10 must-read nonfiction books like Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World by John Seed

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Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World

By: John Seed

4.44

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Disrupted Realism is the first book to survey the works of contemporary painters who are challengin…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World by John Seed , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Because of Miss Bridgerton (Rokesbys, #1)

By: Julia Quinn

3.94

Format: 375 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Sometimes you find love in the most unexpected of places... This is not one of those times. E… read more

Similar categories in Julia Quinn's Because of Miss Bridgerton (Rokesbys, #1) book and John Seed's Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World

"Guilty?"

-Julia Quinn, Because of Miss Bridgerton (Rokesbys, #1)

"You have a freckle,"

-Julia Quinn, Because of Miss Bridgerton (Rokesbys, #1)

"You are so beautiful,"

-Julia Quinn, Because of Miss Bridgerton (Rokesbys, #1)

"Oh, come now, you two,"

-Julia Quinn, Because of Miss Bridgerton (Rokesbys, #1)

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2. Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

By: Ted Orland , David Bayles

3.87

Format: 237 pages,

"This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made… read more

Similar categories in Ted Orland's Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking book and John Seed's Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World

  • art
  • nonfiction
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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

Similar categories in Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way book and John Seed's Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World

  • art
  • nonfiction
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4. The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

By: Twyla Tharp

2.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Creativity is not a gift from the gods, says Twyla Tharp, bestowed by some divine and mystical spar… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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5. The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1)

By: Michael Connelly

3.65

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, a new thriller introducing a driven you… read more

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6. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

By: Elizabeth Gilbert

3.79

Format: 477 pages, Hardcover

Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert… read more

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7. On Mystic Lake

By: Kristin Hannah

3.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

Annie Colwater's husband has just confessed that he's in love with a younger woman. Devastated, Ann… read more

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8. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.58

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more

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"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

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9. Elon Musk

By: Walter Isaacson

4.40

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more

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  • nonfiction
"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"

-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk

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10. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.87

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more

Similar categories in Cormac McCarthy's Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2) book and John Seed's Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World

"I would like to belong but I dont."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

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11. 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

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12. Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us

By: Susan Magsamen

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brai… read more

Similar categories in Susan Magsamen's Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us book and John Seed's Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World

  • art
  • nonfiction
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13. The Venice Sketchbook

By: Rhys Bowen

4.24

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

Love and secrets collide in Venice during WWII in an enthralling novel of brief encounters and last… read more

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  • art
Cover of The Landscape Painter's Workbook: Essential Studies in Shape, Composition, and Color (Volume 6) (For Artists, 6) by Mitchell Albala

14. The Landscape Painter's Workbook: Essential Studies in Shape, Composition, and Color (Volume 6) (For Artists, 6)

By: Mitchell Albala

4.60

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The Landscape Painter’s Workbook is the definitive hands-on guide to the time-honored techniques an… read more

Similar categories in Mitchell Albala's The Landscape Painter's Workbook: Essential Studies in Shape, Composition, and Color (Volume 6) (For Artists, 6) book and John Seed's Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World

  • art
  • nonfiction
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15. 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

Cover of Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World by John Seed

16. Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World

By: John Seed

4.44

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Disrupted Realism is the first book to survey the works of contemporary painters who are challengin… read more

Similar categories in John Seed's Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World book and John Seed's Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World

  • art
  • nonfiction
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17. Clear Seeing Place

By: Brian Rutenberg

4.35

Format: 324 pages, ebook

From the salt marshes and moss-draped live oaks of the South Carolina Lowcountry to the New York ar… read more

Similar categories in Brian Rutenberg's Clear Seeing Place book and John Seed's Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World

  • art
  • nonfiction

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Transform Your Habits

Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Ted Orland , David Bayles

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Artist's Way

Julia Cameron

4.23

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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

Twyla Tharp

2.50

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Rick Rubin

4.04

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Imogen Clark

4.20

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The Storyteller of Casablanca

Fiona Valpy

4.40

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Boo Walker

4.23

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Rhys Bowen

4.24

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