22 must-read nonfiction books like Color Scheme: An Irreverent History of Art and Pop Culture in Color Palettes by Edith Young

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Color Scheme: An Irreverent History of Art and Pop Culture in Color Palettes

By: Edith Young

3.80

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Change the way you see color forever in this dazzling collection of color palettes spanning art his…

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1. My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Who can forget our beloved gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue whe… read more

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"Come on," he said. "Bring the poker." I brought the tongs as well. I felt like it."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"I had one of those ideas I do sometimes get, though admittedly a chump of the premier class."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"It was one of those jolly, peaceful mornings that make a chappie wish he'd got a soul or something"

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

2. A Bollywood Affair

By: Sonali Dev

3.67

Format: None pages,

Mili Rathod hasn't seen her husband in twenty years--not since she was promised to him at the age o… read more

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3. You'll Grow Out of It

By: Jessi Klein

4.00

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMESAND USA TODAYBESTSELLER! YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT hilariously, and candidly, exp… read more

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4. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Make Your Loved Ones’ Lives Easier and Your Own Life More Pleasant

By: Margareta Magnusson

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

Funny, wise, and deeply practical, Swedish artist Margareta Magnusson offers advice on how to declu… read more

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5. Midnight’s Children

By: Salman Rushdie

3.98

Format: 647 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke… read more

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"Life again refused to remain lifesized"

-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

"What grows best in the heat: fantasy; unreason; lust."

-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

"For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder,a snake"

-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

"Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence."

-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

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6. Parisian Chic: A Style Guide

By: Inès de la Fressange , Sophie Gachet

None

Format: 239 pages, Softcover

Celebrity model Inès de la Fressange shares the well-kept secrets of how Parisian women maintain ef… read more

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7. The Brilliant History of Color in Art

By: Victoria Finlay

3.67

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The history of art is inseparable from the history of color. And what a fascinating story they tell… read more

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8. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf

By: Grant Snider

3.74

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A look at the culture and fanaticism of book lovers, from the beloved New York Times illustrator … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
"A book closed is just a block of paper."

-Grant Snider, I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf

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9. The Secret Lives of Color

By: Kassia St. Clair

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hu… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • design
"Van Gogh's sunflowers, it seems, are wilting, just like their real-life counterparts did."

-Kassia St. Clair, The Secret Lives of Color

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10. Joie: A Parisian's Guide to Celebrating the Good Life

By:

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Embrace the joy of Paris wherever you live with American expat Ajiri Aki, founder of the French lif… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion

By: Gabrielle Stanley Blair

4.51

Format: 137 pages, Paperback

In Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in p… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

By: Marisa Meltzer

3.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The bombshell exposé that reveals—for the first time—exactly what happened at Glossier, one of Amer… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Glossier is about much more than aesthetic appearance; it has become a way for people to feel connected to bigger beliefs, to feel like their daily choices are having an impact, and that they are put…"

-Marisa Meltzer, Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

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13. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

By: Antonia Hylton

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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14. Things to Look Forward To: 52 Large and Small Joys for Today and Every Day

By: Sophie Blackall

4.19

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Everyone needs things to look forward big things and small things, on good days and on bad days, w… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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15. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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16. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

By: Rob Harvilla

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."

-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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17. A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind

By: Shoukei Matsumoto

3.59

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Cleanliness is next to enlightenment. In this Japanese bestseller a Buddhist monk explains the trad… read more

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"What people see in a garden is a reflection of what is in their heart."

-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind

"When ironing, visualize yourself ironing out the wrinkles in your heart."

-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind

"CUTTING YOUR HAIR AT REGULAR INTERVALS IS A WAY TO HONE YOUR SELF-DISCIPLINE."

-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind

"Cleanliness is close to enlightenment, and so is a clean mouth with a fresh breath."

