50 Books like The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring

Indiana Jones and Philosophy

by Dean Kowalski • 2023

Beneath the fedora: a philosophy seminar on heroism, faith, aging, and who really owns the past.

3.71

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🎥 Film Philosophy 🏛️ Cultural Heritage 🧠 Applied Philosophy 🗺️ Adventure Cinema

Indiana Jones and Philosophy 91%

Beneath the fedora: a philosophy seminar on heroism, faith, aging, and who really owns the past.

by Dean Kowalski 2023

3.71

21 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🎥 Film Philosophy 🏛️ Cultural Heritage 🧠 Applied Philosophy 🗺️ Adventure Cinema

Cinema Speculation

by Quentin Tarantino • 2022

How a child snuck into adult movies in 1970s Los Angeles and came out a filmmaker.

4.04

15k+

🎬 New Hollywood 🎞️ Cinephilia 🎥 Genre Cinema 💥 Exploitation Films 📖 Auteur Theory

Cinema Speculation 90%

How a child snuck into adult movies in 1970s Los Angeles and came out a filmmaker.

by Quentin Tarantino 2022

4.04

15k+ ratings

🎬 New Hollywood 🎞️ Cinephilia 🎥 Genre Cinema 💥 Exploitation Films 📖 Auteur Theory

Hitchcock/Truffaut

by François Truffaut • 1985

A bomb under the table, a document nobody cares about: Hitchcock decodes suspense for Truffaut.

4.47

10k+

🧱 Film Craft 🎬 Auteur Theory ⏳ Suspense Mechanics ✍️ Screenwriting 🎙️ Director Interviews

Hitchcock/Truffaut 90%

A bomb under the table, a document nobody cares about: Hitchcock decodes suspense for Truffaut.

by François Truffaut 1985

4.47

10k+ ratings

🧱 Film Craft 🎬 Auteur Theory ⏳ Suspense Mechanics ✍️ Screenwriting 🎙️ Director Interviews

If Chins Could Kill

by Bruce Campbell • 2001

Cereal, a freezing cabin, a gore rig from a bike: the unglamorous making of Evil Dead.

3.95

19k+

🎬 Independent Film 💰 Low-Budget Filmmaking 🧟 Cult Films 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎓 Filmmaking Advice

If Chins Could Kill 89%

Cereal, a freezing cabin, a gore rig from a bike: the unglamorous making of Evil Dead.

by Bruce Campbell 2001

3.95

19k+ ratings

🎬 Independent Film 💰 Low-Budget Filmmaking 🧟 Cult Films 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎓 Filmmaking Advice

The Sound of Music Story

by Tom Santopietro • 2015

Critics scorned it. The studio feared ruin. Then it ran in theaters for four straight years.

3.76

627

🎬 Film Production 🎵 Hollywood Musicals 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎭 Stage To Screen 🎞️ True Story Films

The Sound of Music Story 89%

Critics scorned it. The studio feared ruin. Then it ran in theaters for four straight years.

by Tom Santopietro 2015

3.76

627 ratings

🎬 Film Production 🎵 Hollywood Musicals 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎭 Stage To Screen 🎞️ True Story Films

Pixar Storytelling

by Dean Movshovitz • 2017

Pixar's narrative playbook: what makes a concept rich, a character stick, and an ending feel earned.

3.95

903

🎬 Screenwriting ✨ Pixar Films 🏗️ Story Structure 👤 Character Arcs ⚔️ Narrative Conflict

Pixar Storytelling 89%

Pixar's narrative playbook: what makes a concept rich, a character stick, and an ending feel earned.

by Dean Movshovitz 2017

3.95

903 ratings

🎬 Screenwriting ✨ Pixar Films 🏗️ Story Structure 👤 Character Arcs ⚔️ Narrative Conflict

Producer to Producer

by Maureen Ryan • 2010

Low-budget producing: where to spend, where to cut, and how to get your film seen.

4.23

338

🎬 Indie Filmmaking 🎥 Film Producing 💰 Low-Budget Film 📋 Production Workflow 📊 Film Budgeting

Producer to Producer 89%

Low-budget producing: where to spend, where to cut, and how to get your film seen.

by Maureen Ryan 2010

4.23

338 ratings

🎬 Indie Filmmaking 🎥 Film Producing 💰 Low-Budget Film 📋 Production Workflow 📊 Film Budgeting

How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck

by Steve Stockman • 2011

Ten seconds is all your video gets. The working-director playbook for making people stay past that.

