🖼️ Art & Design · United States
Best Art & Design Books from United States
Books about art and design range from scholarly monographs to accessible surveys, from artists' own accounts of their practice to cultural histories of visual movements. United States has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in art & design, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best art & design from United States by editorial consensus.
#1
literary-fiction
Twice-Told Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne· 1800
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#2
literary-fiction
Rose Madder
Stephen King· 1995
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#3
literary-fiction
Nine Stories
J. D. Salinger· 1948
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#4
classic-literature
The Marble Faun. 1/2
Nathaniel Hawthorne· 1860
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#5
biography-memoir
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright· 1900
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#6
art-design
China
C. P. Fitzgerald· 1935
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#7
art-design
The arts in early England
Gerard Baldwin Brown· 1903
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#8
travel-exploration
The stones of Florence
Mary McCarthy· 1959
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#9
historical-fiction
The valley of amazement
Amy Tan· 2013
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#10
politics-society
Culture of complaint
Robert Hughes· 1993
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#11
art-design
Wonder Book
Nathaniel Hawthorne· 1947
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#12
art-design
The Green Man
Kingsley Amis· 1920
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#13
art-design
Guide to the collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)· 1919
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#14
art-design
The Fine arts
Gerard Baldwin Brown· 1891
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#15
art-design
The human figure
John H. Vanderpoel· 1913
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#16
art-design
The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the Renaissance
Arthur L. Frothingham· 1908
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#17
art-design
The life and letters of William Beckford of Fonthill (author of "Vathek")
Lewis Melville· 1910
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#18
art-design
The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers
Gerard Baldwin Brown· 1910
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#19
art-design
The art of the Saracens in Egypt
Stanley Lane-Poole· 1886
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#20
art-design
Glossary of Art, Architecture, and Design Since 1945
John A. Walker· 1973
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#21
art-design
Art today
Ray Nelson Faulkner· 1941
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#22
art-design
Collection of notes on art
Charles Webster Hawthorne· 1900
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#23
art-design
The art of the cave dweller
Gerard Baldwin Brown· 1928
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#24
art-design
American Architecture
Leland M. Roth· 2015
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#25
art-design
Society and solitude
Ralph Waldo Emerson· 1870
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#26
art-design
The systematic design of instruction
Walter Dick· 1978
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#27
art-design
The well-considered garden
Louisa Yeomans King· 1916
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#28
art-design
Early Rhode Island houses
Norman Morrison Isham· 1895
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#29
art-design
Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe
Frank Lloyd Wright· 1910
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#30
art-design
Medieval architecture
Arthur Kingsley Porter· 1909
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#31
politics-society
Buildings and society
Anthony D. King· 1980
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#32
art-design
Venice observed
Mary McCarthy· 1956
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#33
art-design
Dieter Roth
Roth, Dieter· 1973
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#34
art-design
The Zombie Survival Guide
Max Brooks· 2003
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#35
art-design
Brunelleschi's dome
Ross King· 2000
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#36
art-design
Concepts of Modern Art
Nikos Stangos· 1974
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#37
art-design
Luigi Ontani
Luigi Ontani· 1970
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#38
art-design
Paul McCarthy
McCarthy, Paul· 2003
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#39
art-design
French Braid
Anne Tyler· 2022
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#40
art-design
Fancy Nancy at the museum
Jane O'Connor· 2007
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#41
art-design
Preparation for art
June King McFee· 1961
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#42
art-design
The Portland Vase
Robin Brooks· 2004
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#43
art-design
The Usborne Introduction To Art
Rosie Dickins· 2004
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#44
art-design
Encyclopedia of American silver manufacturers
Dorothy T. Rainwater· 1975
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#45
art-design
Robert Taylor
Charles Walker· 1991
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#46
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art-design
A guide to the collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)· 1919
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#47
art-design
The Tate Gallery
Sir John Rothenstein· 1957
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#48
art-design
Zoltan Kemeny
Zoltan Kemeny· 1960
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
#49
art-design
Rona Pondick
Rona Pondick· 1988
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#50
art-design
Critical Voices
Meaghan Clarke· 2005
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
