Tomatokind's Creative Journey Library

Books on a shelf. Photo Courtesy Tiana.

Below is a thoughtfully curated collection of books that inspire creativity, deepen reflection, and nourish the spirit — titles that help ground our approach to a creative life, and that we dog-ear and return to often. Let us know what you pick out!

• Storyworthy by Mathew Dicks

• The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

• Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey

• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

• The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

• You Are A Badass At Making Money by Jen Sincero

• The Stars: A New Way to See Them by H.A. Rey

• Start With Why by Simon Sinek

• The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

• Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

• The Work of Art by Adam Moss

• Make Your Art No Matter What by Beth Pickens

• How to Write One Song by Jeff Tweedy

• Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami

• Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans

• Haben by Haben Girma

• Permission to Come Home by Jenny T. Wang

• How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell

• Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

• Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon

• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

• Color Curious by Ana Bianchi

All our recommendations can be found at our bookshop.org affiliate page here!