12 Best Art & Architecture Books
Art & Architecture is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Art & Architecture audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 12 Art & Architecture audiobooks below.
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Middle School: Just My Rotten Luck
- By: James Patterson
- Narrator: James Patterson
- Length: 4 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 22, 2015
- Language: English
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4.41(1521 ratings)
4.41(1521 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.98 USDTOUCHDOWN! James Patterson will have kids busting out laughing as they follow lovable bad-boy Rafe’s struggles to score big on the field-and in the social scene!In this seventh Middle School episode, Rafe heads back to the place his... Read moreTOUCHDOWN! James Patterson will have kids busting out laughing as they follow lovable bad-boy Rafe’s struggles to score big on the field-and in the social scene!In this seventh Middle School episode, Rafe heads back to the place his misadventures began: the dreaded Hills Village Middle School, where he’s now being forced to take “special” classes. He also finds himself joining the school’s football team-alongside his main tormenter, Miller the Killer! But Rafe has grand plans for a better year: First, he decides to start a super-secret art project that’s sure to rock the school. Then, if Rafe manages to make a play to save his team, he might have to deal with something completely new: popularity! -
Many Points of Me
- By: Caroline Gertler
- Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 6 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Greenwillow Books
- Publish date: January 12, 2021
- Language: English
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4.23(387 ratings)
4.23(387 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USD“Sensitive and thoughtful–a story about loss, friendship, and the beauty of self-discovery.”–Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach Me When Georgia finds a secret sketch her late father–a famed“Sensitive and thoughtful–a story about loss, friendship, and the beauty of self-discovery.”–Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach Me
When Georgia finds a secret sketch her late father–a famed artist–left behind, the discovery leads her down a path that may reshape everything holding her family and friends together. Caroline Gertler’s debut is a story about friendship, family, grief, and creativity. Fans of Rebecca Stead’s Goodbye Stranger, Dan Gemeinhart’s The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, and E. L. Konigsburg’s From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler will find a new friend in Georgia.
Georgia Rosenbloom’s father was a famous artist. His most well-known paintings were a series of asterisms–patterns of stars–that he created. One represented a bird, one himself, and one Georgia’s mother. There was supposed to be a fourth asterism, but Georgia’s father died before he could paint it. Georgia’s mother and her best friend, Theo, are certain that the last asterism would’ve been of Georgia, but Georgia isn’t so sure. She isn’t sure about anything anymore–including whether Theo is still her best friend.
Then Georgia finds a sketch her father made of her. One with pencil points marked on the back–just like those in the asterism paintings. Could this finally be the proof that the last painting would have been of her?
Georgia’s quest to prove her theory takes her around her Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City and to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which was almost a second home to Georgia, having visited favorite artists and paintings there constantly with her father. But the sketch leads right back to where she’s always belonged–with the people who love her no matter what.
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Cherries and Cherry Pits
- By: Vera B. Williams
- Narrator: Martha Plimpton
- Length: 12 minutes
- Publisher: Greenwillow Books
- Publish date: May 12, 2009
- Language: English
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4.16(315 ratings)
4.16(315 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.002.99 USDThis is Bidemmi’s book. Enter her world, look at the pictures she draws as she tells her stories. You will never forget her. This is Bidemmi’s book. Enter her world, look at the pictures she draws as she tells her stories. You will neverThis is Bidemmi’s book. Enter her world, look at the pictures she draws as she tells her stories. You will never forget her.
This is Bidemmi’s book. Enter her world, look at the pictures she draws as she tells her stories. You will never forget her.
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York: The Clockwork Ghost
- By: Laura Ruby
- Narrator: Adam Verner
- Length: 9 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Walden Pond Press
- Publish date: May 14, 2019
- Language: English
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4.15(725 ratings)
4.15(725 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDNational Book Award finalist Laura Ruby returns with the middle chapter in her epic alternate-history adventure–a journey that will test Tess, Theo, and Jaime and change their lives forever. It was only a few weeks ago that the BiedermannNational Book Award finalist Laura Ruby returns with the middle chapter in her epic alternate-history adventure–a journey that will test Tess, Theo, and Jaime and change their lives forever.
It was only a few weeks ago that the Biedermann twins, Tess and Theo, along with their friend Jaime Cruz, followed the secrets of the Morningstarrs’ cipher further than anyone had in its century-and a-half history–and destroyed their beloved home in the process.
But the Old York Cipher still isn’t solved. The demolition of 354 W. 73rd Street only revealed the next clue in the greatest mystery of the modern world, and if Tess, Theo, and Jaime want to discover what lies at the end of the puzzle laid into the buildings of New York by its brilliant, enigmatic architects, they will need to press on.