4.20

1k+

🎬 Video Production 🎥 Beginner Filmmaking 📖 Storytelling Basics 👁️ Visual Storytelling ✂️ Editing And Pacing

How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck Summary

How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck 89%

Ten seconds is all your video gets. The working-director playbook for making people stay past that.

by Steve Stockman 2011

4.20

1k+ ratings

🎬 Video Production 🎥 Beginner Filmmaking 📖 Storytelling Basics 👁️ Visual Storytelling ✂️ Editing And Pacing

Speculative Everything

by Anthony Dunne • 2013

Most design fixes problems. This design invents fictional worlds to test-drive better ones.

4.12

999

🧐 Design Criticism 🔮 Futures Thinking ⚙️ Technology Studies 💭 Social Imagination 🌍 World Building

Speculative Everything 89%

Most design fixes problems. This design invents fictional worlds to test-drive better ones.

by Anthony Dunne 2013

4.12

999 ratings

🧐 Design Criticism 🔮 Futures Thinking ⚙️ Technology Studies 💭 Social Imagination 🌍 World Building

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

by Vic Armstrong • 2011

Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.

3.67

403

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 💥 Action Filmmaking 🎥 Behind The Scenes ✨ Special Effects 🪂 Hollywood Stunts

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman Summary

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman 89%

Indiana Jones's stunt double reveals the truck chase secrets and the invention that changed stunts.

by Vic Armstrong 2011

3.67

403 ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 💥 Action Filmmaking 🎥 Behind The Scenes ✨ Special Effects 🪂 Hollywood Stunts

Screenwriting Is Filmmaking

by Brian Dunnigan • 2020

Write screenplays that think like a camera: the craft of making films from the page up.

3.33

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🏗️ Story Structure 👤 Character Development ✍️ Scene Writing

Screenwriting Is Filmmaking 89%

Write screenplays that think like a camera: the craft of making films from the page up.

by Brian Dunnigan 2020

3.33

3 ratings

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🏗️ Story Structure 👤 Character Development ✍️ Scene Writing

Room to Dream

by David Lynch • 2018

How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.

4.39

9k+

🎬 Auteur Filmmaking 🖼️ Surrealism 💡 Creative Process 🌙 Subconscious In Art 🧘 Transcendental Meditation

Room to Dream 89%

How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.

by David Lynch 2018

4.39

9k+ ratings

🎬 Auteur Filmmaking 🖼️ Surrealism 💡 Creative Process 🌙 Subconscious In Art 🧘 Transcendental Meditation

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

by Stephen Rebello • 1990

Bored with his own glamour, Hitchcock gambled his fortune on a cheap psycho thriller and won.

3.91

2k+

🎬 Film Production 🔪 Horror Cinema 🧠 Psychological Horror 🎞️ Auteur Theory 🖤 True Crime Origins

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho Summary

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho 89%

Bored with his own glamour, Hitchcock gambled his fortune on a cheap psycho thriller and won.

by Stephen Rebello 1990

3.91

2k+ ratings

🎬 Film Production 🔪 Horror Cinema 🧠 Psychological Horror 🎞️ Auteur Theory 🖤 True Crime Origins

Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player

by Robert Rodríguez • 1995

$7,000, no crew: a 23-year-old's diary of shooting a feature in Mexico and breaking into Hollywood.

4.19

6k+

🎬 Independent Filmmaking 📹 Guerilla Filmmaking 🔗 Creative Constraints 💰 Bootstrapping 📚 Self-Education

Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player Summary

Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player 89%

$7,000, no crew: a 23-year-old's diary of shooting a feature in Mexico and breaking into Hollywood.

by Robert Rodríguez 1995

4.19

6k+ ratings

🎬 Independent Filmmaking 📹 Guerilla Filmmaking 🔗 Creative Constraints 💰 Bootstrapping 📚 Self-Education

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling

by Holger Weßling • 2019

From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.

