9 must-read art books like Art of the Cut by Steve Hullfish

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Art of the Cut

By: Steve Hullfish

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Art of the Cut provides an unprecedented look at the art and technique of contemporary film and tel…

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1. Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story

By: John Yorke

1.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • film
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2. Poetics

By: Aristotle , Malcolm Heath

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

'The plot is the source and the soul of tragedy' In his near-contemporary account of Greek tragedy,… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting by Syd Field

3. Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting

By: Syd Field

4.18

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

A generation of screenwriters has used Syd Field's bestselling books to ignite successful careers i… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • film
Cover of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

4. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

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  • nonfiction

5. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

By: Austin Kleon

3.97

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

You don't need to be a genius, you just need to be yourself. That's the message from Austin Kleon, … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

6. Something Wicked This Way Comes

By: Ray Bradbury

None

Format: None pages, None

One of Ray Bradbury’s best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now feat… read more

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7. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

By: Cal Newport

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this sk… read more

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8. Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic

By: Esther Perel

3.79

Format: 704 pages,

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9. The Devil's Highway: A True Story

By: Luis Alberto Urrea

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The author of "Across the Wire" offers brilliant investigative reporting of what went wrong when, i… read more

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10. Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

By: Blake Snyder

3.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran … read more

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11. The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus into Your Life

By: Thomas M. Sterner

3.97

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

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12. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

By: Randall Munroe

4.14

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Randall Munroe left NASA in 2005 to start up his hugely popular site XKCD 'a web comic of romance, … read more

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  • nonfiction
"A darkened Sun would liberate us from the parsnip threat."

-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

"So Yoda sounds like our best bet as an energy source. But with world electricity consumption pushing 2 terawatts, it would take a hundred million Yodas to meet our demands. All things considered, swi…"

-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

"But what about gender and sexual orientation? And culture? And language? We could keep using demographics to try to narrow things down further, but we would be drifting away from the idea of a random…"

-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

13. The Film Director's Intuition: Script Analysis and Rehearsal Techniques

By: None

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Acclaimed director Judith Weston offers a deeply creative exploration on how to access and stimulat… read more

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14. The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller

By: John Truby

4.26

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

John Truby is one of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry, an… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • film
"Audiences love both the feeling part (reliving the life) and the thinking part (figuring out the puzzle) of a story. Every good story has both."

-John Truby, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller

"No individual element in your story, including the hero, will work unless you first create it and define it in relation to all the other elements."

-John Truby, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller

"Good storytelling lets the audience relive events in the present so they can understand the forces, choices, and emotions that led the character to do what he did."

-John Truby, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller

"The story world isn't a copy of life as it is. It's life as human beings imagine it could be. It is human life condensed and heightened so that the audience can gain a better understanding of how lif…"

-John Truby, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller

15. Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered

By: Austin Kleon

4.75

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

In his New York Timesbestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock the… read more

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16. In the Blink of an Eye

By: Francis Ford Coppola , Walter Murch

3.00

Format: 18 pages,

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17. Hitchcock

By: Alfred Hitchcock , François Truffaut

4.29

Format: 144 pages,

Any book-length interview with Alfred Hitchcock is valuable, but considering that this volume's int… read more

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18. Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

By: Robert McKee

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring no… read more

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19. Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • film
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

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20. 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
  • 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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21. The Psychology of Money

By: Morgan Housel

4.30

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavio… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Saving is the gap between your ego and your income."

-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

"Spending money to show people how much money you have is the fastest way to have less money."

-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

"To grasp why people bury themselves in debt, you don’t need to study interest rate: you need to sturdy the history of greed , insecurity and optimism."

-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money

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22. Thick: And Other Essays

By: Tressie McMillan Cottom

4.44

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Smart, humorous, and strikingly original thoughts on race, beauty, money, and more—by one of today'… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I fix myself, even when it causes great pain to do so, because I know that I cannot fix the way the world sees me."

-Tressie McMillan Cottom, Thick: And Other Essays

"Indeed, any system of oppression must allow exceptions to validate itself as meritorious. How else will those who are oppressed by the system internalize their own oppression?"

-Tressie McMillan Cottom, Thick: And Other Essays

"Smart is only a construct of correspondence between one's abilities, one's environment, and one's moment in history. I am smart in the right way, in the right time, on the right end of globalization."

-Tressie McMillan Cottom, Thick: And Other Essays

"The networks of capital, be they politics or organizations, work most effeciently when your lowedst status characteristic is assumed. And once these gears are in motion, you can never be competent en…"

-Tressie McMillan Cottom, Thick: And Other Essays

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23. 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
"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

Cover of BRZRKR, Volume 1 by Keanu Reeves

24. BRZRKR, Volume 1

By: Keanu Reeves

3.76

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Keanu Reeves makes his comic book writing debut alongside New York Times bestselling co-writer Matt… read more

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25. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

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26. BRZRKR, Volume 2

By: Keanu Reeves

3.75

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The highest selling comic book launch in 30 years by Keanu Reeves in his comic book writing debut a… read more

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27. BRZRKR, Volume 3

By: Keanu Reeves

3.35

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The final chapter of the epic immortal saga by Keanu Reeves that’s sold over a million copies! I… read more

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28. It's All in Your Head

By: Russ

4.11

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Instant National Bestseller! Wall Street Journal bestseller; USA Today bestseller; Publishers Weekl… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The what-ifs will torment you. The oh, well will free you."

-Russ, It's All in Your Head

"Fear is the wall. Belief is what catapults you over the wall."

-Russ, It's All in Your Head

"Don't hesitate. Don't doubt. Don't even worry about falling. Wings will grow."

-Russ, It's All in Your Head

Cover of Art of the Cut by Steve Hullfish

29. Art of the Cut

By: Steve Hullfish

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Art of the Cut provides an unprecedented look at the art and technique of contemporary film and tel… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • film
Cover of The Art Of The Cut: Editing Concepts Every Filmmaker Should Know by Greg Keast

30. The Art Of The Cut: Editing Concepts Every Filmmaker Should Know

By: Greg Keast

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The Art of the Cut is a clear and concise introduction into many of the most important concepts in … read more

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  • film
Cover of Cut to the Monkey: A Hollywood Editor’s Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Making Hit Comedies by Roger Nygard

31. Cut to the Monkey: A Hollywood Editor’s Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Making Hit Comedies

By: Roger Nygard

4.31

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Cut to the Monkey is the story of a filmmaker’s journey through Hollywood—revealing the secrets beh… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • film

16 Top nonfiction books like Art of the Cut by Steve Hullfish

Transform Your Habits

Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story

John Yorke

1.50

Transform Your Habits

Poetics

Aristotle , Malcolm Heath

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting

Syd Field

4.18

Transform Your Habits

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

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17 best-selling fiction books like Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Transform Your Habits

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

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The Fisherman

John Langan

3.91

Transform Your Habits

’Salem’s Lot

Stephen King

4.10

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The Exorcist

William Peter Blatty

4.20

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