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Books like The Creative Habit

The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp is about creativity, habits, craft. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. The War of Art
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    The War of Art

    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.

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  2. The Artist's Way
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    The Artist's Way

    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.

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  3. Big Magic
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    Big Magic

    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.

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  4. Bird by Bird
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    Bird by Bird

    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.

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  5. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
    Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

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    Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

    Mason Currey · Biography

    Daily Rituals is Mason Currey's compilation of the working habits of 161 writers, artists, composers, philosophers, and scientists — from Beethoven to Darwin, Kafka to Freud, Maya Angelou to W.H.

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  6. 12 Rules for Life
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    12 Rules for Life

    Jordan Peterson · Self-help

    12 Rules for Life is Jordan Peterson's attempt to distill what clinical psychology, comparative mythology, the Bible, and evolutionary biology say about how to live.

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