Best Books on Books, Theatre & Photography

Writers and poets, the stage and the dance floor, and the photographers who caught the world. The top-rated non-fiction to read alongside the books, theatre & photography documentaries.

  1. Will in the World by Stephen Greenblatt - View on Amazon
  2. How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
  3. The Empty Space by Peter Brook - View on Amazon
  4. On Photography by Susan Sontag (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
  5. On Writing by Stephen King (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
  6. Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
  7. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway - View on Amazon
  8. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
  9. The Norton Anthology of Poetry by Margaret Ferguson - View on Amazon
  10. How to Read a Poem by Terry Eagleton - View on Amazon
  11. Red Comet by Heather L. Clark - View on Amazon
  12. John Keats by Nicholas Roe - View on Amazon
  13. Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
  14. 1599 by James Shapiro - View on Amazon
  15. Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin - View on Amazon
  16. Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin - View on Amazon
  17. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
  18. A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate - View on Amazon
  19. Broadway: The American Musical by Michael Kantor - View on Amazon
  20. Finishing the Hat by Stephen Sondheim - View on Amazon
  21. Born Standing Up by Steve Martin (4/5) - View on Amazon
  22. Act One by Moss Hart - View on Amazon
  23. Yes Please by Amy Poehler (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
  24. Bossypants by Tina Fey (3.6/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Writers & Poets

  1. On Writing by Stephen King (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
  2. Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
  3. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway - View on Amazon
  4. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
  5. The Norton Anthology of Poetry by Margaret Ferguson - View on Amazon
  6. How to Read a Poem by Terry Eagleton - View on Amazon
  7. Red Comet by Heather L. Clark - View on Amazon
  8. John Keats by Nicholas Roe - View on Amazon

Best Books on Theatre, Dance & Opera

  1. A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate - View on Amazon
  2. Broadway: The American Musical by Michael Kantor - View on Amazon
  3. The Empty Space by Peter Brook - View on Amazon
  4. Finishing the Hat by Stephen Sondheim - View on Amazon
  5. Born Standing Up by Steve Martin (4/5) - View on Amazon
  6. Act One by Moss Hart - View on Amazon
  7. Yes Please by Amy Poehler (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
  8. Bossypants by Tina Fey (3.6/5) - View on Amazon

Best Books on Photography

  1. On Photography by Susan Sontag (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
  2. Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
  3. The Bang-Bang Club by Greg Marinovich - View on Amazon
  4. Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton - View on Amazon
  5. Andreas Gursky by Andreas Gursky - View on Amazon