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Top 25 Books to Unleash Your Creative Potential

Creativity can flourish if fed by curiosity, self-motivation, and a thirst for knowledge. Below is a treasure trove of brilliant books for creatives as gathered by Lifehack's Tayyab Babar.

Art and Fear

Art and Fear
ByDavid Bayles,Ted Orland

1993 • 115 Readers • 122 pages 4.1

Contagious

Contagious
ByJonah Berger

2013 • 129 Readers • 210 pages 3.5

Conversations with Wilder

1999 • 14 Readers • 373 pages 4.5

Creative Confidence

Creative Confidence
ByTom Kelley,David Kelley

2013 • 90 Readers • 288 pages 3.7

Creativity

Creativity
ByMihaly Csikszentmihalyi

1996 • 51 Readers • 372 pages 4.4

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive Edition

1979 • 25 Readers • 321 pages 4.8

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

1990 • 476 Readers • 336 pages 4.1

How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas

How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas
ByChris Barez-Brown

2008 • 8 Readers • 256 pages

Imagine

Imagine
ByJonah Lehrer

2012 • 57 Readers • 279 pages 3.4

It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be

2003 • 60 Readers • 128 pages 3.7

Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step

1970 • 35 Readers • 4 pages 3

Manage Your Day-To-Day

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Manage Your Day-To-Day
ByJocelyn K. Glei

2013 • 116 Readers • 253 pages 3.6

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

2008 • 459 Readers • 304 pages 4

Save the Cat

Save the Cat
ByBlake Snyder

2005 • 122 Readers • 195 pages 3.6

Sketching User Experiences

2007 • 19 Readers • 443 pages 3.6

Steal Like an Artist

Steal Like an Artist
ByAustin Kleon

2012 • 484 Readers • 160 pages 4.2

The Book of Doing: Everyday Activities to Unlock Your Creativity and Joy

2012 • 9 Readers • 192 pages

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

2009 • 354 Readers 3.9

The Creative Habit

The Creative Habit
ByTwyla Tharp

2003 • 116 Readers • 247 pages 3.9

The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style
ByWilliam Strunk Jr.

1918 • 319 Readers • 52 pages 4.2

The Opposable Mind

The Opposable Mind
ByRoger L. Martin

2007 • 9 Readers • 224 pages

The Tenacity of the Cockroach

The Tenacity of the Cockroach
ByNathan Rabin,A.V. Club

2002 • 6 Readers • 407 pages

The War of Art

The War of Art
BySteven Pressfield

2002 • 458 Readers • 168 pages 3.8

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow
ByDaniel Kahneman

2011 • 1,616 Readers • 499 pages 4.1

Tigana

Tigana
ByGuy Gavriel Kay

1990 • 583 Readers • 686 pages 4

Understanding Comics

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Understanding Comics
ByScott McCloud

1993 • 287 Readers • 215 pages 4.3