Best Creativity Books | Summaries & Audio

Creativity Book Summaries

Ask More

by Frank Sesno • 2017

Eleven ways to frame a question, calibrated for strategy, empathy, accountability, or creativity.

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500+

🧱 Questioning Techniques 👂 Active Listening 💙 Empathetic Listening ♟️ Strategic Inquiry 🎨 Creative Problem-Solving

Ask More

Eleven ways to frame a question, calibrated for strategy, empathy, accountability, or creativity.

by Frank Sesno 2017 272 pages

3.65

500+ ratings

🧱 Questioning Techniques 👂 Active Listening 💙 Empathetic Listening ♟️ Strategic Inquiry 🎨 Creative Problem-Solving

How to Write a Song that Matters

by Dar Williams • 2022

Poetic attention, a guiding tone, ruthless editing: turn a spark into a song strangers need.

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🎸 Songwriting Craft 🌱 Creative Process 💡 Finding Inspiration 🎤 Sharing Your Work 🗣️ Creative Mentorship

How to Write a Song that Matters

Poetic attention, a guiding tone, ruthless editing: turn a spark into a song strangers need.

by Dar Williams 2022 289 pages

4.15

163 ratings

🎸 Songwriting Craft 🌱 Creative Process 💡 Finding Inspiration 🎤 Sharing Your Work 🗣️ Creative Mentorship

Innovation by Design

by Thomas Lockwood • 2017

Why design thinking fails without leadership alignment, and how Intuit, SAP, and GE got it to stick.

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💡 Design Thinking 🔁 Organizational Change 🎯 Problem Framing 🧭 Innovation Leaders 🌊 Change Agents

Innovation by Design

Why design thinking fails without leadership alignment, and how Intuit, SAP, and GE got it to stick.

by Thomas Lockwood 2017 226 pages

3.59

116 ratings

💡 Design Thinking 🔁 Organizational Change 🎯 Problem Framing 🧭 Innovation Leaders 🌊 Change Agents

Before and After the Book Deal

by Courtney Maum • 2020

Getting the deal was hard. Surviving publication is harder. The field guide no one gave you.

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1k+

📚 Publishing Industry 💼 Writing Career ✏️ Manuscript Revision 📬 Querying Agents 📣 Author Platform

Before and After the Book Deal

Getting the deal was hard. Surviving publication is harder. The field guide no one gave you.

by Courtney Maum 2020 384 pages

4.58

1k+ ratings

📚 Publishing Industry 💼 Writing Career ✏️ Manuscript Revision 📬 Querying Agents 📣 Author Platform

Mind Performance Hacks

by Ron Hale-Evans • 2006

Memory tricks, mental math, decision hacks: a cognitive toolkit for thinking faster and clearer.

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500+

🧠 Mnemonic Techniques 🔢 Mental Math 🏋️ Brain Training 💡 Creativity Techniques 🎲 Decision Frameworks

Mind Performance Hacks

Memory tricks, mental math, decision hacks: a cognitive toolkit for thinking faster and clearer.

by Ron Hale-Evans 2006 330 pages

3.88

500+ ratings

🧠 Mnemonic Techniques 🔢 Mental Math 🏋️ Brain Training 💡 Creativity Techniques 🎲 Decision Frameworks

Nonsense

by Jamie Holmes • 2015

Certainty is a trap. What not knowing does for creativity, smarter choices, and avoiding disaster.

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1k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 💡 Creative Problem Solving 🏢 Organizational Learning 🤔 Intellectual Humility

Nonsense

Certainty is a trap. What not knowing does for creativity, smarter choices, and avoiding disaster.

by Jamie Holmes 2015 336 pages

3.61

1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 💡 Creative Problem Solving 🏢 Organizational Learning 🤔 Intellectual Humility

Conflict and Suspense

by James Scott Bell • 2011

Tension leaks from most manuscripts. The craft guide for sealing every scene with conflict.

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500+

📝 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure ⚔️ Conflict Design 🎬 Scene Construction ⏳ Suspense Techniques

Conflict and Suspense

Tension leaks from most manuscripts. The craft guide for sealing every scene with conflict.

by James Scott Bell 2011 273 pages

4.26

500+ ratings

📝 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure ⚔️ Conflict Design 🎬 Scene Construction ⏳ Suspense Techniques

Cooking for Geeks

by Jeff Potter • 2007

For cooks who ask why: heat, chemistry, and the air bubbles that turn ingredients into dinner.

