15 must-read nonfiction books like Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead

Cover of Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead

Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington

By: Joanna Moorhead

4.50

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated biography of the pioneering British artist and writer, tracing her life and work thr…

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Cover of Down Below by Leonora Carrington, Debra Taub

1. Down Below

By: Leonora Carrington , Debra Taub

3.84

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Black Swan Press 1983 Surrealist Editions Paperback. read more

Similar categories in Leonora Carrington's Down Below book and Joanna Moorhead's Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • 20th century
"I think she was mistaken when she said I was torturing myself. I think that she interpreted me fragmentarily, which is worse than not to interpret at all."

-Leonora Carrington, Down Below

"I am afraid I am going to drift into fiction, truthful but incomplete, for lack of some details which I cannot conjure up today and which might have enlightened us. This morning, the idea of the egg …"

-Leonora Carrington, Down Below

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2. Eros the Bittersweet

By: Anne Carson

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A book about love as seen by the ancients, Erosis Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros… read more

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  • nonfiction

3. Solenoid

By: Mircea Cărtărescu

3.59

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

,,Vreau sa scriu o dare de seama despre anomaliile mele. In viata mea obscura, in afara oricarei is… read more

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4. The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia

By: Akira Himekawa , Patrick Thorpe , Nintendo , Kumar Sivasubramanian , John Thomas , Ian Tucker , Michael Gombos , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Dark Horse Books and Nintendo team up to bring you The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, containing… read more

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5. The Hearing Trumpet

By: Leonora Carrington , Pablo Weisz Carrington

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Leonora Carrington, the distinguished British-born Surrealist painter is also a writer of extraordi… read more

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6. Dark Tales

By: Shirley Jackson

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

The perfect read for Hallowe'en, this new hardback volume of Jackson's finest stories reveals the q… read more

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7. A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

By: Joanna Biggs

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by the New York Times , The Week , Vulture , Elle, and The Mi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"The wound my unsuspecting heart formerly received is not healed,"

-Joanna Biggs, A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

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8. Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock

By: Jenny Odell

3.61

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In her first book, How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell wrote about the importance of disconnecting from … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Most living entities and systems on this planet obviously do not live by the Western human clock (though some, like the crows who memorize a city's daily garbage truck route, do of course adapt to th…"

-Jenny Odell, Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock

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9. A Book of Days

By: Patti Smith

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winnin… read more

Similar categories in Patti Smith's A Book of Days book and Joanna Moorhead's Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • art and photography
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10. Room to Dream

By: David Lynch

4.33

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In this memoir, David Lynch - co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking fi… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Ultimately, each life is a mystery until we each solve the mystery, and that's where we are all headed whether we know it or not."

-David Lynch, Room to Dream

"I don't know how I got to that thing of not caring what other people think, but it's a good thing. The thing is, you fall in love with ideas and it's like falling in love with a girl. It could be a g…"

-David Lynch, Room to Dream

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11. The Story of Art Without Men

By: Katy Hessel

4.31

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before th… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. Alphabetical Diaries

By: Sheila Heti

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling confessional from the award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour. Sheila Heti kept a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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13. The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World

By: Jennifer Higgie

4.08

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

'Endlessly intriguing . . . I was enchanted' - DAILY TELEGRAPH'Illuminating in every sense of the w… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • biography
  • history
  • nonfiction
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14. Information Desk: An Epic

By: Robyn Schiff

3.99

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Robyn Schiff’s fourth collection is an ambitious book-length poem in three parts set at The Metropo… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Schiff's Information Desk: An Epic book and Joanna Moorhead's Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington

  • art
Cover of Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead

15. Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington

By: Joanna Moorhead

4.50

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated biography of the pioneering British artist and writer, tracing her life and work thr… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Moorhead's Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington book and Joanna Moorhead's Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington

  • art
  • art history
  • biography
  • history
  • art and photography
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
Cover of A Question of Belonging: Crónicas by Hebe Uhart

16. A Question of Belonging: Crónicas

By: Hebe Uhart

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

“Sets the coordinates for a wisdom of her own.” – Alejandra Costamagna 25 Crónicas – uniquely Lati… read more

Similar categories in Hebe Uhart's A Question of Belonging: Crónicas book and Joanna Moorhead's Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington

  • nonfiction
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17. Riding the Nightmare

By: Lisa Tuttle

3.94

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

Over a fifty-year career, Lisa Tuttle has earned a reputation as one of the greatest modern authors… read more

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18. 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left

By: Robyn Hitchcock

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

The great eccentric of British psychedelia—beloved by everyone from Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. to the … read more

Similar categories in Robyn Hitchcock's 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left book and Joanna Moorhead's Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Tarot of Leonora Carrington by Leonora Carrington

19. The Tarot of Leonora Carrington

By: Leonora Carrington

4.32

Format: 120 pages, None

An oracular Surrealism: the debut presentation of Leonora Carrington's recently discovered tarot de… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Remedios Varo: Science Fictions by Caitlin Haskell

20. Remedios Varo: Science Fictions

By: Caitlin Haskell

4.67

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of the captivating work and mystical outlook of the modern artist Remedios Varo, foc… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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21. Why Surrealism Matters

By: Mark Polizzotti

4.00

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

An elegant consideration of the Surrealist movement as a global phenomenon and why it continues to … read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction

8 must-read biography books like Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead

Transform Your Habits

Down Below

Leonora Carrington , Debra Taub

3.84

Transform Your Habits

A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

Joanna Biggs

4.01

Transform Your Habits

A Book of Days

Patti Smith

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Room to Dream

David Lynch

4.33

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7 must-read nonfiction books like The Tarot of Leonora Carrington by Leonora Carrington

Transform Your Habits

Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art

Leonora Carrington , Susan L. Aberth

4.37

Transform Your Habits

A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

Joanna Biggs

4.01

Transform Your Habits

A Book of Days

Patti Smith

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Perfect Loaf: The Craft and Science of Sourdough Breads, Sweets, and More: A Baking Book

Maurizio Leo

4.66

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