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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 • 81 Readers • 122 pages 4.2

Contagious

Contagious
ByJonah Berger

2013 • 99 Readers • 210 pages 3.6

Conversations with Wilder

1999 • 8 Readers • 400 pages 4

Creative Confidence

Creative Confidence
ByTom Kelley,David Kelley

2013 • 71 Readers • 288 pages 3.5

Creativity

Creativity
ByMihaly Csikszentmihalyi

1996 • 36 Readers • 372 pages 4

Drawing on the right side of the brain workbook

2012 • 17 Readers 4.7

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

1990 • 351 Readers • 336 pages 4.1

How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas

How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas
ByChris Barez-Brown

2008 • 6 Readers • 256 pages

Imagine

Imagine
ByJonah Lehrer

2012 • 37 Readers • 279 pages 3.5

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

2003 • 46 Readers • 128 pages 3.8

Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step

1970 • 22 Readers • 4 pages 2.5

Manage Your Day-To-Day

Manage Your Day-To-Day
ByJocelyn K. Glei

2013 • 85 Readers • 253 pages 3.7

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

2008 • 331 Readers • 304 pages 4.1

Save the Cat

Save the Cat
ByBlake Snyder

2005 • 89 Readers • 195 pages 3.7

Sketching User Experiences

2007 • 12 Readers • 443 pages 4

Steal Like an Artist

Steal Like an Artist
ByAustin Kleon

2012 • 360 Readers • 160 pages 4.2

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

2012 • 6 Readers • 192 pages

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

2009 • 259 Readers 3.8

The Creative Habit

The Creative Habit
ByTwyla Tharp

2003 • 55 Readers • 247 pages 3.7

The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style
ByWilliam Strunk Jr.

1918 • 225 Readers • 52 pages 4.3

The Opposable Mind

The Opposable Mind
ByRoger L. Martin

2007 • 5 Readers • 224 pages

The Tenacity of the Cockroach

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

2002 • 4 Readers • 407 pages

The War of Art

The War of Art
BySteven Pressfield

2002 • 347 Readers • 168 pages 3.8

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow
ByDaniel Kahneman

2011 • 1,153 Readers • 499 pages 4.1

Tigana

Tigana
ByGuy Gavriel Kay

1990 • 445 Readers • 687 pages 4

Understanding Comics

Understanding Comics
ByScott McCloud

1993 • 206 Readers • 215 pages 4.3