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🧪 Food Science 🔬 Kitchen Experiments 🍳 Cooking Fundamentals 🍰 Baking Science 🧬 Flavor Chemistry

Cooking for Geeks

For cooks who ask why: heat, chemistry, and the air bubbles that turn ingredients into dinner.

by Jeff Potter 2007 412 pages

4.05

3k+ ratings

🧪 Food Science 🔬 Kitchen Experiments 🍳 Cooking Fundamentals 🍰 Baking Science 🧬 Flavor Chemistry

Faith, Hope and Carnage

by Nick Cave • 2022

Nick Cave's son died. The art that followed was improvised, spiritually hungry, built from wreckage.

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🎵 Songwriting Craft 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 💔 Grief And Art 🙏 Art And Spirituality 🎹 Improvisation

Faith, Hope and Carnage

Nick Cave's son died. The art that followed was improvised, spiritually hungry, built from wreckage.

by Nick Cave 2022 295 pages

4.41

7k+ ratings

🎵 Songwriting Craft 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 💔 Grief And Art 🙏 Art And Spirituality 🎹 Improvisation

Speculative Everything

by Anthony Dunne • 2013

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

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500+

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

Speculative Everything

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

by Anthony Dunne 2013 224 pages

4.12

500+ ratings

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

Seeking Wisdom

by Julia Cameron • 2022

Creative block is spiritual disconnection. Daily writing, solo play, and walking that reconnect you.

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382

🎨 Creative Recovery ✍️ Daily Journaling Ritual 🚶 Walking Meditation 🙏 Gratitude Practice ✨ Synchronicity

Seeking Wisdom

Creative block is spiritual disconnection. Daily writing, solo play, and walking that reconnect you.

by Julia Cameron 2022 234 pages

3.71

382 ratings

🎨 Creative Recovery ✍️ Daily Journaling Ritual 🚶 Walking Meditation 🙏 Gratitude Practice ✨ Synchronicity

Monkeys with Typewriters

by Scarlett Thomas • 2012

Fiction is craft, not chance: the rules for plot, character, and sentences that grip readers.

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500+

📝 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 👤 Character Development ✍️ Sentence Craft 💡 Idea Generation

Monkeys with Typewriters

Fiction is craft, not chance: the rules for plot, character, and sentences that grip readers.

by Scarlett Thomas 2012 480 pages

4.17

500+ ratings

📝 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 👤 Character Development ✍️ Sentence Craft 💡 Idea Generation

Skip the Line

by James Altucher • 2021

Run cheap experiments instead of grinding for years: the faster route to the top 1%.

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💡 Entrepreneurial Mindset 💰 Wealth Building 🧪 Rapid Experimentation 🧱 Microskill Development 💭 Idea Generation

Skip the Line

Run cheap experiments instead of grinding for years: the faster route to the top 1%.

by James Altucher 2021 288 pages

4.05

1k+ ratings

💡 Entrepreneurial Mindset 💰 Wealth Building 🧪 Rapid Experimentation 🧱 Microskill Development 💭 Idea Generation

You Are a Writer

by Jeff Goins • 2012

Before craft comes identity: a playbook for platform, audience, and the persistence to get read.

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3k+

🪪 Writer Identity 🏗️ Platform Building 🏷️ Personal Branding 👥 Audience Building ✍️ Aspiring Authors

You Are a Writer

Before craft comes identity: a playbook for platform, audience, and the persistence to get read.

by Jeff Goins 2012 134 pages

3.80

3k+ ratings

🪪 Writer Identity 🏗️ Platform Building 🏷️ Personal Branding 👥 Audience Building ✍️ Aspiring Authors

Manage Your Day-to-Day

by Jocelyn K. Glei • 2013

Guard your mornings, work in 90-minute sprints, and quit letting your inbox run the day.

