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Books like Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within
The best books like Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within are The Art of Learning, The Creative Habit, and The War of Art. Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within by Kenny Werner is about mastery and practice, fear and performance, creativity. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Art of Learning
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Josh Waitzkin · Self-help
The Art of Learning is Josh Waitzkin's account of how he became a national chess champion as a child and later a world-champion martial artist, and what those two very different disciplines taught him about the structure of high performance.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - The Creative Habit
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Twyla Tharp · Self-help
The Creative Habit is legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp's account of how creativity works in practice — not as inspiration but as habit, discipline, and preparation.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - The War of Art
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Steven Pressfield · Self-help
The War of Art is Steven Pressfield's short, blunt manual for anyone who creates — or wants to create — and finds themselves blocked, procrastinating, or unable to start.
Both dig into creativity.
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- Steal Like an Artist
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Austin Kleon · Self-help
Steal Like an Artist is Austin Kleon's short, illustrated guide to the creative process, built around the premise that nothing is truly original — all creative work is built from and inspired by what came before.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Big Magic
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Elizabeth Gilbert · Self-help
Big Magic is Elizabeth Gilbert's manifesto for living a creative life — not as a professional artistic career but as an orientation toward existence.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Bird by Bird
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Anne Lamott · Self-help
Bird by Bird is Anne Lamott's guide to writing and the creative life, grown from a course she taught at UC Davis and developed over years of writing novels, essays, and journalism.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Hyperfocus
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Chris Bailey · Self-help
Hyperfocus is Chris Bailey's second book, narrowing in on the attention piece of his earlier productivity triad.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Keep Going
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Austin Kleon · Self-help
Keep Going is Austin Kleon's third book in his series on creative practice, following Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers
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Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers
Dennis DeSantis · Self-help
Making Music is Dennis DeSantis's catalog of seventy-four specific problems that electronic music producers encounter, paired with concrete strategies for addressing each one.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Mastery
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Robert Greene · Self-help
Mastery is Robert Greene's long account of how extraordinary human mastery develops — from childhood inclinations through apprenticeship through creative independence to the integration that characterizes true mastery.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Show Your Work!
- The Artist's Way
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Julia Cameron · Self-help
The Artist's Way is Julia Cameron's twelve-week program for recovering and developing creative ability, originally published in 1992 and still widely used in studio groups and classrooms.
Both dig into creativity.
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Books like Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within: quick answers
What are the best books like Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within?
The best books like Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within by Kenny Werner are The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin, The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp, The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within, such as mastery and practice, fear and performance, creativity.
What should I read after Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within?
A natural next read after Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within is The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin. A kindred self-help read. Other strong choices are The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp, The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon.
What books are similar to Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within by Kenny Werner?
Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within centers on mastery and practice, fear and performance, creativity. Books with a similar feel include The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin, The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp, The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
