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Mile Marker Zero
by William McKeen • 2011
1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.
3.93
567
Mile Marker Zero Summary
Mile Marker Zero 88%
1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.
by William McKeen 2011
3.93
567 ratings
A Boy Named Shel
by Lisa Rogak • 2007
He drew for Playboy, wrote for Johnny Cash, and authored The Giving Tree. Then he vanished.
3.42
572
A Boy Named Shel Summary
A Boy Named Shel 88%
He drew for Playboy, wrote for Johnny Cash, and authored The Giving Tree. Then he vanished.
by Lisa Rogak 2007
3.42
572 ratings
Just Kids
by Patti Smith • 2010
Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met broke in New York and pledged a lifetime of art.
4.21
362k+
Just Kids Summary
Just Kids 88%
Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met broke in New York and pledged a lifetime of art.
by Patti Smith 2010
4.21
362k+ ratings
The Paris Novel
by Ruth Reichl • 2024
A vintage Dior dress and an obsession with a forgotten model pull a timid woman into her own life.
3.78
53k+
The Paris Novel Summary
The Paris Novel 88%
A vintage Dior dress and an obsession with a forgotten model pull a timid woman into her own life.
by Ruth Reichl 2024
3.78
53k+ ratings
Lives of the Artists
by Calvin Tomkins • 2008
When art has no fixed rules, the artist's life becomes the work. Ten portraits.
4.10
586
Lives of the Artists Summary
Lives of the Artists 88%
When art has no fixed rules, the artist's life becomes the work. Ten portraits.
by Calvin Tomkins 2008
4.10
586 ratings
The Moon And Sixpence, By W. Somerset Maugham, Unabridged 6 Audio Cassettes, Narrated By Neil Hunt
by W. Somerset Maugham • 1919
A stockbroker walks out on everything to paint. No mistress. Only hunger, genius, and wreckage.
4.12
28k+
The Moon And Sixpence, By W. Somerset Maugham, Unabridged 6 Audio Cassettes, Narrated By Neil Hunt Summary
The Moon And Sixpence, By W. Somerset Maugham, Unabridged 6 Audio Cassettes, Narrated By Neil Hunt 88%
A stockbroker walks out on everything to paint. No mistress. Only hunger, genius, and wreckage.
by W. Somerset Maugham 1919
4.12
28k+ ratings
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner • 2013
A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.
3.51
25k+
The Flamethrowers Summary
The Flamethrowers 88%
A motorcyclist turns speed into art, then follows her Italian lover into his family's violent world.
by Rachel Kushner 2013
3.51
25k+ ratings
Sex and Rage
by Eve Babitz • 2017
In Hollywood parties and New York salons, a surfer chases the person the glamour keeps hiding.
3.55
20k+
Sex and Rage Summary
Sex and Rage 88%
In Hollywood parties and New York salons, a surfer chases the person the glamour keeps hiding.
by Eve Babitz 2017
3.55
20k+ ratings
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
by Gertrude Stein • 1933
Alice Toklas meets Gertrude Stein in 1907 Paris, entering the salon where modern art was born.
3.54
14k+
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Summary
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 88%
Alice Toklas meets Gertrude Stein in 1907 Paris, entering the salon where modern art was born.
by Gertrude Stein 1933
3.54
14k+ ratings
The Art Spirit
by Robert Henri • 1929
Art isn't a specialist's skill: it's a way of being. Henri's 1929 manifesto still startles.
3.87
27k+
The Art Spirit Summary
The Art Spirit 88%
Art isn't a specialist's skill: it's a way of being. Henri's 1929 manifesto still startles.
by Robert Henri 1929
3.87
27k+ ratings
Frida
by Hayden Herrera • 1983
Two hundred self-portraits, one body in revolt. Frida Kahlo turned a lifetime of surgeries into art.
4.02
76k+
Frida Summary
Frida 87%
Two hundred self-portraits, one body in revolt. Frida Kahlo turned a lifetime of surgeries into art.
by Hayden Herrera 1983
4.02
76k+ ratings
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
by Amanda Palmer • 2014
Fans gave her couches, food, then $1.2 million. The one rule: treat help as collaboration.
