Established 2021

Meet Paging Creatives, an online book club designed for small business owners in the creative fields. Each month, we select one book from a mix of creatively-themed fiction, business books, biographies, and memoirs to explore. Engage with our selections to spark your inspiration and connect with like-minded creatives during our live online book chat, held on Zoom on the last Tuesday of every month at 8 pm ET. This page lists our monthly selections; please click the button under each month to join the chat. You're welcome to join our discussions anytime—here’s to celebrating creativity and shared inspiration!

With Our Members

It’s time for a holiday bash with Paging Creatives, our amazing online book club! This is a virtual gathering where our members can kick back and share their favorite books of the year. But it's not just about books – we're celebrating everyone's personal and professional wins from 2025, too! We’ll also chat about our grand plans and dreams for the upcoming year of 2026. So grab your holiday cheer, hot chocolate, cozy up, and come on in and join us for some bookish memories together in true holiday style!

By Lisa Barr

A young journalist is swept into the hunt for a vanished masterpiece once stolen during World War II, a painting whose disappearance still shadows the lives it touched. Her search pulls her toward a powerful art dealer whose charm masks a reputation built on fear and control. Every lead she follows unlocks new secrets, from buried family histories to the quiet courage of those who risked everything to protect the work. This story shows how a single piece of art can ignite obsession, reveal truth, and change the fate of everyone who comes near it.

By Thomas Schlesser

A young girl learns her vision may fade forever and her grandfather takes her on a mission through Paris’s grand museums, visiting a different masterpiece each week to capture “all that is beautiful in the world.” As they wander through halls of Botticelli, Kahlo, and Baselitz, the art ignites questions about love, legacy, and the meaning of sight itself. When each painting becomes a mirror, their journey transforms into a pact not just to remember beauty, but to live it. This novel reveals how creativity can redefine what it means to see and what it means to be alive.

By Susanna Clarke

A solitary man lives inside an immense House of endless halls, towering statues, and tides that rise and fall through rooms carved from marble, water, and memory. As he explores, he records details with the precision of an artist mapping a world no one else can see. When unsettling clues suggest the House is hiding truths about his past, it becomes a quest to understand who he is and why this place exists. This novel invites readers into a world shaped like a living artwork, where its beauty reveals the power of imagination and the cost of forgetting.

By Fiona Davis

A young model fleeing scandal is pulled into the glittering world of the Frick mansion, where wealth and art conceal tensions simmering behind its marble halls. As she becomes entangled with the family’s desires and secrets, the mansion’s masterpieces begin to reflect the rivalries shaping her fate. Decades later, a modern archivist uncovers clues hidden in the museum, revealing the truth that binds their lives across time. This novel immerses readers in a world where ambition, beauty, and art shape destinies in ways no one can foresee.

By Margaret Rogerson

A gifted portrait artist is summoned to paint a faerie prince, only to expose a flaw in his expression that plunges them both into a dangerous journey far beyond her quiet village. As they cross enchanted forests and ancient courts, her talent becomes both a weapon and a lifeline in a world where creation is forbidden and beauty can be deadly. Each step reveals more about the prince’s hidden nature and the power of art to unravel long-kept illusions. This novel blends magic, craft, and desire into a tale where creativity becomes its own form of courage.

By Paulette Kennedy

A heartbroken young woman becomes the live-in companion to her great-aunt Marguerite, a once-famed artist slipping into dementia inside the crumbling mansion of Blackberry Grange. As Marguerite obsessively paints haunting portraits of past lovers, her art becomes a window into secrets she can no longer speak. Each night, the house bends around these creations, blurring the line between memory and truth. This novel captures how art can expose what the past refuses to release.

By James Patterson and Howard Roughan

A long-lost Picasso worth a hundred million dollars is discovered in a French villa, sparking a high-stakes scramble that ripples through the art world and into its shadows. Collectors, crime bosses, government operatives, and master forgers all close in, each convinced they’re destined to claim the masterpiece. But none anticipate the arrival of a brilliant twenty-two-year-old art thief whose boldness rewrites the chase. This novel blends glamour, danger, and obsession into a sleek heist where every move circles back to the power of a single painting.

By Michelle Young

As Paris erupts in battle, museum curator Rose Valland secretly tracks each masterpiece the Nazis steal from the Jeu de Paume, knowing one misstep could cost her life. Inside the museum turned looting headquarters, she feeds information to the Resistance while standing inches from the men who believe they own the world’s beauty. Across the front lines, a Free French soldier is determined to reclaim the treasures stolen from his family. This book unfolds like a wartime thriller, spotlighting the courage that saved some of the world’s greatest art.

by Rick Rubin

Legendary music producer Rick Rubin offers a guide to creativity that invites readers to see artistic expression as a way of engaging with the world. Drawing on decades of helping creators find clarity, he shows how letting go of expectation opens the door to work that feels honest and alive. His insights encourage readers to slow down, pay attention, and trust the instincts that lead to meaningful expression. This book illuminates a path for anyone ready to deepen their creative life and rediscover a sense of possibility.

By Oscar Wilde

A talented artist captures Dorian Gray’s otherworldly beauty in a portrait that seems to hold more power than either of them understands. When Dorian falls under the spell of a man who worships pleasure above conscience, he wishes for the painting to bear the weight of age and corruption in his place. As he slips deeper into temptation, the portrait twists into a grotesque reflection of every choice he hides behind his perfect face. This novel lingers in the shadows of art, desire, and the terrible price of trading one’s soul for eternal beauty.

By: Fredrik Backman

An aspiring artist becomes captivated by three tiny figures tucked into the corner of a famous painting, sensing a hidden story. Her search leads her across the country and back to a seaside summer twenty-five years earlier, when a group of teenagers found refuge, love, and purpose on an abandoned pier. As she uncovers the lives behind the brushstrokes, the painting transforms into a guide that reshapes her understanding of what was created and what was lost. This novel honors the quiet power of friendship and the way art preserves the moments that shape us.

With our Members

It’s time for the annual end-of-year celebration for Paging Creatives. This virtual gathering is a chance for members to unwind together, share their standout reads of the year, and reflect on the personal and professional moments that defined 2026. We’ll look ahead to the new year with intention, inspiration, and a few big dreams for the seasons to come. Settle in with something warm and join us for a relaxed evening celebrating books, creativity, and this community we’ve built together.