How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay
Jenny Lawson
Published 2026
288 pages
The most popular art & creativity books of 2026
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 2026.
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Monsters in the Archives
Caroline Bicks
Published 2026
304 pages
Judy Blume
Mark Oppenheimer
Published 2026
480 pages
Art Cure
Daisy Fancourt
Published 2026
328 pages
Reproductive Wrongs
Sarah Ruden
Published 2026
240 pages
William and Catherine
Russell Myers
Published 2026
336 pages
This Dark Night
Deborah Lutz
Published 2026
352 pages
Hot for Preacher
Anne Marsh
Published 2026
288 pages
Base Notes
Adelle Stripe
Published 2026
288 pages
Too L.A.
Eve Babitz
Published 2026
448 pages
William Blake and The Sea Monsters of Love
Philip Hoare
Published 2026
453 pages
Best Foot Forward
Shirley Ballas
Published 2026
320 pages
How Black Music Took Over the World
Melvin Gibbs
Published 2026
304 pages
Ways of Listening
Rollie Pemberton
Published 2026
208 pages
Patti Smith on Patti Smith
Published 2026
544 pages
Brave New Ballet
Robyn McGrath
Published 2026
32 pages
A Little More Love
Matthew Hild
Published 2026
264 pages
A Wagon in the Woods
James Aldred
Published 2026
391 pages
The Bright Edges of the World
Garrett Peck
Published 2026
256 pages
Prioritize Play
Rachael Renae
Published 2026
256 pages
David Gilmour - Luck and Strange - Studio/Live
Polly Samson
Published 2026
192 pages
James Joyce
Frank Callanan
Published 2026
944 pages
The Essential... Harry Styles
Annie Zaleski
Published 2026
176 pages
Ghost Notes
Rikki Rockett, Martin Svensson, Leif Eriksson
Published 2026
208 pages