👤 Author Biography 📚 Literary Trivia 🔍 Behind The Books 💰 Rags To Riches 🧒 Children's Literature

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling Summary

101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling 89%

From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.

by Holger Weßling 2019

👤 Author Biography 📚 Literary Trivia 🔍 Behind The Books 💰 Rags To Riches 🧒 Children's Literature

Filmmaking for Change

by Jon Fitzgerald • 2012

Fund, shoot, edit, and distribute documentaries that turn audiences into advocates.

3.27

🎬 Documentary Filmmaking 💰 Film Funding 📦 Film Distribution 🌍 Social Impact Media 📖 Impact Storytelling

Filmmaking for Change 89%

Fund, shoot, edit, and distribute documentaries that turn audiences into advocates.

by Jon Fitzgerald 2012

3.27

22 ratings

🎬 Documentary Filmmaking 💰 Film Funding 📦 Film Distribution 🌍 Social Impact Media 📖 Impact Storytelling

Make Your Own Amazing YouTube Videos

by Brett Juilly • 2017

Your smartphone shoots great video. Here is the roadmap from first idea to loyal subscribers.

3.71

🎬 Video Production ✨ Content Creation 🎥 Filmmaking Basics ✂️ Video Editing 👥 Audience Building

Make Your Own Amazing YouTube Videos Summary

Make Your Own Amazing YouTube Videos 88%

Your smartphone shoots great video. Here is the roadmap from first idea to loyal subscribers.

by Brett Juilly 2017

3.71

14 ratings

🎬 Video Production ✨ Content Creation 🎥 Filmmaking Basics ✂️ Video Editing 👥 Audience Building

Action

by Robert McKee • 2022

Excitement on page and screen has rules. The villain’s scheme, not the spectacle, is its engine.

4.29

126

🎬 Modern Screenwriting 🏗️ Narrative Structure ⚙️ Genre Mechanics 📈 Plot Construction 😈 Antagonist Design

Action 88%

Excitement on page and screen has rules. The villain’s scheme, not the spectacle, is its engine.

by Robert McKee 2022

4.29

126 ratings

🎬 Modern Screenwriting 🏗️ Narrative Structure ⚙️ Genre Mechanics 📈 Plot Construction 😈 Antagonist Design

A History of India, Vol. 1

by Romila Thapar • 1990

How a 1999 sci-fi film exposed the simulation we were already living in.

3.63

2k+

🎬 Film Criticism 📖 Cultural Theory 🏛️ Postmodernism 📡 Media Theory 🕶️ Hyperreality

A History of India, Vol. 1 88%

How a 1999 sci-fi film exposed the simulation we were already living in.

by Romila Thapar 1990

3.63

2k+ ratings

🎬 Film Criticism 📖 Cultural Theory 🏛️ Postmodernism 📡 Media Theory 🕶️ Hyperreality

The Big Picture

by Ben Fritz • 2018

How Marvel, Netflix, and the Chinese box office dismantled the movies you used to love.

4.02

2k+

🎬 Hollywood Economics 📺 Streaming Disruption 🎥 Franchise Filmmaking 🌏 Global Box Office 🏢 Media Consolidation

The Big Picture 88%

How Marvel, Netflix, and the Chinese box office dismantled the movies you used to love.

by Ben Fritz 2018

4.02

2k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Economics 📺 Streaming Disruption 🎥 Franchise Filmmaking 🌏 Global Box Office 🏢 Media Consolidation

Understanding Exposure

by Bryan Peterson • 1990

Your camera knows light. Master its three controls and it finally listens to your vision.

4.33

7k+

🎨 Creative Exposure 🔍 Depth Of Field ⏱️ Shutter Speed 💡 Light Metering 🌙 Low-Light Photography

Understanding Exposure 88%

Your camera knows light. Master its three controls and it finally listens to your vision.

by Bryan Peterson 1990

4.33

7k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Exposure 🔍 Depth Of Field ⏱️ Shutter Speed 💡 Light Metering 🌙 Low-Light Photography

You Are What You Watch

by Walter Hickey • 2023

Horror films thicken your blood. Violent movies cut crime. What we watch remakes us without asking.

3.65

761

🎬 Media Effects 🎥 Entertainment Industry 👁️ Visual Perception 🌏 Cultural Exports 📼 Nostalgia In Media

You Are What You Watch 88%

Horror films thicken your blood. Violent movies cut crime. What we watch remakes us without asking.

by Walter Hickey 2023

3.65

761 ratings

🎬 Media Effects 🎥 Entertainment Industry 👁️ Visual Perception 🌏 Cultural Exports 📼 Nostalgia In Media

Bandersnatch

by Diana Pavlac Glyer • 2016

Ruthless critique and a wager over pints: the creative collision that built Middle-earth and Narnia.

