Best Books About Ballet: 40 Titles

The most widely held books on ballet in libraries, from Open Library's catalog of 3,868 titles on the subject. Many have free borrowable digital editions.

Cover of Picasso

Picasso

Pablo Picasso, Jean-Louis Andral, Pierre Daix · 1926

240 editions
Cover of Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall, Evgenija Petrova, Aleksandra Shatskikh · 1948

97 editions
Cover of If There Be Thorns

If There Be Thorns

V.C. Andrews · 1981

52 editions
Cover of Ellen Tebbits

Ellen Tebbits

Beverly Cleary · 1951

39 editions
Cover of In search of theater

In search of theater

Eric Bentley · 1947

33 editions
Cover of Ballet Shoes (Shoes #1)

Ballet Shoes (Shoes #1)

Noel Streatfeild · 1609

32 editions
Cover of The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker

E. T. A. Hoffmann · 1976

26 editions
Cover of Princess Poppy

Princess Poppy

Janey Louise Jones · 2004

22 editions
Cover of Yesterdays with Authors

Yesterdays with Authors

James Thomas Fields · 1872

20 editions · free to read
Cover of Theatre Street

Theatre Street

Tamara Karsavina · 1930

19 editions
Cover of Complete book of ballets

Complete book of ballets

Cyril W. Beaumont · 1937

16 editions
Cover of Lettice, the dancing rabbit

Lettice, the dancing rabbit

Mandy Stanley · 2001

16 editions
Cover of On Wings of Joy

On Wings of Joy

Trudy Garfunkel · 1994

15 editions
Cover of Balanchine

Balanchine

Bernard Taper · 1963

15 editions
Cover of Death in Fifth Position (Mentor Books)

Death in Fifth Position (Mentor Books)

Gore Vidal · 1952

15 editions
Cover of Mistero dietro le quinte

Mistero dietro le quinte

Elisabetta Dami · 2011

13 editions
Cover of A bullet in the ballet

A bullet in the ballet

Caryl Brahms · 1937

13 editions
Cover of Ballet

Ballet

Anna Paskevska, Bent Schonberg · 1990

13 editions
Cover of The craft of comedy

The craft of comedy

Athene Seyler · 1943

12 editions
Cover of A dictionary of ballet terms

A dictionary of ballet terms

Leo Kersley · 1952

12 editions
Cover of A candle for St. Jude

A candle for St. Jude

Rumer Godden · 1948

12 editions
Cover of Ivy + Bean doomed to dance

Ivy + Bean doomed to dance

Annie Barrows · 2009

11 editions
Cover of Thursday's Children

Thursday's Children

Rumer Godden · 1984

11 editions
Cover of Pina Bausch

Pina Bausch

Royd Climenhaga · 2007

10 editions
Cover of The Gilded Bat

The Gilded Bat

Edward Gorey, Marcial Souto · 1966

10 editions
Cover of Beyond Stanislavsky

Beyond Stanislavsky

Bella Merlin · 2001

10 editions
Cover of Plum fantastic

Plum fantastic

Whoopi Goldberg, Deborah Underwood · 2008

9 editions
Cover of Anatomy and ballet

Anatomy and ballet

Celia Sparger · 1949

9 editions
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Looking at the dance

Edwin Denby · 1943

9 editions · free to read
Cover of English ballet

English ballet

Janet Leeper · 1942

9 editions
Cover of Grammatik der Tanzkunst

Grammatik der Tanzkunst

Friedrich Albert Zorn · 1887

9 editions · free to read
Cover of Shiny broken pieces

Shiny broken pieces

Sona Charaipotra · 2016

9 editions
Cover of The ballet-lover's pocket-book

The ballet-lover's pocket-book

Kay Ambrose · 1943

9 editions
Cover of Second steps in ballet

Second steps in ballet

Thalia Mara · 1956

9 editions
Cover of Jessi and the dance school phantom

Jessi and the dance school phantom

Ann M. Martin · 1991

9 editions
Cover of Dancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You

Dancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You

Dorian Cirrone · 2005

8 editions
Cover of Bad Day for Ballet

Bad Day for Ballet

Carolyn Keene · 1995

8 editions
Cover of All tutus should be pink

All tutus should be pink

Sheri Brownrigg, Meredith Johnson · 1992

8 editions
Cover of Stories from the Ballet

Stories from the Ballet

Margaret Greaves · 1993

8 editions
Cover of Dance to the piper

Dance to the piper

Agnes De Mille · 1951

8 editions

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