Are you looking for some good books about creativity to read for 2018? If so, here are the top 5 books I recommend the most. They will help you be more creative in your personal and professional life, as well as to help you lead your team and organization to innovate more. Happy reading! What You’ll Learn * Amy Climer’s top recommended creativity books * A short review of each book Resources * Book: The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield * Book: From Experience to Creativity by Daniel Cape with contributions by Dr. Amy Climer * Book: Collective Genius by Linda Hill, et al. * Book: Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull * Book: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert * Podcast: Magic Lessons with Elizabeth Gilbert Weekly Challenge Pick one of these 5 books and start reading! Then, let me know what you think. Leave your thoughts in the comments below. Transcript Feel like reading instead of listening? Download the free transcript or read it below. Enjoy! Transcript for Episode #085: Five Creativity Books I Recommend Amy Climer: Welcome to The Deliberate Creative Podcast Episode 85. In today’s episode, I want to share with you five creativity books that I recommend all the time that I think you should read if you really want to understand creativity. We are just going to jump right in. The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield   The first book is called The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield. If you feel like you need a kick in the pants to help you create or get past procrastination, this is a great book to read. Stephen Pressfield is a writer and he clearly understands how creativity works. You can feel it as you are reading the book. Because he talks about all the demons that get in the way of creativity, yet, he also gets real and talks about how to get over yourself and how to really get going to get past that procrastination. What I love about the book is just this no-nonsense, no-fluff style. It is a thin book that is worth every penny. I highly recommend The War of Art. So check out The War of Art. It is a quick read. You can probably read it in a day or in a weekend, at least in a week. Check out The War of Art. I highly recommend that one. Collective Genius by Linda Hill, et al.   The next book is Collective Genius. It is by Linda Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove and Kent Lineback. Linda Hill is a researcher at Harvard and she and her colleagues got together and they were asking the question; why are some organizations creative and able to innovate again and again and others are barely able to innovate at all? They did an extensive research study looking at leadership and creativity in teams and the book reveals everything that they learned. They share some great stories about creativity and innovation and some of the nuances of it and how it works within teams. If you are interested in creativity and leadership, I highly recommend Collective Genius by Linda Hill and her colleagues.