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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.

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Art and Fear
Art and Fear
  • David Bayles
  • Ted Orland
4.1727 reads
Contagious
Contagious
  • Jonah Berger
3.6434 reads
Conversations with Wilder
Conversations with Wilder
  • Cameron Crowe
44 reads
Creative Confidence
Creative Confidence
  • Tom Kelley
  • David Kelley
3.5325 reads
Creativity
Creativity
  • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
45 reads
Drawing on the right side of the brain workbook
Drawing on the right side of the brain workbook
  • Betty Edwards
4.677 reads
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
  • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
4.07108 reads
How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas
How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas
  • Chris Barez-Brown
00 reads
Imagine
Imagine
  • Jonah Lehrer
3.511 reads
It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be
It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be
  • Paul Arden
3.7626 reads
Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step
Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step
  • Edward de Bono
2.55 reads
Manage Your Day-To-Day
Manage Your Day-To-Day
  • Jocelyn K. Glei
3.7352 reads
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
  • Dan Ariely
4.07143 reads
Save the Cat
Save the Cat
  • Blake Snyder
3.6941 reads
Sketching User Experiences
Sketching User Experiences
  • Bill Buxton
44 reads
Steal Like an Artist
Steal Like an Artist
  • Austin Kleon
4.18217 reads
The Book of Doing: Everyday Activities to Unlock Your Creativity and Joy
The Book of Doing: Everyday Activities to Unlock Your Creativity and Joy
  • Allison Arden
00 reads
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
  • Atul Gawande
3.83124 reads
The Creative Habit
The Creative Habit
  • Twyla Tharp
3.6713 reads
The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style
  • William Strunk Jr.
4.31115 reads
The Opposable Mind
The Opposable Mind
  • Roger L. Martin
00 reads
The Tenacity of the Cockroach
The Tenacity of the Cockroach
  • Nathan Rabin
  • A.V. Club
02 reads
The War of Art
The War of Art
  • Steven Pressfield
3.84178 reads
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow
  • Daniel Kahneman
4.13441 reads
Tigana
Tigana
  • Guy Gavriel Kay
4.01153 reads
Understanding Comics
Understanding Comics
  • Scott McCloud
4.29134 reads