Best Performing Arts Books

A selection of recommended performing arts books worth reading.

• Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed Adventures in the Culinary UnderbellyAnthony Bourdain
• Born a Crime Stories from a South African ChildhoodTrevor Noah
• Dig It Dump It Build ItCottage Door Press
• True Facts That Sound Like BullshitShane Carley
• Abc & 123 Learning SongsScarlett Wing, Cottage Door Press
• Law and Order: Mini Gavel Set with SoundChip Carter
• The Hero with a Thousand Faces the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell Joseph CamJoseph Campbell
• Amusing Ourselves to Death Public Discourse in the Age of Show BusinessNeil Postman
• Save the CatBlake Snyder
• The Origin of Hymns It Is Well with My SoulRobert J. Morgan
• Harry Potter CrochetLucy Collin
• Gilmore Girls the Off CookbkElena Craig, Kristen Mulrooney
• The Circus ShipChris Van Dusen
• Art of Star Wars Andor CompPhillip Szostak
• Disney Who's Who An A to Z of Disney CharactersDisney Books
• The Ride of a Lifetime Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney CompanyRobert Iger
• Screenplay The Foundations of ScreenwritingSyd Field
• Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing A MemoirMatthew Perry
• Harry Potter Screaming Mandrake With Sound!Donald Lemke
• Sopranos Family CookbkArtie Bucco, Michele Scicolone, David Chase, Allen Rucker
• The Book of Sheen a MemoirCharlie Sheen
• The Anatomy of Story 22 Steps to Becoming a Master StorytellerJohn Truby
• Nightmare Before Christmas Tarot Card DeMinerva Siegel
• Kids Wait Till You Hear ThisLiza Minnelli
• The Unofficial Ghibli CookbookThibaud Vilanova
• The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg―and the Battle for the Soul of American CinemaPaul Fischer
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Official Cookbook Recipes from the Four NationsJenny Dorsey
• Star Trek: Light-and-Sound CommunicatorChip Carter
• Art of Howls Moving CastleHayao Miyazaki
• Star Wars the Visual EncyclopediaAdam Bray, Tricia Barr, Cole Horton
• Star Wars Dad Jokes the Best Worst Jokes and Puns from a Galaxy Far Far Away KelKelly Knox
• Creativity, Inc. Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True InspirationEd Catmull, Amy Wallace
• Save the Cat Beat Sheet WorkbkJamie Nash
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot Deck and GuidebookCasey Gilly
• ALIEN STAGE: the Art Book
• Harry Potter a Pop up Guide to HogwartsMatthew Reinhart
• Star Wars Encyclopedia The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars GalaxyDan Brooks, Megan Crouse, Amy Ratcliffe, Amy Richau, Brandon Wainerdi, Kelly Knox, Dan Zehr
• Star Wars Complete Vehicles New EditionPablo Hidalgo, Jason Fry, David West Reynolds, Curtis Saxton, Ryder Windham, Kerrie Dougherty
• Back to the Future: Light-Up Flux Capacitor With Sound!Adam Beechen
• Disney AdultsAJ Wolfe
• Feeding HannibalJanice Poon
• Rick and Morty: Talking Pickle RickRobb Pearlman
• Hayao MiyazakiDaniel Kothenschulte, Jessica Niebel, Pete Docter
• Spider Man Across the Spider Verse ArtRamin Zahed
• Reflections on CinematographySir Roger Deakins
• Disney Princess the Little Mermaid Pop UMatthew Reinhart
• This Book Is All Elite the Inside Story of All Elite Wrestling Keith Elliot GreeKeith Elliot Greenberg, All Elite Wrestling
• Golden Girls Cookbk Cheesecakes & CocktaChristopher Styler
• Avatar the Last Airbender the Promise Part 1Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Gurihiru, Gene Luen Yang
• Alien Stage the Art Book Deluxe EditionVivinos
• Future Boy Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space Time Continuum MiMichael J. Fox, Nelle Fortenberry
• I Spy Fun House a Book of Picture RiddlesJean Marzollo, Walter Wick (Photographer)
• The Chord Wheel The Ultimate Tool for All MusiciansJim Fleser
• HitchcockFrancois Truffaut
• Spiderman into Spider Verse Art OfRamin Zahed
• Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing A MemoirMatthew Perry
• The Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy Coloring BookJ. R. R. Tolkien, Warner Brothers Studio
• Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2026Bob Sehlinger, Len Testa, Becky Gandillon
• Truly: An Inspirational Journey Through the Life of a Musical LegendLionel Richie
• Stranger Things: The Complete Scripts, Season 3Netflix, The Duffer Brothers