Violence and Rebellion in Contemporary French Women’s Autofiction “We stand up and we split”
Michèle Bacholle
Published 2026
352 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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Lorca in Vermont The Spanish Poet and His American Lover
Patricia A. Billingsley
Published 2026
232 pages
Free Up Yuhself
Published 2026
192 pages
Utterly Lazy and Inattentive Martin Parr
Martin Parr, Wendy Jones
Published 2026
312 pages
Frank Ocean's Blonde
Yousef Srour
Published 2026
152 pages
Book Club Hosting Set
Insight Editions
Published 2026
184 pages
Spatial Memories and Preoccupations of an Architect
Turner Brooks
Published 2026
160 pages
Fame Tom Cruise
Diego Magno, David Lee Andrews
Published 2026
26 pages
Brendan Stuart Burns The Space Between
Ian Massey
Published 2026
144 pages
Otherwise Known as Judy the Great A Poetic Ode to Judy Blume
Selina Alko
Published 2026
48 pages
After the Flood Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace
Robert Polito
Published 2026
384 pages
Millie Bobby Brown
Joanne Mattern
Published 2026
24 pages
Houdini's Library How Books Created the World's Greatest Magician
Barb Rosenstock
Published 2026
48 pages
How a Bear Became a Book The Collaboration That Created Winnie-the-Pooh
Annette Bay Pimentel
Published 2026
48 pages
Fights Worth Fighting My Life on Screen and Off
Dolph Lundgren
Published 2026
272 pages
A Century of Hitchcock
Tony Lee Moral
Published 2026
384 pages
Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange 1550–1850
Brianna E. Robertson-Kirkland, Marie Mulvey-Roberts, Louise Duckling, Associate Profesor of English University of British Columbia Jennifer Gustar
Published 2026
256 pages
Marilyn and Her Books
Gail Crowther
Published 2026
320 pages
The Real Alma Mahler Composer, Socialite, Rebel and Influencer
Judith Grohmann
Published 2026
240 pages
Experimental Criticism Franco Moretti and Literature
Francesco De Cristofaro, Stefano Ercolino, Franco Moretti
Published 2026
288 pages
The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Volume 1 Beginnings and Consolidation 1640-1800
Nicholas Brownlees
Published 2026
728 pages
Asian Girlhood in the Shadows of US Empire
Sharon N. Tran
Published 2026
256 pages
Books Good Enough for You The Storied Life of Ursula Nordstrom, Editor of Extraordinary Children's Books
Nancy Hudgins
Published 2026
192 pages
New Directions in Digital Textual Studies Book History, Scholarly Editing and Curation in Conversation
Jenny Kidd, Anthony Mandal, Christopher Ohge, Kristen Schuster
Published 2026
336 pages