Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson [ “A powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life…a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it.” —The New Yorker]
Lust for Life by Irving Stone [The classic fictional re-telling of the incredible life of Vincent Van Gogh. Stone’s main source for Lust for Life, as noted in the afterword, were Van Gogh’s letters to his brother Theo.]