But doing so could prove even more dangerous than they know. It is clear that the Morningstarr twins marshaled all the strange technology they had spent their lives creating in the construction of the Cipher, and that technology has its own plans for those who pursue it.
It’s also clear that Tess, Theo, and Jaime are not the only ones on the trail of the treasure. As enemies both known and unknown close in on them from all sides and the very foundations of the city seem to crumble around them, they will have to ask themselves how far they will go to change the unchangeable–and whether the price of knowing the secrets of the Morningstarrs is one they are willing to pay.
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The Crown Heist
- By: Deron R. Hicks
- Narrator: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 6 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Clarion Books
- Publish date: November 16, 2021
- Language: English
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4.14(132 ratings)
4.14(132 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDIn another “suspenseful mystery romp with art appreciation” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Art and Camille head to London to find her estranged father, and soon find themselves embroiled in a heist involving a long-dead monarch.In another “suspenseful mystery romp with art appreciation” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Art and Camille head to London to find her estranged father, and soon find themselves embroiled in a heist involving a long-dead monarch. ¬†Packed with fascinating facts about real places and pieces of art, this fast-paced thriller is perfect¬†for fans of the Spy School and¬†Mr. Limoncello’s Library series¬†and Dan Brown.
No matter how dangerous his adventures have been, Art has always been able to count on his best friend, Camille. Now that Camille is meeting her estranged father, Art wants to be there for her—which means going to London.  
But Camille’s history professor father, renowned for expertise in British legend, is missing. When they visit his apartment, Art and Camille find a long-missing¬†object that suggests the professor could be in trouble and solving a mystery related to London’s history.¬†Follow Art and Camille as they visit the Tower of London, National Portrait Gallery, and ride the “tube” in hopes of uncovering the truth before it’s too late.
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The Bridge Battle
- By: Jacqueline Davies
- Narrator: Rebecca Soler
- Length: 3 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Clarion Books
- Publish date: November 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.12(21 ratings)
4.12(21 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDIn this gripping, funny addition to the bestselling Lemonade War series, both Jessie and her brother Evan find themselves unexpectedly cast as outsiders. How they find their way forward makes for a timeless story about the power of courage andIn this gripping, funny addition to the bestselling Lemonade War series, both Jessie and her brother Evan find themselves unexpectedly cast as outsiders. How they find their way forward makes for a timeless story about the power of courage and kindness.
Evan and Jessie Treski have waged a lemonade war, sought justice in a class trial, unmasked a bell thief, and created a professional magic show. Yet for all their skills and talents, both find themselves being singled out this summer for reasons beyond their control.
Natural-born leader Evan, who is always good at making new friends, discovers he is at the mercy of a bully on the summer school playground, and is pressured to act in a way he never has before.
Science-loving Jessie just wants to construct the best bridge she can for the competition next month, yet she is stuck in the wrong summer camp, surrounded by kids who believe fairies are more real than physics and a group of girls who tortured her back in second grade. Suddenly, she, too finds herself acting in ways that puzzle her.
Bestselling author Jacqueline Davies once again shows how well she understands her readers in this timely story of how being true to ourselves can help us remember how to treat others.
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Things Seen From Above
- By: Shelley Pearsall
- Length: 5 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 04, 2020
- Language: English
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4.07(566 ratings)
4.07(566 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDA shift in perspective can change everything. This brilliant new novel from the author of The Seventh Most Important Thing celebrates kids who see the world a little differently. April is looking for an escape from the sixth-grade lunch hour, whichA shift in perspective can change everything. This brilliant new novel from the author of The Seventh Most Important Thing celebrates kids who see the world a little differently. April is looking for an escape from the sixth-grade lunch hour, which has become a social-scene nightmare, so she signs up to be a “buddy bench monitor” for the fourth graders’ recess. Joey Byrd is a boy on the fringes, who wanders the playground alone, dragging his foot through the dirt. But over time, April realizes that Joey isn’t just making random circles. When you look at his designs from above, a story emerges… Joey’s “bird’s eye” drawings reveal what he observes and thinks about every day. Told in alternating viewpoints–April’s in text and Joey’s mostly in art–the story gives the “whole picture” of what happens as these two outsiders find their rightful places.
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York: The Map of Stars
- By: Laura Ruby
- Narrator: Adam Verner
- Length: 10 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Walden Pond Press
- Publish date: May 12, 2020
- Language: English
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3.99(719 ratings)
3.99(719 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDThe thrilling conclusion to two-time National Book Award finalist Laura Ruby’s epic adventure through the streets of an alternate New York City. It was only a few days ago that Tess Biedermann, Theo Biedermann, and Jaime Cruz, along with aThe thrilling conclusion to two-time National Book Award finalist Laura Ruby’s epic adventure through the streets of an alternate New York City.
