Summer is finally here, and we’re excited to dive into some amazing art-related reads! Check out our team’s curated list of Summer Reading suggestions from fiction to non-fiction, dramatic thriller to whimsical rom-com.

Have a favorite art book? Share it with us to add to our growing list!

Here’s our list, in no particular order…

FICTION

·       The Improbability of Love, by Hannah Rothschild: The Improbability of Love

·       The Art Forger: A Novel, by B.A. Shapiro: The Art Forger: A Novel

·       The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt: (The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)) [By: Tartt, Donna] [Apr, 2015]

·       Head-Long, by Michael Frayn: Head-long: A Novel

·       What’s Bred in the Bone, by Robertson Davies: What’s Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy)

·       The Marriage Portrait, by Maggie O’Farrell: The Marriage Portrait: Reese’s Book Club: A novel

·       The Secret Life of Sunflowers, by Marta Molnar and Dana Marton: The Secret Life Of Sunflowers: A gripping, inspiring novel based on the true story of Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh’s sister-in-law (Light & Life Series Book 1)

NON-FICTION

·       Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers, by Deborah Heiligman: Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers

·       A Forger’s Tale: Confessions of the Bolton Forger, by Shaun Greenhalgh: A Forger’s Tale: Confessions of the Bolton Forger

·       The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World’s Most Expensive Painting, by Ben Lewis: The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World’s Most Expensive Painting

·       Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art, by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo: Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art

·       Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling, by Ross King: Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling

·       Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures, by Robert K. Wittman and John Schiffman: Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures

·       Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists, by Anthony M. Amore: Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists

·       ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History, by Jennifer Dasal: ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History

EDUCATIONAL

·       Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life, by Amy E. Herman: Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life

·       Ways of Seeing, by John Berger: Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series (Penguin Books for Art)

·       What Great Paintings Say: 100 Masterpieces in Detail, by Rose-Marie Hagen and Ranier Hagen: What Paintings Say: 100 Masterpieces in Detail

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