BEST Books for Artists (artist life & business)

I believe that one of the most important aspects of life is to develop and grow into who we are meant to become. Reading and learning every day of our lives is what will help us become our best selves!

Below are my recommended reads for artists, broken down into categories. I put a (*) before the titles that are my favorites!

As I read and find more books I think will be helpful to you, I’ll continue to update this list.

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Books on Improving our Artist Life

*Steal Like and Artist - Austin Kleon ► https://amzn.to/3IPr1AZ 

Keep Going - Austin Kleon ► https://amzn.to/3qJaYh3 

Show Your Work - Austin Kleon ► https://amzn.to/3fI5gps

The Artist's Way ► https://amzn.to/3GYRsCh 

Big Magic ► https://amzn.to/3Eh6IZI 

Books on Improving our Life (artist or not)

*Happy Pocketful of Money ► https://amzn.to/3yJCGfQ 

*The Miracle Morning ►https://amzn.to/3pez16N

*Four Thousand Weeks - Oliver Burkeman ► https://amzn.to/35YExDp

Books for Art Business

The 4-Hour Workweek - Timothy Ferriss ► https://amzn.to/3rBWAGD 

*Superfans - Pat Flynn ► https://amzn.to/3Ic5Dom 

Crushing It! - Gary Vaynerchuk ► https://amzn.to/3nJ6tB0 

*High Performance Habits - Brendon Burchard ► https://amzn.to/3rvIO8w 

The Fire Starter Sessions - Danielle LaPorte ► https://amzn.to/3IkeRPw 

Start with Why - Simon Sinek ► https://amzn.to/3gvoBKN

This is Marketing - Seth Godin ► https://amzn.to/34Axb8l

YouTube Secrets - Sean Cannell, Benji Travis ► https://amzn.to/3Lkdh2r

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