--- title: These Are the Top Six Books That Will Make You More Creative description: If you read What are the four principles that will lead you to breakthrough creativity? and want more information, look no further. Six of the... canonical: https://time.com/3559194/books-make-you-more-creative/ author: Eric Barker article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-07T05:01:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T08:00:29.465Z article:section: Ideas og:title: These Are the Top Six Books That Will Make You More Creative og:description: If you read What are the four principles that will lead you to breakthrough creativity? and want more information, look no further. 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Six of the... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c9955cb1f849ace/6987644f35ba6f0ccec04d35/books.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Are the Top Six Books That Will Make You More Creative by [Eric Barker](https://time.com/author/eric-barker/) ## Eric Barker Nov 7, 2014 5:01 AM UTC  Books BooksGetty Images by [Eric Barker](https://time.com/author/eric-barker/) ## Eric Barker Nov 7, 2014 5:01 AM UTC If you read [_What are the four principles that will lead you to breakthrough creativity?_](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/what-are-the-four-principles-that-will-lead-y) and want more information, look no further. Six of the best sources I came across are below, with links and descriptions: **_1)_** [**_Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention_**](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060928204/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0060928204&linkCode=as2&tag=spacforrent-20) --- > “” --- Check it out [**here**](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060928204/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0060928204&linkCode=as2&tag=spacforrent-20). **_2)_** [**_Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation_**](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594485380/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1594485380&linkCode=as2&tag=spacforrent-20) --- > “” --- Check it out [**here**](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594485380/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1594485380&linkCode=as2&tag=spacforrent-20). **_3)_** [**_Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries_**](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439170428/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1439170428&linkCode=as2&tag=spacforrent-20) --- > “” --- Check it out [**here**](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439170428/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1439170428&linkCode=as2&tag=spacforrent-20). **_4)_** [**_Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die_**](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400064287/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=spacforrent-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1400064287) --- > “” --- Check it out [**here**](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400064287/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=spacforrent-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1400064287). **_5)_** [**_Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Ghandi_**](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465027741/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=spacforrent-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0465027741) --- > “” --- Check it out [**here**](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465027741/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=spacforrent-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0465027741). **_6)_** [**_Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas are Born_**](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140109862/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0140109862&linkCode=as2&tag=spacforrent-20) --- > “” --- Check it out [**here**](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140109862/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0140109862&linkCode=as2&tag=spacforrent-20). **_This piece originally appeared on_** [**_Barking Up the Wrong Tree_**](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2012/08/what-are-the-best-books-about-creativity/)**_._** **Join over 130,000 readers.** Get a free weekly update via email [here](http://eepurl.com/o6uAD). 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