13 Top nonfiction books like A Chronology of Art: A Timeline of Western Culture from Prehistory to the Present (A Chronology of... Series, 1) by Iain Zaczek

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A Chronology of Art: A Timeline of Western Culture from Prehistory to the Present (A Chronology of... Series, 1)

By: Iain Zaczek

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Most surveys of the history of art are divided into historic periods, artistic schools, and movemen…

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1. The Complete Maus

By: Art Spiegelman

4.57

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first publication, here is the definitive ed… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Ingen är normal."

-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus

"Es bueno ser simpatico si quieres vivir."

-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus

"He’s more attached to things than people."

-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus

"If you want to live, it's good to be friendly."

-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus

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2. Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art

By: Phoebe Hoban

3.96

Format: 393 pages, Paperback

Painter Jean-Michel Basquiat was the Jimi Hendrix of the art world: in less than a decade he went f… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. The Artist's Way

By: Julia Cameron

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Artist's Wayis the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, mill… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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4. The Man Who Spoke Snakish

By: Andrus Kivirähk , Christopher Moseley

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

A bestseller in the author's native country of Estonia, where the book is so well known that a popu… read more

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5. The New York Trilogy

By: Paul Auster , Art Spiegelman

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of … read more

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6. Debt: The First 5,000 Years

By: David Graeber

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was inve… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. The Divine Comedy

By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more

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8. La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1)

By: Philip Pullman

3.97

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his daemon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near … read more

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9. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

Japan's most highly regarded novelist now vaults into the first ranks of international fiction writ… read more

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10. A Boy Called Christmas

By: Matt Haig

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You are about to read the true story of Father Christmas. It is a story that proves that nothing is… read more

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11. The Garnet Bracelet and other stories

By: Aleksandr Kuprin

4.07

Format: 388 pages, Paperback

Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870-1938) was Russian novelist and short-story writer. He was an army … read more

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12. 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
"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

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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
  • nonfiction
  • history
"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

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14. Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

By: Emily Oster

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of EXPECTING BETTER, an economist's guide to the early years of parenting With E… read more

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  • nonfiction
"This idea—that what parents need or want will play a role in choices—can be hard to admit. In a sense, I think this is at the core of a lot of the “Mommy War"

-Emily Oster, Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

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15. Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

By: Stephen Fry

4.35

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty,… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"His reward is the eternal fame that is both priceless and worthless"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Bij onze geboorte ligt ons lot al vast, en niemand heeft ooit het zijne kunnen ontlopen (Hektor)"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus."

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Zelfs de onsterfelijke goden waren niet bij machte zich te verhouden tot, mee te leven met, nakomelingen te verwekken bij en het lot te bepalen van zo'n aanzwellende schare eerzuchtige, vernuftige en…"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

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16. Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK

By: Simon Kuper

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel H… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983 by Richard Evans

17. Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983

By: Richard Evans

3.93

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Listening to the Music the Machines Make is the enthralling, explosive story of electronic pop betw… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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18. A Chronology of Art: A Timeline of Western Culture from Prehistory to the Present (A Chronology of... Series, 1)

By: Iain Zaczek

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Most surveys of the history of art are divided into historic periods, artistic schools, and movemen… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • nonfiction
  • history
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19. ArtQuake: The Most Disruptive Works in Modern Art (Culture Quake)

By: Susie Hodge

3.80

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover art that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is wh… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. Modern Art: 1870 - 2000: Impressionism to Today

By: Dietmar Elger

4.26

Format: 693 pages, Hardcover

Modern matters: A blow-by-blow account of groundbreaking modernism. Most art historians agree that … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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21. Paris: A Curious Traveler's Guide

By: Eleanor Aldridge

4.22

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

A fresh approach to visiting the “city of love” In the last few years, Paris has undergone a huge … read more

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10 Top history books like A Chronology of Art: A Timeline of Western Culture from Prehistory to the Present (A Chronology of... Series, 1) by Iain Zaczek

Transform Your Habits

The Complete Maus

Art Spiegelman

4.57

Transform Your Habits

Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art

Phoebe Hoban

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Debt: The First 5,000 Years

David Graeber

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Claire Dederer

3.79

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14 must-read nonfiction books like Modern Art: 1870 - 2000: Impressionism to Today by Dietmar Elger

Transform Your Habits

What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell

Will Gompertz

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Gustav Klimt: 1862-1918

Gilles Néret

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Bauhaus 1919-1933

Magdalena Droste

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit

Delphine de Vigan

4.40

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