The most popular arts & entertainment books of 2024

Arts and entertainment books cover everything people create to delight each other. Painting, photography, architecture, design, fashion, music, film, theater and comedy are all here. There are beautiful illustrated volumes, histories, biographies of artists and guides to making art yourself. This list shows the ones first published in 2024.

Cover of One in a Millennial On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

One in a Millennial On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

Kate Kennedy

2024 · 2025 edition

336 pages

Cover of Only Say Good Things Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself

Only Say Good Things Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself

Crystal Hefner

2024 · 2025 edition

240 pages

Cover of The Backyard Bird Chronicles

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

2024 · 2025 edition

321 pages

Cover of Magic Pill The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-loss Drugs

Magic Pill The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-loss Drugs

Johann Hari

Published 2024

323 pages

Cover of Splinters

Splinters

Leslie Jamison

Published 2024

272 pages

Cover of Lucky

Lucky

Louise Thompson

Published 2024

304 pages

Cover of Momma Cusses

Momma Cusses

Gwenna Laithland

Published 2024

288 pages

Cover of I've Tried Being Nice Essays

I've Tried Being Nice Essays

Ann Leary

2024 · 2025 edition

240 pages

Cover of Oh No, Not "The Home"

Oh No, Not "The Home"

Peggy Rowe

Published 2024

288 pages

Cover of Against Progress (Žižek's Essays)

Against Progress (Žižek's Essays)

Slavoj Žižek

2024 · 2025 edition

136 pages

Cover of How to Be Old Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon

How to Be Old Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon

Lyn Slater

Published 2024

272 pages

Cover of Family Unfriendly

Family Unfriendly

Timothy P. Carney

Published 2024

363 pages

Cover of Kubrick

Kubrick

Robert P. Kolker

Published 2024

650 pages

Cover of Four Stars

Four Stars

Joel Golby

Published 2024

314 pages

Cover of Help I S*xted My Boss A Hilarious Guide to Avoiding Life's Awkward Moments

Help I S*xted My Boss A Hilarious Guide to Avoiding Life's Awkward Moments

William Hanson, Jordan North

Published 2024

368 pages

Cover of Are You Big?

Are You Big?

Mo Willems

Published 2024

32 pages

Cover of How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone

How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone

Cameron Russell

Published 2024

225 pages

Cover of Love and Pain

Love and Pain

Ben Gillies, Chris Joannou

2024 · 2025 edition

388 pages

Cover of Living the Artist's Way An Intuitive Path to Greater Creativity

Living the Artist's Way An Intuitive Path to Greater Creativity

Julia Cameron

Published 2024

208 pages

Cover of Everyone But Myself A Memoir

Everyone But Myself A Memoir

Julie Chavez

Published 2024

240 pages

Cover of Make Your Own Rules

Make Your Own Rules

Andrew Huang

Published 2024

320 pages

Cover of Making It in America

Making It in America

Rachel Slade

2024 · 2025 edition

352 pages

Cover of Drunk-ish A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol

Drunk-ish A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol

Stefanie Wilder-Taylor

2024 · 2025 edition

288 pages

Cover of National Geographic Bucket List Family Travel Share the World with Your Kids on 50 Adventures of a Lifetime

National Geographic Bucket List Family Travel Share the World with Your Kids on 50 Adventures of a Lifetime

Jessica Gee

Published 2024

416 pages

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