16 Top nonfiction books like Illustrators' Sketchbooks: Inside the Creative Processes of 60 Iconic and Emerging Artists by Martin Salisbury

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Illustrators' Sketchbooks: Inside the Creative Processes of 60 Iconic and Emerging Artists

By: Martin Salisbury

4.34

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Explore the creative process with iconic and emerging illustrators through selections from their sk…

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1. The Oh She Glows Cookbook: Over 100 Vegan Recipes to Glow from the Inside Out

By: Angela Liddon

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

After a decade of struggling with an eating disorder and subsisting on diet, low-calorie processed … read more

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  • nonfiction

2. The Arrival

By: Shaun Tan

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

In a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to… read more

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3. Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse

By: Leo Lionni

3.59

Format: 83 pages, Hardcover

Everyone loves Willy the wind-up mouse, while Alexander the real mouse is chased away with brooms a… read more

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4. Pretty Ugly

By: David Sedaris

3.55

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

David Sedaris and Ian Falconer make a spectacular splash with this tale of a monster turned ugly—st… read more

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5. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

By: Simon Winchester

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. Perfume & Pain

By: Anna Dorn

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A controversial Los Angeles author attempts to revive her career and finally find true love in this… read more

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"I sit down wanting to write the great lesbian love story, but wacko bitches just keep coming out."

-Anna Dorn, Perfume & Pain

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7. The Puppets of Spelhorst

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.19

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more

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"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."

-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst

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8. The Mysteries

By: Bill Watterson

3.76

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more

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  • art
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9. Roaming

By: Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Format: 443 pages, Paperback

Spring break, 2009. High school best friends Zoe and Dani are now freshman college students, meetin… read more

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10. The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

By: Dwight Garner

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal … read more

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  • nonfiction
"There's no verb for traveling while hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Perhaps "cheevering" would suffice."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

"A friend once told her that he had seen graffiti in a restaurant's men's room that read, "Gael Greene uses a thesaurus."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

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11. Earthdivers, Vol. 1: Kill Columbus

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Only Good Indians and My Heart Is a Chainsaw makes his… read more

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12. Barbie: The World Tour

By: Margot Robbie

4.62

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

For the press tour following the record-breaking release of Greta Gerwig’s award-winning, acclaimed… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
"Love, friendship, networking - these are all critical connections and the foundation of a healthy, happy life."

-Margot Robbie, Barbie: The World Tour

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13. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?

By: Mac Barnett

4.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The beloved, multi-award-winning duo of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen tackle a perennial question. … read more

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14. Bunny & Tree

By: Balint Zsako

4.38

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeous wordless adventure story about a rabbit and a tree, their surprising friendship, and the… read more

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  • art
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15. What You Need to Be Warm

By: Neil Gaiman

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

During the coldest season, when the world feels scary—what do you remember about being warm? Baked … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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16. The Only Way to Make Bread

By: Cristina Quintero

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A delicious exploration of all kinds of breads, from sourdough to bannock to bao, that will tickle … read more

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17. Goblin Mode: How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck

By: McKayla Coyle

3.45

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Embrace your inner goblin! Learn to decorate, dress, craft, forage, and live according to the gobli… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. Studies at the School by the Sea (School by the Sea, #4)

By: Jenny Colgan

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The long-awaited and never-before published finale in New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colga… read more

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19. 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
"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

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20. Couplets

By: Maggie Millner

3.76

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A woman lives an ordinary life in Brooklyn. She has a boyfriend. They share a cat. She writes poems… read more

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"Change is constant and inexorable. You will fall in love. The relationship will end, though not at the same instant as the love. Some version of this will continue, maybe forever, happening to you. D…"

-Maggie Millner, Couplets

"And when I held her cheek against my cheek, I was drawing from the well of love he filled. So I became after all not him exactly but a kind of conduit between them: a conversation they conducted with…"

-Maggie Millner, Couplets

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21. Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

By: Peter Kuper

3.52

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed cartoonist Peter Kuper delivers a powerful interpretation of this controversial classic. … read more

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22. Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career

By: Kristi Coulter

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A candid, intensely funny memoir of ambition, gender, and a grueling decade inside Amazon, from the… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine by Mohammad Sabaaneh

23. Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine

By: Mohammad Sabaaneh

4.55

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

What does freedom look like from inside an Israeli prison? The walls of the cell are etched with… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. Alison

By: Lizzy Stewart

4.35

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

This graphic novel chronicles the fictional life story of Alison Porter, whose talent as a painter … read more

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  • art
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25. Collage Your Life: Techniques, Prompts, and Inspiration for Creative Self-Expression and Visual Storytelling

By: Melanie Mowinski

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Requiring minimal equipment--just scissors, glue, paper, and pens--collage is an accessible craft t… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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26. The Good Luck Book

By: Heather Alexander

4.00

Format: 130 pages, Hardcover

Ever wondered why we knock on wood, cross our fingers, or avoid black cats? Dive in and learn about… read more

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  • nonfiction
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27. The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing

By: Adam Moss

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From former editor of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations exami… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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28. Illustrators' Sketchbooks: Inside the Creative Processes of 60 Iconic and Emerging Artists

By: Martin Salisbury

4.34

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Explore the creative process with iconic and emerging illustrators through selections from their sk… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • drawing
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29. Home at Last: Enduring Design for the New American House

By: Gil Schafer III

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author and popular American architect Gil Schafer returns with the final installment in… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. The Hebridean Baker: At Home: Flavors & Folklore from the Scottish Islands (New Cookbook from Scottish TikTok Sensation)

By: Coinneach MacLeod

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

International bestselling author The Hebridean Baker shares stories and adventures alongside his be… read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. This Book Will Make You An Artist (This Book Will Make You, 1)

By: Ruth Millington

4.11

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Jam-packed with imaginative ideas for all kinds of creative crafts . . . this book will make YOU an… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction

10 must-read art books like Illustrators' Sketchbooks: Inside the Creative Processes of 60 Iconic and Emerging Artists by Martin Salisbury

Transform Your Habits

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Bill Watterson

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Barbie: The World Tour

Margot Robbie

4.62

Transform Your Habits

Bunny & Tree

Balint Zsako

4.38

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Neil Gaiman

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Amy Tan

4.14

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Susan Magsamen

3.91

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Bianca Bosker

4.16

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Hanif Abdurraqib

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