The most popular art & creativity books of 2021

Books about art and creativity are about people who make things. Painters, writers, musicians and performers chase an idea, doubt themselves and sometimes pay dearly for their gift. These novels, memoirs and guides are inspiring for anyone with a creative life of their own. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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Golden Girl
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Golden Girl

Elin Hilderbrand

Published 2021

384 pages

Taste
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Taste

Stanley Tucci

Published 2021

126 pages

Yearbook
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Yearbook

Seth Rogen

2021 · 2023 edition

272 pages

Vanderbilt
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Vanderbilt

Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe

Published 2021

317 pages

Notes on Grief
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Notes on Grief

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 奇玛曼达·恩戈兹·阿迪契

Published 2021

86 pages

Broken Horses
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Broken Horses

Brandi Carlile

2021 · 2022 edition

352 pages

Here's to Us
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Here's to Us

Adam Silvera, Becky Albertalli

Published 2021

472 pages

Going There
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Going There

Katie Couric

Published 2021

510 pages

Hell of a Book
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Hell of a Book

Jason Mott

2021 · 2022 edition

336 pages

BRAT
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BRAT

Andrew McCarthy

Published 2021

240 pages