4.28

1k+

🤝 Creative Collaboration 📖 Literary Biography 🍻 Inklings History 🗣️ Peer Critique 🏛️ Oxford Writers

Bandersnatch 88%

Ruthless critique and a wager over pints: the creative collision that built Middle-earth and Narnia.

by Diana Pavlac Glyer 2016

4.28

1k+ ratings

🤝 Creative Collaboration 📖 Literary Biography 🍻 Inklings History 🗣️ Peer Critique 🏛️ Oxford Writers

How Not to Make a Short Film

by Roberta Marie Munroe • 2009

The Sundance programmer's playbook for making a short film that festivals actually want to see.

3.67

492

🎬 Indie Filmmaking 💰 Microbudget Filmmaking 🎞️ Short Films 🏆 Film Festivals 🚫 Avoiding Cliches

How Not to Make a Short Film 88%

The Sundance programmer's playbook for making a short film that festivals actually want to see.

by Roberta Marie Munroe 2009

3.67

492 ratings

🎬 Indie Filmmaking 💰 Microbudget Filmmaking 🎞️ Short Films 🏆 Film Festivals 🚫 Avoiding Cliches

Paperbacks from Hell

by Grady Hendrix • 2017

How three bestsellers made horror paperbacks a satanic, killer kid gold rush, then it imploded.

4.26

12k+

💀 Horror Fiction 📚 Publishing History 🎨 Cover Art 👹 Satanic Panic 🕯️ Gothic Romance

Paperbacks from Hell 88%

How three bestsellers made horror paperbacks a satanic, killer kid gold rush, then it imploded.

by Grady Hendrix 2017

4.26

12k+ ratings

💀 Horror Fiction 📚 Publishing History 🎨 Cover Art 👹 Satanic Panic 🕯️ Gothic Romance

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

by Andy Warhol • 1975

The most exciting thing is the thing you never do, and the best art is a dollar bill.

3.85

49k+

🎨 Pop Art 💭 Pop Philosophy ✍️ Artist Memoirs 💵 Art And Commerce 🌟 Fame And Celebrity

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol 88%

The most exciting thing is the thing you never do, and the best art is a dollar bill.

by Andy Warhol 1975

3.85

49k+ ratings

🎨 Pop Art 💭 Pop Philosophy ✍️ Artist Memoirs 💵 Art And Commerce 🌟 Fame And Celebrity

The Freelance Manifesto

by Joey Korenman • 2017

Motion designers can hit six figures freelancing. A field guide to portfolio, pricing, and trust.

4.52

551

🎬 Motion Design 💼 Freelance Business 🎨 Creative Careers 📁 Portfolio Building 🤝 Client Relationships

The Freelance Manifesto 88%

Motion designers can hit six figures freelancing. A field guide to portfolio, pricing, and trust.

by Joey Korenman 2017

4.52

551 ratings

🎬 Motion Design 💼 Freelance Business 🎨 Creative Careers 📁 Portfolio Building 🤝 Client Relationships

Directing Actors

by Judith Weston • 1996

Most directors give actors adjectives. The ones who get great performances give them verbs.

4.36

2k+

🎬 Film Directing 🎭 Acting Technique 📜 Script Analysis 🧠 Actor Psychology 🔄 Rehearsal Process

Directing Actors 88%

Most directors give actors adjectives. The ones who get great performances give them verbs.

by Judith Weston 1996

4.36

2k+ ratings

🎬 Film Directing 🎭 Acting Technique 📜 Script Analysis 🧠 Actor Psychology 🔄 Rehearsal Process

This Is Gonna Hurt

by Nikki Sixx • 2011

Beauty in the broken: a rock icon's lens on music, photography, and creative imperfection.

4.17

5k+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 📸 Music Photography 🎨 Creative Process 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 🌑 Dark Aesthetics

This Is Gonna Hurt 88%

Beauty in the broken: a rock icon's lens on music, photography, and creative imperfection.

by Nikki Sixx 2011

4.17

5k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 📸 Music Photography 🎨 Creative Process 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 🌑 Dark Aesthetics

Guns & Thighs

by Ram Gopal Varma • 2015

His hits were accidental. His flops were deliberate. A Bollywood director's argument for failure.