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28k+

🎨 Creative Routines 🎯 Attention Management 📵 Digital Minimalism 🏋️‍♂️ Deliberate Practice ❤️‍🩹 Perfectionism

Manage Your Day-to-Day

Guard your mornings, work in 90-minute sprints, and quit letting your inbox run the day.

by Jocelyn K. Glei 2013 253 pages

3.98

28k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Routines 🎯 Attention Management 📵 Digital Minimalism 🏋️‍♂️ Deliberate Practice ❤️‍🩹 Perfectionism

The Accidental Creative

by Todd Henry • 2011

Inspiration is optional: the systems that make creative work reliable, not random.

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🎨 Creative Professionals 🏗️ Structured Creativity ⚡ Energy Management 🗓️ Creative Routines 💡 Idea Generation

The Accidental Creative

Inspiration is optional: the systems that make creative work reliable, not random.

by Todd Henry 2011 233 pages

4.06

5k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Professionals 🏗️ Structured Creativity ⚡ Energy Management 🗓️ Creative Routines 💡 Idea Generation

Radical Curiosity

by Seth Goldenberg • 2022

Retrain your curiosity to reclaim your attention, bridge divides, and build a future worth wanting.

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103

🧐 Questioning Culture 📚 Critical Pedagogy 📱 Attention Economy ⚡ Social Polarization 🔄 Unlearning

Radical Curiosity

Retrain your curiosity to reclaim your attention, bridge divides, and build a future worth wanting.

by Seth Goldenberg 2022 352 pages

3.61

103 ratings

🧐 Questioning Culture 📚 Critical Pedagogy 📱 Attention Economy ⚡ Social Polarization 🔄 Unlearning

The 2 AM Principle

by Jon Levy • 2016

Adventure is not for adrenaline junkies. It is a learnable skill, and here is the curriculum.

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330

🎨 Experience Design 🌍 Everyday Adventure 🧗 Comfort Zone Expansion 🧠 Behavioral Science 😊 Positive Psychology

The 2 AM Principle

Adventure is not for adrenaline junkies. It is a learnable skill, and here is the curriculum.

by Jon Levy 2016 254 pages

3.29

330 ratings

🎨 Experience Design 🌍 Everyday Adventure 🧗 Comfort Zone Expansion 🧠 Behavioral Science 😊 Positive Psychology

Crafting Novels & Short Stories

by The Writer's Digest • 2011

Character, plot, prose, and revision: the craft kit every fiction writer returns to.

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📝 Novel Writing 📖 Short Story Writing 🎭 Character Creation 📊 Plot Structure 💬 Dialogue Craft

Crafting Novels & Short Stories

Character, plot, prose, and revision: the craft kit every fiction writer returns to.

by The Writer's Digest 2011 368 pages

3.89

373 ratings

📝 Novel Writing 📖 Short Story Writing 🎭 Character Creation 📊 Plot Structure 💬 Dialogue Craft

The Art of Spiritual Writing

by Vinita Hampton Wright • 2013

Spiritual writing needs craft, not just calling. Skills that make your prose impossible to ignore.

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✍️ Spiritual Writing 🙏 Faith And Creativity ✝️ Christian Spirituality 🗣️ Authentic Voice 💚 Writing As Healing

The Art of Spiritual Writing

Spiritual writing needs craft, not just calling. Skills that make your prose impossible to ignore.

by Vinita Hampton Wright 2013 166 pages

4.32

136 ratings

✍️ Spiritual Writing 🙏 Faith And Creativity ✝️ Christian Spirituality 🗣️ Authentic Voice 💚 Writing As Healing

The Business Idea Factory

by Andrii Sedniev • 2013

Program your subconscious tonight and wake up with a business idea: the system behind it.

3.98

462

🧠 Idea Generation 💡 Entrepreneurial Creativity 🧩 Combinatorial Creativity 🧪 Low-Risk Testing 🎨 Creative Process

The Business Idea Factory

Program your subconscious tonight and wake up with a business idea: the system behind it.

by Andrii Sedniev 2013 124 pages

3.98

462 ratings

🧠 Idea Generation 💡 Entrepreneurial Creativity 🧩 Combinatorial Creativity 🧪 Low-Risk Testing 🎨 Creative Process

How Sondheim Can Change Your Life

by Richard Schoch • 2024

Regret, ambition, the terror of intimacy: the life lessons Sondheim smuggled into his musicals.

