Below are some book recommendations that I think you might enjoy. All of these titles have – in one way or another – helped to shape this site. If you're interested in expanding or enriching your appreciation for illustration, art or design then I recommend you check these out.
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Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
Duncan Tonatiuh
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If you enjoyed: José Guadalupe Posada: Skulls, Skeletons and Macabre Mischief
Toulouse-Lautrec
Matthias Arnold
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If you enjoyed: A Hedonistic Pilgrimage to the Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec
Steinweiss. The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover
Kevin Reagan & Steven Heller
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If you enjoyed: Alex Steinweiss and the World's First Record Cover
Making of Pink Floyd’s The Wall
Gerald Scarfe
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If you enjoyed: How Gerald Scarfe and Pink Floyd Built 'The Wall'
The Bird Man: The Extraordinary Story of John Gould
Isabella Tree
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If you enjoyed: Swansong of a Bird Man: John Gould’s Ornithological Illustrations
The Bird: The Great Age of Avian Illustration
Philip Kennedy
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If you enjoyed: Swansong of a Bird Man: John Gould’s Ornithological Illustrations
Bonzo: The Life and Work of George Studdy
Paul Babb & Gay Owen
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If you enjoyed: George Studdy's Bonzo Bonanza: Tales of a Superstar Dog
The Story of Ferdinand
Munro Leaf & Robert Lawson
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If you enjoyed: A Subversive Bull: Robert Lawson and The Story of Ferdinand
The Enormous Crocodile
Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake
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If you enjoyed: Quentin Blake, Roald Dahl and the Enormous Success of a Crocodile
Quentin Blake: In the Theatre of the Imagination
Ghislaine Kenyon
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If you enjoyed: Quentin Blake, Roald Dahl and the Enormous Success of a Crocodile
Beyond the Page
Quentin Blake
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If you enjoyed: Quentin Blake, Roald Dahl and the Enormous Success of a Crocodile
The Passion of a German Artist: Käthe Kollwitz
Klemens von Klemperer
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If you enjoyed: War and Compassion: The Art of Käthe Kollwitz
James Montgomery Flagg
Susan E. Meyer
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If you enjoyed: “I Want YOU!” – The Story of James Montgomery Flagg's Iconic Poster
Recording Britain: A Pictorial Domesday of Pre-war Britain
David Mellor, Gill Saunders & Patrick Wright
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If you enjoyed: Illustrating the Lost Landscapes of Pre-war Britain
To the Kwai and Back: War Drawings 1939-1945
Ronald Searle
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If you enjoyed: The War Drawings of Ronald Searle
The Falklands War: A Visual Diary
Linda Kitson
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If you enjoyed: Linda Kitson's Falklands War