comics
Understanding Comics
10
Creative Confidence (Tom and David Kelly)
Creative Confidence
11
Tom and David Kelly
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
12
Rainer Maria Rilke
In the Blink of an Eye (Walter Murch)
In the Blink of an Eye
13
Walter Murch
Imagine (Jonah Lehrer)
Imagine
14
Jonah Lehrer
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
15
Patti Smith
Save the Cat (Blake Snyder)
Save the Cat
16
Blake Snyder
What It Is
What It Is
17
Air Guitar (David Hickey)
Air Guitar
18
David Hickey
The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr., Maira Kalman and E.B. White)
The Elements of Style
19
William Strunk Jr., Maira Kalman and E.B. White
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
20
Joan Didion
Art and Fear
Art and Fear
21
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - Betty Edwards
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - Betty Edwards
22
Flow (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)
Flow
23
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
24
Tina Fey
The War of Art (Steven Pressfield)
The War of Art
25
Steven Pressfield
My Stroke of Insight
My Stroke of Insight
26
The Power of Habit (Charles Duhigg)
The Power of Habit
27
Charles Duhigg
Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg)
Writing Down the Bones
28
Natalie Goldberg
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
29
Stephen King
The Immortalist (Andre Gide)
The Immortalist
30
Andre Gide
Catching the Big Fish (By David Lynch)
Catching the Big Fish (By David Lynch)
31
Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (Simon Sinek)
Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
32
Simon Sinek
Creativity, Inc. (Ed Catnull)
Creativity, Inc.
33
Ed Catnull
Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
Steve Jobs
34
Walter Isaacson
It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be (Paul Arden)
It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be
35
Paul Arden
Damn Good Advice (George Lois)
Damn Good Advice
36
George Lois
Orbiting the Giant Hairball (Gordon Mackenzie)
Orbiting the Giant Hairball
37
Gordon Mackenzie
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