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500+

🎭 Musical Theatre 🎨 Art As Therapy 💞 Relationship Psychology 🧬 Existential Psychology ✍️ Creative Process

How Sondheim Can Change Your Life

Regret, ambition, the terror of intimacy: the life lessons Sondheim smuggled into his musicals.

by Richard Schoch 2024 304 pages

3.90

500+ ratings

🎭 Musical Theatre 🎨 Art As Therapy 💞 Relationship Psychology 🧬 Existential Psychology ✍️ Creative Process

Leonardo da Vinci

by Walter Isaacson • 2017

He learned optics for sunsets, anatomy for smiles. Leonardo drew no line between art and science.

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🏛️ Renaissance Figures 🎨 Art And Science Fusion 👁️ Visual Thinking 🔍 Empirical Observation 🦴 Anatomy For Artists

Leonardo da Vinci

He learned optics for sunsets, anatomy for smiles. Leonardo drew no line between art and science.

by Walter Isaacson 2017 600 pages

4.18

100k+ ratings

🏛️ Renaissance Figures 🎨 Art And Science Fusion 👁️ Visual Thinking 🔍 Empirical Observation 🦴 Anatomy For Artists

Writing Deep Scenes

by Martha Alderson • 2015

Three layers power every great scene. Learn to weave them so readers feel, not just follow.

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✍️ Fiction Writing 🏗️ Plot Structure 🎬 Scene Construction 🦋 Character Transformation 🧵 Thematic Storytelling

Writing Deep Scenes

Three layers power every great scene. Learn to weave them so readers feel, not just follow.

by Martha Alderson 2015 256 pages

4.09

318 ratings

✍️ Fiction Writing 🏗️ Plot Structure 🎬 Scene Construction 🦋 Character Transformation 🧵 Thematic Storytelling

Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook

by Donald Maass • 2004

The craft upgrades that separate novels readers finish from those they abandon.

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500+

🖊️ Fiction Writing 🎭 Character Development 🏗️ Plot Construction ✏️ Writing Exercises ⚡ Narrative Tension

Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook

The craft upgrades that separate novels readers finish from those they abandon.

by Donald Maass 2004 240 pages

4.28

500+ ratings

🖊️ Fiction Writing 🎭 Character Development 🏗️ Plot Construction ✏️ Writing Exercises ⚡ Narrative Tension

How the World Sees You

by Sally Hogshead • 2014

Find your standout trait, build a personal tagline, and make your weaknesses irrelevant.

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🏷️ Personal Branding 💪 Strengths-Based Work 🧩 Personality Assessment 🌟 Standing Out 💬 Communication Styles

How the World Sees You

Find your standout trait, build a personal tagline, and make your weaknesses irrelevant.

by Sally Hogshead 2014 453 pages

3.63

1k+ ratings

🏷️ Personal Branding 💪 Strengths-Based Work 🧩 Personality Assessment 🌟 Standing Out 💬 Communication Styles

Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect

by Claudia Hunter Johnson • 2000

Conflict isn't enough for short screenplays. Find resonant moments in your own life.

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150

🎬 Short Film Writing 🎤 Finding Your Voice 🔄 Rewriting And Revision 🪶 Writing Economy 🎭 Character-Driven

Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect

Conflict isn't enough for short screenplays. Find resonant moments in your own life.

by Claudia Hunter Johnson 2000 312 pages

3.91

150 ratings

🎬 Short Film Writing 🎤 Finding Your Voice 🔄 Rewriting And Revision 🪶 Writing Economy 🎭 Character-Driven

Just Write

by James Scott Bell • 2016

How a working novelist structures story, builds character, and treats writing like a profession.

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500+

📖 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development ⏱️ Writers' Productivity 🛡️ Creative Discipline

Just Write

How a working novelist structures story, builds character, and treats writing like a profession.

by James Scott Bell 2016 303 pages

4.29

500+ ratings

📖 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development ⏱️ Writers' Productivity 🛡️ Creative Discipline

The Joy Diet

by Martha N. Beck • 2003

Most joy strategies skip the first step: fifteen minutes of utter stillness before anything else.