3.92
37k+
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help Summary
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help 87%
Fans gave her couches, food, then $1.2 million. The one rule: treat help as collaboration.
by Amanda Palmer 2014
3.92
37k+ ratings
Role Models
by John Waters • 2010
Your role models are safe: John Waters learns from criminals, pornographers, and weird artists.
4.07
8k+
Role Models Summary
Role Models 87%
Your role models are safe: John Waters learns from criminals, pornographers, and weird artists.
by John Waters 2010
4.07
8k+ ratings
Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller • 1934
A broke American drifts through Paris, turning hunger, sex, and failure into an ecstatic howl.
3.65
79k+
Tropic of Cancer Summary
Tropic of Cancer 87%
A broke American drifts through Paris, turning hunger, sex, and failure into an ecstatic howl.
by Henry Miller 1934
3.65
79k+ ratings
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
by Andy Warhol • 1975
The most exciting thing is the thing you never do, and the best art is a dollar bill.
3.85
49k+
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol Summary
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol 87%
The most exciting thing is the thing you never do, and the best art is a dollar bill.
by Andy Warhol 1975
3.85
49k+ ratings
How to Be an Artist
by Jerry Saltz • 2020
A handbook for artists: the work, the network, the rejection, and staying in the game.
3.94
4k+
How to Be an Artist Summary
How to Be an Artist 87%
A handbook for artists: the work, the network, the rejection, and staying in the game.
by Jerry Saltz 2020
3.94
4k+ ratings
William Blake vs the World
by John Higgs • 2021
Blake saw angels and mapped the mind. Modern neuroscience is just catching up.
4.15
1k+
William Blake vs the World Summary
William Blake vs the World 87%
Blake saw angels and mapped the mind. Modern neuroscience is just catching up.
by John Higgs 2021
4.15
1k+ ratings
The Age of Light
by Whitney Scharer • 2019
A Vogue model enters Man Ray's studio, determined to become the photographer, not the photographed.
3.57
13k+
The Age of Light Summary
The Age of Light 87%
A Vogue model enters Man Ray's studio, determined to become the photographer, not the photographed.
by Whitney Scharer 2019
3.57
13k+ ratings
Letters on Cézanne
by Rainer Maria Rilke • 1907
One poet's letters on Cézanne: how seeing becomes the artist's hardest and most honest work.
4.16
957
Letters on Cézanne Summary
Letters on Cézanne 87%
One poet's letters on Cézanne: how seeing becomes the artist's hardest and most honest work.
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1907
4.16
957 ratings
The Creative Act
by Rick Rubin • 2023
You were born creative. The real work is learning to listen to what wants to come through.
3.95
89k+
The Creative Act Summary
The Creative Act 87%
You were born creative. The real work is learning to listen to what wants to come through.
by Rick Rubin 2023
3.95
89k+ ratings
Becoming Leonardo
by Mike Lankford • 2017
Illegitimate, arrested, haunted by brutality: the wounds behind Leonardo da Vinci's genius.
4.00
320
Becoming Leonardo Summary
Becoming Leonardo 87%
Illegitimate, arrested, haunted by brutality: the wounds behind Leonardo da Vinci's genius.
by Mike Lankford 2017
4.00
320 ratings
I'll Never Write My Memoirs
by Grace Jones • 2015
How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.
3.76
2k+
I'll Never Write My Memoirs Summary
I'll Never Write My Memoirs 87%
How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.
by Grace Jones 2015
3.76
2k+ ratings
The Greater Journey
by David McCullough • 2011
Paris, 1830 to 1900. Americans arrived as students. They left as architects of a new culture.
3.94
21k+
The Greater Journey Summary
The Greater Journey 87%
Paris, 1830 to 1900. Americans arrived as students. They left as architects of a new culture.
by David McCullough 2011
3.94
21k+ ratings
Ignore Everybody
by Hugh MacLeod • 2009
Forty rules for creative freedom: ignore the crowd, keep the day job, and build your own audience.
4.08
29k+
Ignore Everybody Summary
Ignore Everybody 87%
Forty rules for creative freedom: ignore the crowd, keep the day job, and build your own audience.
by Hugh MacLeod 2009
4.08
29k+ ratings
Find Your Artistic Voice
by Lisa Congdon • 2019
Voice is built, not born. Daily practice, borrowed influences, and the discomfort most artists flee.