3.68

871

🇮🇳 Indian Cinema 🎬 Filmmaking Memoir 💥 Artistic Failure 💡 Creative Process 🎞️ Film Philosophy

Guns & Thighs 88%

His hits were accidental. His flops were deliberate. A Bollywood director's argument for failure.

by Ram Gopal Varma 2015

3.68

871 ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Cinema 🎬 Filmmaking Memoir 💥 Artistic Failure 💡 Creative Process 🎞️ Film Philosophy

Memo from the Story Department

by Christopher Vogler • 2011

How myths, archetypes, and vaudeville timing built the architecture of every great screenplay.

4.16

171

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🌀 Mythic Structure 🎭 Character Archetypes ⚔️ Dramatic Conflict

Memo from the Story Department 88%

How myths, archetypes, and vaudeville timing built the architecture of every great screenplay.

by Christopher Vogler 2011

4.16

171 ratings

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🌀 Mythic Structure 🎭 Character Archetypes ⚔️ Dramatic Conflict

One Little Spark!

by Marty Sklar • 2015

Ten principles from Disney Imagineering that turn ideas into attractions millions love.

3.96

694

🎢 Theme Park Design 🌟 Creative Leadership 📐 Design Principles 🏰 Guest Experience Design 🤝 Creative Collaboration

One Little Spark! 88%

Ten principles from Disney Imagineering that turn ideas into attractions millions love.

by Marty Sklar 2015

3.96

694 ratings

🎢 Theme Park Design 🌟 Creative Leadership 📐 Design Principles 🏰 Guest Experience Design 🤝 Creative Collaboration

The Simpsons and Philosophy

by William Irwin • 2001

Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.

3.45

4k+

📺 Tv Criticism 🧩 Applied Philosophy 🎬 Pop Culture Criticism 🤡 Satire ⚖️ Ethics And Morality

The Simpsons and Philosophy 88%

Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.

by William Irwin 2001

3.45

4k+ ratings

📺 Tv Criticism 🧩 Applied Philosophy 🎬 Pop Culture Criticism 🤡 Satire ⚖️ Ethics And Morality

The United States Constitution in Film

by Eric Kasper • 2018

How Hollywood has tracked and shaped America's constitutional debates, from presidents to privacy.

⚖️ Constitutional Law 🎬 Film And Law 🇺🇸 American Politics 🏛️ Popular Constitutionalism 🔍 Cultural Analysis

The United States Constitution in Film Summary

The United States Constitution in Film 88%

How Hollywood has tracked and shaped America's constitutional debates, from presidents to privacy.

by Eric Kasper 2018

⚖️ Constitutional Law 🎬 Film And Law 🇺🇸 American Politics 🏛️ Popular Constitutionalism 🔍 Cultural Analysis

Humans of New York

by Brandon Stanton • 2015

Ten thousand New Yorkers, one photographer, and the question that revealed a city's hidden soul.

4.55

20k+

🧱 Street Photography 🎤 Oral History 🏠 Everyday Lives 🗽 New York City Life 🖼️ Visual Storytelling

Humans of New York 88%

Ten thousand New Yorkers, one photographer, and the question that revealed a city's hidden soul.

by Brandon Stanton 2015

4.55

20k+ ratings

🧱 Street Photography 🎤 Oral History 🏠 Everyday Lives 🗽 New York City Life 🖼️ Visual Storytelling

Catching the Big Fish

by David Lynch • 2006

David Lynch's creative secret isn't a technique; it's a twice-daily trip beneath the surface.

3.77

21k+

🧘 Transcendental Meditation 🎬 Filmmaking Philosophy 💡 Idea Generation 🧱 Creative Blocks 🎨 Artist's Journey

Catching the Big Fish 88%

David Lynch's creative secret isn't a technique; it's a twice-daily trip beneath the surface.

by David Lynch 2006

3.77

21k+ ratings

🧘 Transcendental Meditation 🎬 Filmmaking Philosophy 💡 Idea Generation 🧱 Creative Blocks 🎨 Artist's Journey

The Evolution of Useful Things

by Henry Petroski • 1994

Annoyance, not function, gave us forks, zippers, paper clips. The real driver of everyday design.

