Books like Steal Like an Artist

If you liked Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The 4-Hour Workweek

    Timothy Ferriss · 2007

    Because shares tags: business, self help.

    Ferriss's 2007 manual for escaping the nine to five: define the dream, cut fake work, automate a small income, and travel now.

  2. Think and Grow Rich

    Napoleon Hill · 1937

    Because shares tags: business, self help.

    Hill teaches desire, faith and autosuggestion, distilling lessons from Carnegie interviews into thirteen principles for success.

  3. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

    Betty Edwards · 1979

    Because shares tags: art, creativity.

    Edwards teaches seeing edges spaces to draw via right brain exercises.

  4. The Power of Habit

    Charles Duhigg · 2012

    Because shares tags: business, self help.

    Why we do what we do: the cue routine reward loop, keystone habits, and how companies and movements use the same science, from toothpaste…

  5. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

    Stephen R. Covey · 1989

    Because shares tags: self help, business.

    Covey's famous framework for living by principle: seven habits that move from private victory to working well with others.

  6. How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie · 1936

    Because shares tags: self help, business.

    Carnegie's 1936 guide to getting along offers plain habits for listening, praise, and persuasion. This summary walks through its parts,…

  7. The Purpose Driven Life

    Rick Warren · 2002

    Because shares tag: self help.

    Rick Warren's 40-day guide to Christian purpose, from worship and fellowship to growth, service and mission.

  8. Shoe Dog

    Phil Knight · 2016

    Because shares tag: business.

    Phil Knight tells how Blue Ribbon Sports grew from a trunk of Japanese running shoes into Nike.

  9. Just Kids

    Patti Smith · 2010

    Because shares tag: art.

    Patti Smith recalls broke young years with Robert Mapplethorpe in 1960s New York, from Brooklyn rooms to the Chelsea Hotel, art, music, and…

  10. Heaven Is for Real

    Todd Burpo · 2010

    Because shares tag: inspiration.

    A Nebraska pastor's four-year-old survives a burst appendix, then describes angels, Jesus, and relatives he never met.

  11. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

    Peter Thiel · 2014

    Because shares tag: business.

    Thiel argues monopolies create value through vertical progress, not by copying competition.

  12. Ways of Seeing

    John Berger · 1972

    Because shares tag: art.

    Seven short essays on how pictures, ads, and nudes teach us to look.

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