4.05
3k+
Find Your Artistic Voice Summary
Find Your Artistic Voice 87%
Voice is built, not born. Daily practice, borrowed influences, and the discomfort most artists flee.
by Lisa Congdon 2019
4.05
3k+ ratings
God Hates Us All
by Hank Moody • 2009
A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.
3.46
5k+
God Hates Us All Summary
God Hates Us All 87%
A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.
by Hank Moody 2009
3.46
5k+ ratings
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway • 1964
Cafés as offices, hunger as discipline, and the 1920s Paris friends who become legends.
4.02
169k+
A Moveable Feast Summary
A Moveable Feast 87%
Cafés as offices, hunger as discipline, and the 1920s Paris friends who become legends.
by Ernest Hemingway 1964
4.02
169k+ ratings
The Longing for Less
by Kyle Chayka • 2020
The clean lines of minimalism hide a messy history: Zen monks, art rebels, and $8,200 stereos.
3.45
1k+
The Longing for Less Summary
The Longing for Less 87%
The clean lines of minimalism hide a messy history: Zen monks, art rebels, and $8,200 stereos.
by Kyle Chayka 2020
3.45
1k+ ratings
Beethoven
by Edmund Morris • 2005
A deaf composer whose life was chaos but whose music was perfect order: the Beethoven paradox.
4.02
2k+
Beethoven Summary
Beethoven 87%
A deaf composer whose life was chaos but whose music was perfect order: the Beethoven paradox.
by Edmund Morris 2005
4.02
2k+ ratings
A Freewheelin' Time
by Suze Rotolo • 2008
The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.
3.85
4k+
A Freewheelin' Time Summary
A Freewheelin' Time 87%
The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.
by Suze Rotolo 2008
3.85
4k+ ratings
Room to Dream
by David Lynch • 2018
How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.
4.39
9k+
Room to Dream Summary
Room to Dream 87%
How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.
by David Lynch 2018
4.39
9k+ ratings
A Theatre for Dreamers
by Polly Samson • 2021
A motherless girl joins a Greek island's artists and learns who pays for their golden summer.
3.40
6k+
A Theatre for Dreamers Summary
A Theatre for Dreamers 87%
A motherless girl joins a Greek island's artists and learns who pays for their golden summer.
by Polly Samson 2021
3.40
6k+ ratings
Lyrical and Critical Essays
by Albert Camus • 1970
Poverty and sunlight taught Camus a philosophy without resentment. These essays are its laboratory.
4.31
1k+
Lyrical and Critical Essays Summary
Lyrical and Critical Essays 87%
Poverty and sunlight taught Camus a philosophy without resentment. These essays are its laboratory.
by Albert Camus 1970
4.31
1k+ ratings
Leonardo and the Last Supper
by Ross King • 2012
Leonardo almost refused the mural. He painted it with a doomed technique. It became immortal anyway.
3.93
3k+
Leonardo and the Last Supper Summary
Leonardo and the Last Supper 87%
Leonardo almost refused the mural. He painted it with a doomed technique. It became immortal anyway.
by Ross King 2012
3.93
3k+ ratings
Art and Fear
by David Bayles • 1994
Art is a skill, not a gift. The only secret to sustaining it: knowing how not to quit.
3.77
105k+
Art and Fear Summary
Art and Fear 87%
Art is a skill, not a gift. The only secret to sustaining it: knowing how not to quit.
by David Bayles 1994
3.77
105k+ ratings
There's No Going Back
by David M. Stewart • 2025
Punk rock, Haitian activism, and radical trust: how a Corman pupil built an unlikely Oscar career.
3.76
21
There's No Going Back Summary
There's No Going Back 87%
Punk rock, Haitian activism, and radical trust: how a Corman pupil built an unlikely Oscar career.
by David M. Stewart 2025
3.76
21 ratings
Bowie's Bookshelf
by John O'Connell • 2019
Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke, and 98 other books: the shelf that built David Bowie.
3.73
2k+
Bowie's Bookshelf Summary
Bowie's Bookshelf 87%
Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke, and 98 other books: the shelf that built David Bowie.
by John O'Connell 2019
3.73
2k+ ratings
Another Country
by James Baldwin • 1962
When a Black drummer leaps from a bridge, his bohemian circle fractures along the color line.