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🧭 Daily Practices ✨ Joy Cultivation 🧘 Stillness Meditation 💎 Radical Honesty 🎨 Creative Living

The Joy Diet

Most joy strategies skip the first step: fifteen minutes of utter stillness before anything else.

by Martha N. Beck 2003 240 pages

3.96

1k+ ratings

🧭 Daily Practices ✨ Joy Cultivation 🧘 Stillness Meditation 💎 Radical Honesty 🎨 Creative Living

You're Never Weird on the Internet

by Felicia Day • 2015

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

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🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

You're Never Weird on the Internet

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

by Felicia Day 2015 272 pages

4.07

50k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

Your Music and People

by Derek Sivers • 2020

Be helpful, specific, and too weird to ignore. The considerate way to market your music.

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500+

🎵 Music Business 🎨 Creative Careers 🎯 Niche Marketing 🤝 Networking 🗣️ People Skills

Your Music and People

Be helpful, specific, and too weird to ignore. The considerate way to market your music.

by Derek Sivers 2020 136 pages

4.40

500+ ratings

🎵 Music Business 🎨 Creative Careers 🎯 Niche Marketing 🤝 Networking 🗣️ People Skills

The Flying Scotsman

by Graeme Obree • 2003

A world-record bike from washing machine parts, and a mind determined to destroy its owner.

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500+

🚴 Competitive Cycling 🧠 Mental Health In Sport 🎭 Bipolar Disorder 🔧 Bike Engineering 🌅 Suicide Survival

The Flying Scotsman

A world-record bike from washing machine parts, and a mind determined to destroy its owner.

by Graeme Obree 2003 256 pages

4.17

500+ ratings

🚴 Competitive Cycling 🧠 Mental Health In Sport 🎭 Bipolar Disorder 🔧 Bike Engineering 🌅 Suicide Survival

Iconoclast

by Gregory Berns • 2008

Three brain systems keep you from thinking differently. A neuroscientist maps the override.

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500+

🧠 Creative Cognition 🪤 Cognitive Biases 😨 Fear Management 🐑 Social Conformity 💰 Behavioral Economics

Iconoclast

Three brain systems keep you from thinking differently. A neuroscientist maps the override.

by Gregory Berns 2008 250 pages

3.71

500+ ratings

🧠 Creative Cognition 🪤 Cognitive Biases 😨 Fear Management 🐑 Social Conformity 💰 Behavioral Economics

Teach Your Child How To Think

by Edward de Bono • 1994

Intelligence is potential. Thinking is a skill. Build it in your child, one exercise at a time.

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🏠 Parenting Guides 🧠 Cognitive Development 💭 Thinking Skills 🎨 Divergent Thinking 💗 Emotional Intelligence In Children

Teach Your Child How To Think

Intelligence is potential. Thinking is a skill. Build it in your child, one exercise at a time.

by Edward de Bono 1994

3.67

500+ ratings

🏠 Parenting Guides 🧠 Cognitive Development 💭 Thinking Skills 🎨 Divergent Thinking 💗 Emotional Intelligence In Children

Writing AI Prompts For Dummies

by Stephanie Diamond • 2024

AI gives back exactly what you give it. Learn the asking framework that changes everything.

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📖 Ai Literacy ⌨️ Prompt Engineering 🧩 Generative Ai Guides 💼 Ai For Business 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration

Writing AI Prompts For Dummies

AI gives back exactly what you give it. Learn the asking framework that changes everything.

by Stephanie Diamond 2024 270 pages

2.83

46 ratings

📖 Ai Literacy ⌨️ Prompt Engineering 🧩 Generative Ai Guides 💼 Ai For Business 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration

Guitar Lessons

by Bob Taylor • 2011

Near bankruptcy, a guitar maker reinvented how acoustics are built and built a brand players love.

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172

🎸 Guitar Making 🎵 Music Business 🛠️ Artisan Business 🏷️ Brand Building 🔄 Continuous Improvement

Guitar Lessons

Near bankruptcy, a guitar maker reinvented how acoustics are built and built a brand players love.

by Bob Taylor 2011 256 pages

4.34

172 ratings

🎸 Guitar Making 🎵 Music Business 🛠️ Artisan Business 🏷️ Brand Building 🔄 Continuous Improvement

William Blake vs the World

by John Higgs • 2021

Blake saw angels and mapped the mind. Modern neuroscience is just catching up.

