If you loved
Books like Frida
An immersive, deeply empathetic portrait of a life lived at the bleeding edge of physical pain and artistic brilliance. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Frida.
- vibrant
- passionate
- melancholic
- intense
- 01
Picasso
Mike Venezia
A brisk, colorful journey through the ever-changing styles of a modern art legend, designed to spark young imaginations.
- 02
Sukarno
Soekarno · 1965
A front-row seat to the fiery, contradictory mind of a founding father who viewed his own ego and his nation's destiny as inextricably linked.
- 03
The lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver · 2009
A sweeping, intimate epic that plunges you into the vibrant art world of 1930s Mexico before pulling you into the chilling paranoia of McCarthy-era America.
- 04
Eva Luna
Isabel Allende · 1998
A lush, picaresque journey through a vibrant South American landscape, guided by a heroine who spins her own survival out of stories.
- 05
The letters of Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
An achingly intimate window into the brilliant, turbulent mind of an artist desperate to translate the beauty and agony of the world onto canvas.
- 06
Ava
Ava Gardner
A smoky, late-night conversation with a screen legend who has nothing left to hide and a lifetime of stories to tell.
- 07
Zami
Audre Lorde · 1984
A lush, mythic exploration of self-discovery, tracing the fierce and tender lineages of women who shape a life.
- 08
Henry and June
Anais Nin · 1986
An uncensored, deeply intimate plunge into a year of bohemian passion, sexual awakening, and tangled desires.
- 09
Blonde
Joyce Carol Oates
A feverish, hallucinatory descent into the crushing machinery of American fame and the fractured soul of its greatest icon.
- 10
My story
Marilyn Monroe · 1974
An intimate, haunting glimpse behind the most famous smile in the world, revealing a sharp mind and a deeply bruised heart.
- 11
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
A deadpan, glamorous stroll through a mind obsessed with fame, consumerism, and the profound beauty of the superficial.
- 12
Chuck Amuck
Chuck Jones · 1989
A lively, reflective journey through the kinetic mind and career of an iconic American animator.
