Creativity Reading Challenge 2024

And my last one for 2024:

This challenge is about reading books on creativity, art, crafts, writing, film making, photography, cosmetology, DIY, cooking, music and any other topic that helps you live a more creative life. 

Challenge Guidelines

• Runs January 1 to December 31, 2024. 
• I won't be creating different levels. Read as many books as you want.
• Books may be nonfiction, memoir, how-to, self help, coffee table books, instructional, picture books, and even fictional books if they are about people who are creative.
• You may include books of any format including traditional books, ebooks or audiobooks
• You may reread books. 
• Books may count towards other reading challenges in which you are participating.
• Sign up below in the comments. 

Need ideas for reading? Here are some links to get started:
40 of the Best Books to Unlock Your Creativity

Fiction Books Involving Art

11 Essential Art History Books

10 Novels About Art You Won't Put Down

My Books:

1. Bluebeard--Kurt Vonnegut
2. She's Too Pretty to Burn--Wendy Heard
3. The Art of Costuming--Ruth E. Carter 
4. XOXO--Axie Oh
5. The Fabulous Zed Watson!--Basil Sylvester
6. The Painted Queen--Elizabeth Peters and Joan Hess
7. Euphoria--Lily King
8. The Black Flamingo--Dean Atta
9. Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker--Jennifer Chiaverini
10. My Video Game Ate My Homework--Dustin Hansen
11. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood--Quentin Tarantino
12. Young Jane Young--Gabrielle Zevin
13. Vanity Fare--Megan Caldwell
14. Yellowface--R.F. Kuang
15. Life is Sweet--Elizabeth Bass
16. Patty Jane's House of Curl--Lorna Lindvik
17. In Her Shoes--Jennifer Weiner
18. Life in Full Colors--Corry MacDonald
19. The Book of Second Chances--Katherine Slee
20. Apple: Skin to the Core--Eric Gansworth
21. Funny Story--Emily Henry
22. Where'd You Go, Bernadette--Maria Semple (reread)
23. Henry Heckelbeck Breaks a Leg--Wanda Coven
24. Growing Up Trans--Lindsay Herriot & Kate Fry (eds.)
25. Love at First Like--Hannah Orenstein
26. Savage Beauty--Nancy Milford
27. Bergdorf Blondes--Plum Sykes
28. The Kept Woman--Susan Donovan
29. Come & Get It--Kiley Reid
30. Celebrity Superhero--Jennie Bennett
31. The Scent Keeper--Erica Bauermeister
32. The Music Shop--Rachel Joyce
33. Middle England--Jonathan Coe
34. Close to the Edge--Gloria D. Miklowitz
35. The Ghost in the Gallery--Carolyn Keene
36. I'm Glad My Mom Died--Jennette McCurdy
37. Kid's Guide to Native American History--Yvonne Wakim Dennis & Arlene Hirschfeld
38. Italian Villas and Their Gardens--Edith Wharton
39. Memphis--Tara M. Stringfellow
40. By a Thread--Lucy Score