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Books like Show Your Work!

If you liked Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon, here are 8 non-fiction books to read next — hand-matched on shared themes and authors, not an algorithm. Each links to where to get it.

  1. #1 · same author

    Steal Like an Artist

    by Austin Kleon

    Another creativity & craft pick — same territory as Show Your Work!.

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  2. #2

    Big Magic

    by Elizabeth Gilbert

    Another creativity & craft pick — same territory as Show Your Work!.

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  3. #3

    Bird by Bird

    by Anne Lamott

    Another creativity & craft pick — same territory as Show Your Work!.

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  4. #4

    Creativity, Inc.

    by Ed Catmull

    Another creativity & craft pick — same territory as Show Your Work!.

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  5. #5

    On Writing

    by Stephen King

    Another creativity & craft pick — same territory as Show Your Work!.

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  6. #6

    The Artist's Way

    by Julia Cameron

    Another creativity & craft pick — same territory as Show Your Work!.

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  7. #7

    The Creative Act

    by Rick Rubin

    Another creativity & craft pick — same territory as Show Your Work!.

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  8. #8

    The War of Art

    by Steven Pressfield

    Another creativity & craft pick — same territory as Show Your Work!.

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