Book List

Book List

The following list is not comprehensive to every book available in the art room. There are dozens of reference books, textbooks, art magazines, etc. that have been in the room for years. This list of books is meant to showcase my own personal collection that I am going to provide as reference and reading. I believe each of these books holds value for the arts and design field, and for education as a whole. I will also frequently use some of these books for examples and to showcase ideas in lessons. This list will be actively updated as I remove or add books.


Unrestricted Books

Students may check these books out from me. Any books that are not returned to me by the end of a semester will be the responsibility of the students to replace.


  1. 100 Selected Poems - e.e. Cummings

  2. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos - Jordan Peterson

  3. Anthology of Japanese Literature - Donald Keene

  4. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L’Engle

  5. Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson

  6. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - Betty Edwards

  7. Dungeons and Dragons Player’s Handbook - Wizards of the Coast

  8. Einstein’s Dreams - Alan Lightman

  9. Enlightenment Now - Stephen Pinker

  10. Game Design - Jim Thompson

  11. Great Tales of Horror - H.P. Lovecraft

  12. How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy - Orson Scott Card

  13. Launching the Imagination - Mary Stewart

  14. Memories, Dreams, Reflections - C.G. Jung

  15. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

  16. Nature’s Palette - Patrick Baty

  17. Paradise Lost - John Milton

  18. Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary - Paizo Publishing

  19. Signature Classic - C.S. Lewis

  20. The Animator’s Survival Kit - Richard Williams

  21. The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious - C.G. Jung

  22. The Birth of Tragedy - Friedrich Nietzsche

  23. The Complete Guide to Watercolor - DK

  24. The Conference of the Birds - Peter Sis

  25. The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz

  26. The Hero with a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell

  27. The Highly Sensitive Person’s Survival Guide - Ted Zeff

  28. The Legend of Zelda: Arts & Artifacts - Dark Horse Books

  29. The Undiscovered Self - C.G. Jung

  30. Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words - Randall Munroe

  31. Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman

  32. Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Friedrich Nietzsche

  33. What if? - Randall Munroe

  34. Writing Fiction - A Guide to Narrative Craft - Janet Burroway, Elizabeth Stuckey-French


Restricted Books

The following books will NOT be allowed to be checked out, and will require parental permission to be viewed by students. These books contain anatomical nudity, or depict historical/famous pieces of art which contain nudity.


  1. Drawing: The Head & Figure - Jack Hamm

  2. Figure Drawing: Design and Invention - Michael Hampton

  3. MEGG’S History of Graphic Design - Meggs & Purvis

  4. The Art of Drawing People - Walter Foster Publishing

  5. The Visual Arts: A History - Honour & Fleming

  6. The Complete Book of Drawing and Painting - Hugh Laidman