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1k+

🏛️ Romanticism 🔮 Mystical Philosophy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💫 Ego Dissolution 👁️ Visionary Art

William Blake vs the World

Blake saw angels and mapped the mind. Modern neuroscience is just catching up.

by John Higgs 2021 280 pages

4.15

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Romanticism 🔮 Mystical Philosophy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💫 Ego Dissolution 👁️ Visionary Art

Little Black Book

by Otegha Uwagba • 2017

Pitch yourself, price your work, own your career: a field guide for creative women.

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3k+

🎨 Creative Careers 💼 Women In Business ⏳ Time Management 🏷️ Personal Branding 💰 Negotiation Skills

Little Black Book

Pitch yourself, price your work, own your career: a field guide for creative women.

by Otegha Uwagba 2017 113 pages

3.52

3k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Careers 💼 Women In Business ⏳ Time Management 🏷️ Personal Branding 💰 Negotiation Skills

The Art Of Creative Writing

by Lajos Egri • 1995

Unforgettable fiction starts with a character too insecure to walk away from their opposite.

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355

🎭 Character Design 🎪 Playwriting 🧠 Human Motivation 😨 Creative Anxiety 🏛️ Aristotelian Poetics

The Art Of Creative Writing

Unforgettable fiction starts with a character too insecure to walk away from their opposite.

by Lajos Egri 1995 224 pages

3.67

355 ratings

🎭 Character Design 🎪 Playwriting 🧠 Human Motivation 😨 Creative Anxiety 🏛️ Aristotelian Poetics

It Was The Best Of Sentences, It Was The Worst Of Sentences

by June Casagrande • 2010

Your sentences are losing readers. A guide to making every word pull its weight.

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1k+

📝 Writing Craft ✍️ Sentence Craft 🖋️ Prose Style 📖 Grammar For Writers ✂️ Editing Tips

It Was The Best Of Sentences, It Was The Worst Of Sentences

Your sentences are losing readers. A guide to making every word pull its weight.

by June Casagrande 2010 226 pages

4.15

1k+ ratings

📝 Writing Craft ✍️ Sentence Craft 🖋️ Prose Style 📖 Grammar For Writers ✂️ Editing Tips

Hunch

by Bernadette Jiwa • 2017

Breakthrough ideas start with noticing what others overlook, and that is a skill you can train.

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🎨 Design Thinking 💡 Everyday Innovation 👀 Opportunity Spotting 🔄 Iterative Development 🌱 Growth Mindset

Hunch

Breakthrough ideas start with noticing what others overlook, and that is a skill you can train.

by Bernadette Jiwa 2017 208 pages

3.51

490 ratings

🎨 Design Thinking 💡 Everyday Innovation 👀 Opportunity Spotting 🔄 Iterative Development 🌱 Growth Mindset

The Practice of Poetry

by Robin Behn • 1992

90 poetry exercises for practicing imagery, sound, and the revision that outlasts inspiration.

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1k+

🖋️ Poetic Craft 🏫 Poetry Workshops 📝 Writing Exercises 🔓 Creative Unblocking 🖼️ Imagery And Metaphor

The Practice of Poetry

90 poetry exercises for practicing imagery, sound, and the revision that outlasts inspiration.

by Robin Behn 1992 300 pages

4.06

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Poetic Craft 🏫 Poetry Workshops 📝 Writing Exercises 🔓 Creative Unblocking 🖼️ Imagery And Metaphor

Lessons from the Empress

by Cassandra Snow • 2022

Self-care through tarot: rituals and prompts that unlock creativity without fortune-telling.

4.17

🃏 Tarot Self-Care 🎨 Tarot For Creativity 🧘 Creative Self-Care 🕯️ Ritual Magic 🚧 Creative Blocks

Lessons from the Empress

Self-care through tarot: rituals and prompts that unlock creativity without fortune-telling.

by Cassandra Snow 2022 245 pages

4.17

64 ratings

🃏 Tarot Self-Care 🎨 Tarot For Creativity 🧘 Creative Self-Care 🕯️ Ritual Magic 🚧 Creative Blocks

This Year You Write Your Novel

by Walter Mosley • 2007

Your unconscious writes the story. Give it ninety minutes a day and stop censoring.

