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The best books to read first about the celebrated and controversial American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat -
The best books about running away -
The best novels about complex female friendship -
The best graphic novels that tell personal stories set in the past -
The best books on how New York became New York (that aren’t Robert Caro’s The Power Broker) -
The best books on genre-bending artists: inside and out -
The best books about the destruction of personal space -
The best memoirs from a wide array of people -
The best autobiography and memoir books that everyone should read in their lifetime
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The best nonfiction books about lots of things at once -
The best books as life rafts from loss – with a shot of gin -
The best biographies and memoirs by women—about their musical heroes -
The best oral history books about art, music, TV, and movies -
The best books starring tortured artists -
The best mixed-genre and/or deliciously out-of-the-box memoirs by women -
The best books about fashion and the fashion industry -
The best books on album cover art -
The best books on the terrors of nihilism
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The best heavy metal books on my shelf -
Lori Mortensen's favorite picture books about art