3.52

1k+

🏭 Industrial Design 🥄 Everyday Objects 🔄 Design Evolution ⚙️ History Of Technology 🏺 Material Culture

The Evolution of Useful Things 88%

Annoyance, not function, gave us forks, zippers, paper clips. The real driver of everyday design.

by Henry Petroski 1994

3.52

1k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Design 🥄 Everyday Objects 🔄 Design Evolution ⚙️ History Of Technology 🏺 Material Culture

Invisible Ink

by Brian McDonald • 2010

Forget formulas: the deep craft of story is a hidden framework of theme, pain, and dramatic irony.

4.38

2k+

🏗️ Story Structure 🧭 Theme As Foundation 🦋 Character Transformation 🎭 Dramatic Irony 💬 Subtext And Dialogue

Invisible Ink 88%

Forget formulas: the deep craft of story is a hidden framework of theme, pain, and dramatic irony.

by Brian McDonald 2010

4.38

2k+ ratings

🏗️ Story Structure 🧭 Theme As Foundation 🦋 Character Transformation 🎭 Dramatic Irony 💬 Subtext And Dialogue

Business and Entrepreneurship for Filmmakers

by Charles Haine • 2019

Film schools teach craft, not cashflow. The business skills every working filmmaker actually needs.

4.00

🎬 Creative Entrepreneurship 🎥 Film Industry 🎨 Creative Freelancing 💼 Creative Business 💰 Bidding And Pricing

Business and Entrepreneurship for Filmmakers Summary

Business and Entrepreneurship for Filmmakers 88%

Film schools teach craft, not cashflow. The business skills every working filmmaker actually needs.

by Charles Haine 2019

4.00

5 ratings

🎬 Creative Entrepreneurship 🎥 Film Industry 🎨 Creative Freelancing 💼 Creative Business 💰 Bidding And Pricing

J.R.R. Tolkien

by Humphrey Carpenter • 1977

Orphaned, Catholic, and obsessed with dragons: the life that forged The Lord of the Rings.

4.06

17k+

📖 Literary Biography 🌍 World-Building 🧙 Fantasy Literature 🗣️ Philology 🎓 Oxford Writers

J.R.R. Tolkien 88%

Orphaned, Catholic, and obsessed with dragons: the life that forged The Lord of the Rings.

by Humphrey Carpenter 1977

4.06

17k+ ratings

📖 Literary Biography 🌍 World-Building 🧙 Fantasy Literature 🗣️ Philology 🎓 Oxford Writers

Looking Awry

by Slavoj Žižek • 1991

Lacan's hardest ideas become visible when you watch Hitchcock with the wrong kind of attention.

4.02

2k+

🧠 Lacanian Theory 🎭 Cultural Theory 🏛️ Ideology Critique 📖 Continental Philosophy 📋 Critical Theory

Looking Awry 88%

Lacan's hardest ideas become visible when you watch Hitchcock with the wrong kind of attention.

by Slavoj Žižek 1991

4.02

2k+ ratings

🧠 Lacanian Theory 🎭 Cultural Theory 🏛️ Ideology Critique 📖 Continental Philosophy 📋 Critical Theory

Photography Q&A

by Zack Arias • 2013

The gear won't teach you to see. Candid answers to questions working photographers actually ask.

4.28

493

📷 Photography Fundamentals 👁️ Artistic Vision 💼 Creative Entrepreneurship 💡 Lighting Technique 🤝 Client Relationships

Photography Q&A 88%

The gear won't teach you to see. Candid answers to questions working photographers actually ask.

by Zack Arias 2013

4.28

493 ratings

📷 Photography Fundamentals 👁️ Artistic Vision 💼 Creative Entrepreneurship 💡 Lighting Technique 🤝 Client Relationships

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

by Jason Schreier • 2017

Behind the scenes of Destiny, Diablo, and Stardew Valley: chaos, crunch, and last-minute saves.

