The Top Twenty Books For Creative People

8/23/2016

“The Top Twenty Books For Creative People”
Scheduled Air Date: Thursday, August 25, 7:00 am PST, 10:00 am EST.
There are a lot of books out there to help you figure out what you want to do with your life. Some books are good…and some not so good. For that very reason we decided to put together a list of our all-time favorite books specifically for creative entrepreneurs and ambitious artists who are looking for that combination of career advice and creative insight.
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To make it easier for our listeners we have made a list with (links to Amazon) of all of the books mentioned on the show. Just be sure to tune in to the show as we will tell you why you want to read each of these books! (And if you order any of the books from these links you will help out the AHA show!)

Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job & Your Dream Job

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

Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!): How To Unleash Your Creative Potential by America's Master Communicator, George Lois

The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers (A NICE GIRLS Book)

The Good Creative: 18 ways to make better art

Mastering Creative Anxiety: 24 Lessons for Writers, Painters, Musicians, and Actors from America's Foremost Creativity Coach

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

Letters to a Young Poet

Bound for Glory (Plume)

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

I Am That Girl: How to Speak Your Truth, Discover Your Purpose, and bethatgirl

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Naked

The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

365 Daily Affirmations for Creativity

The Artist's Way

7 Comments

Lydia Jechorek

8/25/2016 03:52:33 am

FYI Every book title above and from your email links me to the book "Art & Fear". Readers will have to cut and paste which I'm not sure will credit AHA. Am I doing something wrong?

Leslie Saeta

8/25/2016 11:21:41 am

Fixed it. Sorry about that!

Bobbin Salisbury link

8/25/2016 10:31:20 am

Just to let you know, no matter which book title I click on it goes directly to Art & Fear.

8/25/2016 11:22:56 am

It's fixed!

Joi Holcomb link

8/26/2016 06:25:44 am

Comment 1: Thanks so much for putting links to the books. I know you said you didn't have time to annotate your shows, but maybe that is a job for your intern? :) So nice to know, when listening while commuting to work, I can go to the website and look things up that were covered in the show.
Comment 2: To save money while reading all these books, go through your local library and the app Overdrive to borrow the audiobook. If the book isn't available you can even do a request to obtain the book. The same goes for regular books at the library, if your library doesn't carry the book you can request an interlibrary loan and they will search for the book over the entire country. A great way to save money if you don't have a book buying budget.

Sharon

8/26/2016 07:43:04 am

A novel I read called The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto was really great. It's along the lines of Forest Gump and starts with the premise that just before we're born we grasp a bubble that is embued with a talent such as musicality or artistry, etc. I found it so inspiring that I did a painting of bubbles floating in space. If you ever have time to read a novel I recommend this book. :-)

Kyla link

8/31/2016 04:00:05 pm

Thank you so much for the list. I went on Amazon (linking from your site as requested) and ordered more than half of these, used. Many of them were $0.01 - $6.00! I can't wait to be inspired and to keep myself focused and not keep being lead away from my art by my fears. Thanks again for everything you do and share, you're podcasts keep reminding me of my true goals to being an artist.

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