4.30
35k+
Another Country Summary
Another Country 86%
When a Black drummer leaps from a bridge, his bohemian circle fractures along the color line.
by James Baldwin 1962
4.30
35k+ ratings
The School of Night
by Karl Ove Knausgård • 2023
A Norwegian photographer in London trades everything for art, then must face what he sacrificed.
4.39
4k+
The School of Night Summary
The School of Night 86%
A Norwegian photographer in London trades everything for art, then must face what he sacrificed.
by Karl Ove Knausgård 2023
4.39
4k+ ratings
The Strength to Dream
by Colin Wilson • 1962
The crisis of modern literature is a failure of imagination, and the cost is human freedom.
3.93
123
The Strength to Dream Summary
The Strength to Dream 86%
The crisis of modern literature is a failure of imagination, and the cost is human freedom.
by Colin Wilson 1962
3.93
123 ratings
The Painted Girls
by Cathy Marie Buchanan • 2012
Three sisters struggle for survival in the Paris Opéra's wings, while one poses for Degas.
3.61
36k+
The Painted Girls Summary
The Painted Girls 86%
Three sisters struggle for survival in the Paris Opéra's wings, while one poses for Degas.
by Cathy Marie Buchanan 2012
3.61
36k+ ratings
This Is Gonna Hurt
by Nikki Sixx • 2011
Beauty in the broken: a rock icon's lens on music, photography, and creative imperfection.
4.17
5k+
This Is Gonna Hurt Summary
This Is Gonna Hurt 86%
Beauty in the broken: a rock icon's lens on music, photography, and creative imperfection.
by Nikki Sixx 2011
4.17
5k+ ratings
Água Viva
by Clarice Lispector • 2012
A painter writes, chasing the instant that is always now and already gone.
4.25
26k+
Água Viva Summary
Água Viva 86%
A painter writes, chasing the instant that is always now and already gone.
by Clarice Lispector 2012
4.25
26k+ ratings
Van Gogh's Imaginary Museum
by Chris Stolwijk • 2003
Over 1,100 artworks and 300 books lived in Van Gogh's head. This book opens the collection.
4.42
12
Van Gogh's Imaginary Museum Summary
Van Gogh's Imaginary Museum 86%
Over 1,100 artworks and 300 books lived in Van Gogh's head. This book opens the collection.
by Chris Stolwijk 2003
4.42
12 ratings
Free Play
by Stephen Nachmanovitch • 1990
Creativity is improvisation: learn your craft until it disappears, then get out of your own way.
4.20
3k+
Free Play Summary
Free Play 86%
Creativity is improvisation: learn your craft until it disappears, then get out of your own way.
by Stephen Nachmanovitch 1990
4.20
3k+ ratings
Run With the Hunted
by Charles Bukowski • 1994
Childhood beatings, dead-end jobs, cheap wine: an outsider's life in his own poems and stories.
4.26
5k+
Run With the Hunted Summary
Run With the Hunted 86%
Childhood beatings, dead-end jobs, cheap wine: an outsider's life in his own poems and stories.
by Charles Bukowski 1994
4.26
5k+ ratings
The Creative Habit
by Twyla Tharp • 2003
A choreographer's method for making creativity a daily practice instead of a waiting game.
4.09
42k+
The Creative Habit Summary
The Creative Habit 86%
A choreographer's method for making creativity a daily practice instead of a waiting game.
by Twyla Tharp 2003
4.09
42k+ ratings
Re-Sisters
by Cosey Fanni Tutti • 2022
An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.
3.69
143
Re-Sisters Summary
Re-Sisters 86%
An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.
by Cosey Fanni Tutti 2022
3.69
143 ratings
Papa Hemingway
by A.E. Hotchner • 1955
From Paris to Cuba, a trusted friend documents the fourteen-year unmaking of a literary giant.
4.20
3k+
Papa Hemingway Summary
Papa Hemingway 86%
From Paris to Cuba, a trusted friend documents the fourteen-year unmaking of a literary giant.
by A.E. Hotchner 1955
4.20
3k+ ratings
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
by Wassily Kandinsky • 1912
Abstract painting is not emptiness but a spiritual language more direct than any image.
3.83
93k+
Concerning the Spiritual in Art Summary
Concerning the Spiritual in Art 86%
Abstract painting is not emptiness but a spiritual language more direct than any image.
by Wassily Kandinsky 1912
3.83
93k+ ratings
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