4.20

25k+

🎮 Video Game Development 🎬 Behind The Scenes 📰 Tech Journalism 🎨 Creative Process 🛠️ Labor Practices

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels 88%

Behind the scenes of Destiny, Diablo, and Stardew Valley: chaos, crunch, and last-minute saves.

by Jason Schreier 2017

4.20

25k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Development 🎬 Behind The Scenes 📰 Tech Journalism 🎨 Creative Process 🛠️ Labor Practices

Save the Cat! Strikes Back

by Blake Snyder • 2009

Script problems aren't failure. They're the raw material of every breakthrough draft.

4.17

1k+

📝 Screenwriting Guides 🏗️ Story Structure 🎯 Pitching And Loglines ✂️ Rewriting And Editing 🧱 Creative Obstacles

Save the Cat! Strikes Back 88%

Script problems aren't failure. They're the raw material of every breakthrough draft.

by Blake Snyder 2009

4.17

1k+ ratings

📝 Screenwriting Guides 🏗️ Story Structure 🎯 Pitching And Loglines ✂️ Rewriting And Editing 🧱 Creative Obstacles

Discursive Design

by Bruce M. Tharp • 2019

What if your toaster had an opinion? A field guide to design that argues.

4.36

🧠 Design Theory 🔮 Speculative Design 🔬 Design Research 🎓 Design Education ⚖️ Design Ethics

Discursive Design 88%

What if your toaster had an opinion? A field guide to design that argues.

by Bruce M. Tharp 2019

4.36

25 ratings

🧠 Design Theory 🔮 Speculative Design 🔬 Design Research 🎓 Design Education ⚖️ Design Ethics

Nightmare Fuel

by Nina Nesseth • 2022

What horror films reveal about your brain's fear machinery, and why you keep coming back.

3.82

1k+

🎬 Horror Cinema 🧠 Neuroscience Of Fear 😰 Cultural Anxieties 🔬 Pop Science 📖 Genre Studies

Nightmare Fuel 88%

What horror films reveal about your brain's fear machinery, and why you keep coming back.

by Nina Nesseth 2022

3.82

1k+ ratings

🎬 Horror Cinema 🧠 Neuroscience Of Fear 😰 Cultural Anxieties 🔬 Pop Science 📖 Genre Studies

Design Systems

by Alla Kholmatova • 2017

Your pattern library is not a design system. Shared language and team practices close the gap.

4.13

608

🧱 Design Systems 🖥️ Interface Design 📐 Design Principles 🤝 Design Collaboration 🏷️ Brand Identity

Design Systems 88%

Your pattern library is not a design system. Shared language and team practices close the gap.

by Alla Kholmatova 2017

4.13

608 ratings

🧱 Design Systems 🖥️ Interface Design 📐 Design Principles 🤝 Design Collaboration 🏷️ Brand Identity

The Anatomy of Genres

by John Truby • 2022

Genres are philosophies disguised as story types. Crack the beats and you crack writing and life.

4.21

607

🏗️ Story Structure 📚 Genre Theory 🎬 Screenwriting ✍️ Writing Craft 💭 Story Philosophy

The Anatomy of Genres 88%

Genres are philosophies disguised as story types. Crack the beats and you crack writing and life.

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🏗️ Story Structure 📚 Genre Theory 🎬 Screenwriting ✍️ Writing Craft 💭 Story Philosophy

How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul

by Adrian Shaughnessy • 2005

Design's missing curriculum: land clients, frame your worth, and keep your ethics intact.

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How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul 88%

Design's missing curriculum: land clients, frame your worth, and keep your ethics intact.

by Adrian Shaughnessy 2005

3.98

5k+ ratings

💼 Design Business 🧑‍🎨 Creative Freelancing ⚖️ Design Ethics 👁️ Visual Literacy 🖌️ Studio Practice

It's Never Too Late to Begin Again

by Julia Cameron • 2016

A London workhouse boy invented the world's most famous character. Then the world demanded he speak.

4.12

1k+

🎞️ Silent Cinema 🎭 Comedy Theory 🎨 Creative Autonomy 🤸 Slapstick Comedy 🎬 Hollywood History

It's Never Too Late to Begin Again Summary

It's Never Too Late to Begin Again 88%

A London workhouse boy invented the world's most famous character. Then the world demanded he speak.

by Julia Cameron 2016

4.12

1k+ ratings

🎞️ Silent Cinema 🎭 Comedy Theory 🎨 Creative Autonomy 🤸 Slapstick Comedy 🎬 Hollywood History

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