ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History
By: Jennifer Dasal
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you've never seen it be…
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1. My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic
By: Charles Saatchi
3.32
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
One of the most influential art collectors of our time and founder of the global advertising agency… read more
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- art
- art history
- nonfiction
2. The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art
By: Sebastian Smee
3.93
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee tells the fascinating story of four pairs of artis… read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. It's All a Game: The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan
By: Tristan Donovan
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Board games have been with us longer than even the written word. But what is it about this pastime … read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
4. Art Before Breakfast: A Zillion Ways to be More Creative No Matter How Busy You Are
By: Danny Gregory
3.85
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Packed with the signature can-do attitude that makes beloved artist Danny Gregory a creativity guru… read more
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5. Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History
By: Bridget Quinn
4.04
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Historically, major women artists have been excluded from the mainstream art canon. Aligned with th… read more
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6. Secret Lives of Great Artists: What Your Teachers Never Told You About Master Painters and Sculptors
By: Elizabeth Lunday
3.81
Format: None pages,
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7. In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art
By: Sue Roe
3.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A lively and deeply researched group biography of the figures who transformed the world of art in b… read more
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8. But is It Art?: An Introduction to Art Theory
By: Cynthia A. Freeland
4.41
Format: None pages, Paperback
From Andy Warhol's Brillo boxes to provocative dung-splattered madonnas, in today's art world many … read more
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9. The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
By: None
4.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Why would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a… read more
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10. Art History: A Very Short Introduction
By: Dana Arnold
2.97
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
This clear and concise new introduction examines all the major debates and issues in the field of a… read more
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11. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
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- art
- history
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
12. Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
By: Suzanne Scanlon
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A raw and masterful memoir about becoming a woman and going mad—and doing both at once. When Su… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Only in retrospect might I say I loved it there. I didn't love it. It became familiar. I got used to it. I became dependent upon it. This is not love."-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
"I became a writer because I believe in that part of me who is not limited by age or gender or time or disability - yet still I am afraid to say it. Yes, I was ill."-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
"I myself have internalized the self-loathing that at times can make me feel ashamed to be writing this book. But I also believe that, as my heroes have shown me, this is where a writer must go."-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
"What if, instead of being diagnosed—being called mentally ill—what if I had been able to receive care for its own sake. To be in distress, to ask for care, to receive it. What if there were space in …"-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
13. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
14. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
By: Michael Finkel
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worl… read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Museums are secular churches . . . and to steal there is blasphemous."-Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
15. Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
By: Bianca Bosker
4.16
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The author of Cork Dork takes readers on another fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey—thi… read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Art Lovers pitied me: They said I lacked "Visual literacy", which they swore was downright dangerous in a world so saturated with pictures."-Bianca Bosker, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
16. Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
By: Anna Bogutskaya
3.72
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
How bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over pop culture and liberated women f… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- essays
- audiobook
"All high school experiences are inherently dramatic because they are being experienced for the first time."-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"Unlikeable" is code. It's code for "fair game." If a woman in unlikable, she is stepping out of bounds. Which makes it fair game to decimate her socially, emotionally, or physically. Likeability give…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"In 2015, a study about jury deliberation bias conducted at Arizona State University found that "when men expressed their opinion with anger, participants rated them as more credible, which made them …"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"When men get angry onscreen, they're angry at the system. When women are angry onscreen, they're angry at someone. Women are not allowed to be angry at the system, because that would be a tacit accep…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
17. The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
By: Dean Jobb
3.62
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
“When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals,” Sherlock Holmes observed during one of … read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
18. How to Be an Artist
By: Jerry Saltz
3.94
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
"Inspiration leaps off the pages from Jerry Saltz's new book on creativity. . . . This book is for … read more
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- art
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"Bad art teaches you as much as good art, maybe more."-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist
"Surely, your crappy art can fake out twelve stupid people. I've seen it done with one or two."-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist
"For now, make something, learn something, and move on. Or you’ll be buried waist-deep in the big muddy of perfectionism."-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist
"But doubt is a sign of faith: it tests and humbles you, allows newness into your life. Best of all, doubt banishes the stifling effect of certainty. Certainty kills curiosity and change."-Jerry Saltz, How to Be an Artist
19. Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians
By: Tara Isabella Burton
3.93
Format: None pages, Audiobook
An exploration into the curation of the self in Western civilization from Da Vinci to Kim Kardashi… read more
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- cultural
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Our economic, cultural, and personal lives are suffused with the notion that we can and should transform ourselves into modern-day deities, simultaneously living works of art to be admired by others …"-Tara Isabella Burton, Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians
20. Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art
By: Michael Shnayerson
3.91
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A behind-the-scenes look at the egomaniacs, geniuses, and canny promoters who shaped the world of m… read more
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- cultural
- art history
- art
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
By: Cheryl Diamond
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The incredible true story of a family built on lies. What if the people you love most are not who … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"I've noticed people often complain about the monotony of life. How sometimes very day is just like the last and they all blend together. Do they know how lucky they are? But maybe that's the problem …"-Cheryl Diamond, Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
22. On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the US (Speaker's Corner)
By: James LaRue
4.32
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
In America today, more books are being banned than ever before. This censorship is part of a larger… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
23. Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art
By: Mary Gabriel
4.52
Format: 944 pages, Hardcover
Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and… read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History
By: Jennifer Dasal
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you've never seen it be… read more
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- cultural
- art history
- art
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- essays
- crafts
- book club
- audiobook
25. A Little History of Art (Little Histories)
By: Charlotte Mullins
3.67
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling journey through 100,000 years of art, from the first artworks ever made to art’s centra… read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- nonfiction
26. Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts
By: John Barelli
3.36
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
When he retired as the chief security officer of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, John B… read more
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- art
- art history
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. Field Study: Meditations on a Year at the Herbarium
By: Helen Humphreys
3.90
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning and beloved author Helen Humphreys discovers her local herbarium and realizes we need… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
28. Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night
By: Jerry Saltz
4.05
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of How to Be an Artist: a deliciously readabl… read more
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- cultural
- art history
- art
- history
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
29. Wingwalkers
By: Taylor Brown
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A former WWI ace pilot and his wingwalker wife barnstorm across Depression-era America, performing … read more
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- historical
"She knew they would kiss their daughters' foreheads anew tonight, or squeeze their hands especially tight - feeling the thin, strong wires that strung their flesh - or they would simply stand at the …"-Taylor Brown, Wingwalkers
30. Talk Art
By: Russell Tovey
3.92
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
"All we wanted to do was make art accessible, non-academic, non-elitist, gossipy and fun" (Russell … read more
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- art
- art history
- nonfiction
31. Peggy
By: Rebecca Godfrey
3.67
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling novel about Peggy Guggenheim—a story of art, family, love, and becoming oneself—by the a… read more
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- art
- historical
- audiobook