-Shoukei Matsumoto, A Monk’s Guide to A Clean House & Mind

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18. Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

By: Dolly Parton

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful celebration of Dolly Parton’s iconic sense of style through entertaining personal stori… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
"I wake up with new dreams everyday."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"I got dreams so big they'd scare some people."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"I just wanted to be different. I wanted to be seen."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose, with purpose."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

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19. 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir

By: Weiwei Ai

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In Ai Weiwei's widely anticipated memoir, "one of the most important artists working in the world … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
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20. The House of Lincoln

By: Nancy Horan

3.73

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Nancy Horan, author of the million-copy New York Times bestseller Loving Frank, returns with The Ho… read more

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"Some day she [Ana Ferreira Evans] would write what she had learned about love in her widowhood. Love needs a place to go. Your heart doesn't stop making it when you lose the single adored person of y…"

-Nancy Horan, The House of Lincoln

"She [Ana Ferreira Evans] remembered a remark [Mrs.] Alsop had once made. Some people are willfully ignorant. They aren't stupid--they simply choose to be oblivious. That way they aren't responsible f…"

-Nancy Horan, The House of Lincoln

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21. Let's Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World

By: Danielle Friedman

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A captivating blend of reportage and personal narrative that explores the untold history of women's… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
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22. How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't

By: Lane Moore

3.70

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The former Sex & Relationships Editor for Cosmopolitan and host of the wildly popular comedy show T… read more

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"People who reject you for being broken after they're the ones who broke you, or who act like they're not the problem and the problem is the issues you had before them, are evil. They just are."

-Lane Moore, How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't

"We section off physical comfort and intimacy so heavily. We reserve it for partners only, and platonic friends can only chitchat and that's it. How can you tell people to be okay with being single wh…"

-Lane Moore, How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't

"At times I've struggled to feel seen, to have my history feel seen, to have where I come from feel seen because I 'turned out great.' But that doesn't meant that I Am Fine. I am working every day, ti…"

-Lane Moore, How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't

"How many times I've sat with people, even as an adult, wishing I could hold their hand, or lie in their lap, or cry in front of them, or tell them how I really felt about them, or ask them how they r…"

-Lane Moore, How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't

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23. 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
"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

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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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  • art
  • art history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850

By: Alan Taylor

4.22

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

In this beautifully written history of America’s formative period, a preeminent historian upends th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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26. Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

By: Olivia A. Cole

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse a… read more

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"I remember the thing that I saw on Tumblr, how people with trauma will sometimes reexpose themselves to it, salt in the wound to stay alive. I am tired of salting the wound - I am ready to salt the e…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My hair is the color of a dart frog: generations of death adapting into this exact shade of poison ...bright red and orange, the colors of pain, I WILL MAKE YOU SICK I WILL KILL YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR …"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"The last barbecue I went to was at Sarah's house and I almost text her to tell her how when you have so many memories with one person, it's like a crime scene after they're gone. Fingerprints everywh…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

"My mother thinks I’ve dyed my hair red for attention— How can I explain to her the ways that she is right and wrong. As of last night, my hair is the color of a brick the moment before it goes throug…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)

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27. The Little Book of Balenciaga: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House (Little Books of Fashion, 12)

By: Emanuelle Dirix

4.08

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

"Haute couture is like an orchestra, whose conductor is Balenciaga. We other couturiers are the mus… read more

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28. Color Scheme: An Irreverent History of Art and Pop Culture in Color Palettes

By: Edith Young

3.80

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Change the way you see color forever in this dazzling collection of color palettes spanning art his… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • history
  • pop culture
  • theory
  • nonfiction
  • design
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29. How to Be French: Eat Drink Dress Travel Love

By: Janine Marsh

4.24

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Delve into the art of loving and living in every moment. What does it mean to be French? Is it pa… read more

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Cover of The Little Flower Recipe Book: 148 Tiny Arrangements for Every Season and Occasion by Jill Rizzo

30. The Little Flower Recipe Book: 148 Tiny Arrangements for Every Season and Occasion

By: Jill Rizzo

4.56

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The best things come in small packages! Beloved florist Jill Rizzo (coauthor of the bestselling Flo… read more

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31. Jean-Michel Othoniel: The Secret Language of Flowers: Notes on the Hidden Meanings of Flowers in Art

By: Jean-Michel Othoniel

3.87

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

During his 2012 residency at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, French artist Jean-Michel Othonie… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction

9 must-read history books like Color Scheme: An Irreverent History of Art and Pop Culture in Color Palettes by Edith Young

Transform Your Habits

The Secret Lives of Color

Kassia St. Clair

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

Transform Your Habits

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

Rob Harvilla

3.92

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Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

Dolly Parton

4.13

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16 best-selling history books like Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

Uché Blackstock

4.46

Transform Your Habits

The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

Sarah McCammon

4.21

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