The most popular performing arts books of 2025

Performing arts books are about the stage. Theater, dance, opera, circus and stand-up comedy are covered through histories, biographies and practical guides to acting, directing and performing. For people who work in the wings and for audiences who love a night out. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

Cover of Negative Aesthetics and Political Collapse in Eastern European and Balkan Cinema

Negative Aesthetics and Political Collapse in Eastern European and Balkan Cinema

Zoran Samardzija

Published 2025

154 pages

Cover of Positive Stories for Negative Times, Season Four Bold New Plays Co-Created by Young People and World-Class Artists

Positive Stories for Negative Times, Season Four Bold New Plays Co-Created by Young People and World-Class Artists

Travis Alabanza, Ella Hickson, James Ley, Hannah Low, Mammalian Diving Reflex

Published 2025

232 pages

Cover of K-Drama Love Volume 1 - Favorites

K-Drama Love Volume 1 - Favorites

Robin Alexander

Published 2025

93 pages

Cover of Siawave & Turbo Tempo's Beat Sync Showdown A DJ ORANGES Story About Beatmatching, Timing, and Teamwork

Siawave & Turbo Tempo's Beat Sync Showdown A DJ ORANGES Story About Beatmatching, Timing, and Teamwork

E. S. Aesthetic

Published 2025

32 pages

Cover of Bandwidths Reading Across Media with Garrett Stewart

Bandwidths Reading Across Media with Garrett Stewart

David LaRocca

Published 2025

288 pages

Cover of The Natural History of Film Form

The Natural History of Film Form

Pansy Duncan

Published 2025

120 pages

Cover of Doghouse Days

Doghouse Days

The Doghouse Pupils

Published 2025

44 pages

Cover of Historical Women on Television Portrayals of 120 Notable Figures in Scripted Programs

Historical Women on Television Portrayals of 120 Notable Figures in Scripted Programs

Karen A. Romanko

Published 2025

222 pages

Cover of Shakespeare and Brecht A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers

Shakespeare and Brecht A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers

Stephen Unwin

Published 2025

224 pages

Cover of Acting Realism Theory and Practice from Garrick to Meisner and Beyond

Acting Realism Theory and Practice from Garrick to Meisner and Beyond

Stephen Bayly

Published 2025

272 pages

Cover of Timmy the Tapeworm A Story About Sharing

Timmy the Tapeworm A Story About Sharing

JOSH. JENNINGS

Published 2025

32 pages

Cover of Conduct Literature and the Politics of the Stage Controversy 1689-1728

Conduct Literature and the Politics of the Stage Controversy 1689-1728

Chih-Hsin Huang

Published 2025

312 pages

Cover of Ladies Calling the Shots

Ladies Calling the Shots

Niran Adedokun

Published 2025

272 pages

Cover of Sing Vocal Jazz, Teach Vocal Jazz A Holistic Guide to Vocal Jazz Performance Pedagogy

Sing Vocal Jazz, Teach Vocal Jazz A Holistic Guide to Vocal Jazz Performance Pedagogy

Lenora Helm Hammonds

Published 2025

128 pages

Cover of Disney Comics Library. Carl Barks's Donald Duck. Vol. 1. 1942-1950

Disney Comics Library. Carl Barks's Donald Duck. Vol. 1. 1942-1950

Taschen

Published 2025

636 pages

Cover of Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

Vince Gilligan, Hollywood Scripts

Published 2025

76 pages

Cover of Disney Zootopia 2 Ultimate Sticker Book

Disney Zootopia 2 Ultimate Sticker Book

DK

Published 2025

16 pages

Avatar Fire and Ash Ultimate Sticker Book

Dorling Kindersley

Published 2025

24 pages

Cover of Have Yourself a Merry Legal Christmas Laws and Justice in Holiday Movies and Television Shows

Have Yourself a Merry Legal Christmas Laws and Justice in Holiday Movies and Television Shows

David Krell

Published 2025

120 pages

Cover of Rare Beauty Bonita Granville A Biography

Rare Beauty Bonita Granville A Biography

KATE. ARNDT

Published 2025

236 pages

Cover of Self-Sabotage And Other Ways I've Spent My Time

Self-Sabotage And Other Ways I've Spent My Time

Jeffery Self

2025 · 2026 edition

272 pages

Cover of It's (Almost) Always Sunny in Philadelphia How Three Friends Spent $200 to Create the Longest-Running Live-Action Sitcom in History and Help Build a Network

It's (Almost) Always Sunny in Philadelphia How Three Friends Spent $200 to Create the Longest-Running Live-Action Sitcom in History and Help Build a Network

Kimberly Potts

2025 · 2026 edition

336 pages

Cover of Extreme Improv 2 Bigger Book of Improv Games

Extreme Improv 2 Bigger Book of Improv Games

David Pustansky

Published 2025

326 pages

Cover of Geena Davis Unscripted - A Life Beyond the Spotlight

Geena Davis Unscripted - A Life Beyond the Spotlight

SOPHIA. PARKINSON

Published 2025

118 pages

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