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2k+

📖 Novel Writing 📅 Daily Writing Practice 🌊 Creative Subconscious 🔓 Self-Censorship ✂️ Revision Process

This Year You Write Your Novel

Your unconscious writes the story. Give it ninety minutes a day and stop censoring.

by Walter Mosley 2007

3.81

2k+ ratings

📖 Novel Writing 📅 Daily Writing Practice 🌊 Creative Subconscious 🔓 Self-Censorship ✂️ Revision Process

Steve Jobs and Philosophy

by Shawn E. Klein • 2015

What made Steve Jobs a tyrant also made him a visionary. Philosophers weigh the evidence.

3.81

🔍 Business Ethics 🤖 Philosophy Of Technology 💡 Innovation Studies 👁️ Visionary Leadership 💥 Creative Destruction

Steve Jobs and Philosophy

What made Steve Jobs a tyrant also made him a visionary. Philosophers weigh the evidence.

by Shawn E. Klein 2015

3.81

21 ratings

🔍 Business Ethics 🤖 Philosophy Of Technology 💡 Innovation Studies 👁️ Visionary Leadership 💥 Creative Destruction

Alive at Work

by Daniel M. Cable • 2018

The brain circuit behind curiosity and motivation, and why your company keeps turning it off.

3.88

500+

🏢 Employee Engagement 🧠 Workplace Psychology 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🎮 Play At Work 🛡️ Psychological Safety

Alive at Work

The brain circuit behind curiosity and motivation, and why your company keeps turning it off.

by Daniel M. Cable 2018 224 pages

3.88

500+ ratings

🏢 Employee Engagement 🧠 Workplace Psychology 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🎮 Play At Work 🛡️ Psychological Safety

Writing Begins with the Breath

by Laraine Herring • 2007

The deepest writing starts with breath and body, not technique.

4.09

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🧘 Mindful Writing ✍️ The Writing Life 🫁 Body Awareness 🪶 Authentic Voice ☸️ Zen And Writing

Writing Begins with the Breath

The deepest writing starts with breath and body, not technique.

by Laraine Herring 2007 190 pages

4.09

376 ratings

🧘 Mindful Writing ✍️ The Writing Life 🫁 Body Awareness 🪶 Authentic Voice ☸️ Zen And Writing

Opportunity

by Eben Pagan • 2018

Opportunity isn't luck. It's a skill you can learn, and this book installs the operating system.

3.99

121

🔍 Opportunity Recognition 💻 Digital Entrepreneurship 🧠 Mental Models 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🕸️ Network Building

Opportunity

Opportunity isn't luck. It's a skill you can learn, and this book installs the operating system.

by Eben Pagan 2018 274 pages

3.99

121 ratings

🔍 Opportunity Recognition 💻 Digital Entrepreneurship 🧠 Mental Models 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🕸️ Network Building

How Do I Do That in Photoshop?

by Scott Kelby • 2016

From skin tones to lens distortion: every Photoshop fix, with the slider name and the shortcut.

4.27

📷 Photo Editing 📸 Digital Photography 📖 Quick Reference 🔧 Nondestructive Editing 🎨 Post-Processing

How Do I Do That in Photoshop?

From skin tones to lens distortion: every Photoshop fix, with the slider name and the shortcut.

by Scott Kelby 2016 288 pages

4.27

84 ratings

📷 Photo Editing 📸 Digital Photography 📖 Quick Reference 🔧 Nondestructive Editing 🎨 Post-Processing

The Creative Thinking Handbook

by Chris Griffiths • 2019

A step-by-step system for solving business problems creatively, on demand and on deadline.

3.79

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🧩 Creative Problem Solving 💡 Business Innovation 🧱 Structured Creativity 🔄 Creative Process ⚠️ Thinking Traps

The Creative Thinking Handbook

A step-by-step system for solving business problems creatively, on demand and on deadline.

by Chris Griffiths 2019 248 pages

3.79

163 ratings

🧩 Creative Problem Solving 💡 Business Innovation 🧱 Structured Creativity 🔄 Creative Process ⚠️ Thinking Traps

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