It was only a few days ago that Tess Biedermann, Theo Biedermann, and Jaime Cruz, along with a mysterious figure from the past, managed to survive an assault on the location of the latest clue in the Morningstarr cipher–and, in the process, made a shocking discovery about their own connection to this one-hundred-sixty-year-old enigma.
Now the friends are divided. Tess and Theo have no idea what the photo they found in Greenwood Cemetery means, but Jaime is convinced that they do, and that they’ve been keeping their own secrets from him. As the city continues to break around them, suddenly solving the greatest mystery of the modern world seems less important than saving their own friendship.
The stakes of completing the cipher, however, have never been higher. Darnell Slant, real estate developer and owner of all the Morningstarr buildings, knows that they hold one last secret: a power that even the Morningstarrs themselves never revealed. The world has rested on a precarious balance of power for generations; now Slant and his shadowy business partners aim to unbalance it.
It’s up to Tess, Theo, and Jaime to uncover the Morningstarrs’ final mystery in a desperate attempt to set things right. The world–theirs, and possibly others–depends on it.
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Masterpiece
- By: Elise Broach
- Narrator: Jeremy Davidson
- Length: 5 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: September 30, 2008
- Language: English
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3.93(7576 ratings)
3.93(7576 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDMarvin lives with his family under the kitchen sink in the Pompadays’ apartment. He is very much a beetle. James Pompaday lives with his family in New York City. He is very much an eleven-year-old boy.After James gets a pen-and-ink set for hisMarvin lives with his family under the kitchen sink in the Pompadays’ apartment. He is very much a beetle. James Pompaday lives with his family in New York City. He is very much an eleven-year-old boy.After James gets a pen-and-ink set for his birthday, Marvin surprises him by creating an elaborate miniature drawing. James gets all the credit for the picture and before these unlikely friends know it they are caught up in a staged art heist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that could help recover a famous drawing by Albrecht Durer. But James can’t go through with the plan without Marvin’s help. And that’s where things get really complicated (and interesting!). This fast-paced mystery will have young readers on the edge of their seats as they root for boy and beetle.
In Shakespeare’s Secret Elise Broach showed her keen ability to weave storytelling with history and suspense, and Masterpiece is yet another example of her talent. This time around it’s an irresistible miniature world, fascinating art history, all wrapped up in a special friendship– something for everyone to enjoy.
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The Day Is Waiting
- By: Linda Zuckerman
- Length: 1 minutes
- Publisher: Zonderkidz
- Publish date: January 21, 2020
- Language: English
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3.92(44 ratings)
3.92(44 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.002.99 USDDon Freeman, the creator of Corduroy, was one of the most beloved and popular author/illustrators of picture books for children. After Freeman’s death in 1978, colleagues and his wife decided to use his never before published artwork andDon Freeman, the creator of Corduroy, was one of the most beloved and popular author/illustrators of picture books for children. After Freeman’s death in 1978, colleagues and his wife decided to use his never before published artwork and make a commemorative book using his wonderful illustrations. This audio version of Linda Zuckerman’s thoughtful rhyming text, The Day Is Waiting, takes listeners on a tour of our big, wide world and reminds us that no matter how far we roam, we always have home to come back to.
This classic tale is imbued with Freeman’s gentle humor, spontaneity, and his appreciation of the variety and complexity of human experiences, creating a book that children will enjoy listening to again and again.
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I, Juan de Pareja
- By: Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
- Narrator: Johanna Ward
- Length: 4 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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3.75(7809 ratings)
3.75(7809 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.95 USDIn the era of Rembrandt, Rubens, and Van Dyke, Spain had its own great painter–Diego Vel+isquez. His assistant is Juan, an African slave who helps his master in his studio by preparing paints and stretching canvasses. Soon, by spending time inIn the era of Rembrandt, Rubens, and Van Dyke, Spain had its own great painter–Diego Vel+isquez. His assistant is Juan, an African slave who helps his master in his studio by preparing paints and stretching canvasses. Soon, by spending time in the studio and watching his master’s technique, Juan begins to teach himself to paint too. But such work as the creation of art is forbidden to slaves. Delighted with his work but carefully guarding his secret, Juan is torn between the need to protect himself and the need to reveal his talent.
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Bailey at the Museum
- By: Harry Bliss
- Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 6 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 30, 2014
- Language: English
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3.34(250 ratings)
3.34(250 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDBailey is very excited about the school trip to the Museum of Natural History. After all, he loves to dig up bones even more than an archeologist! And besides bones, there’s lots of fun to be had with tepees, totem poles, and dinosaurBailey is very excited about the school trip to the Museum of Natural History. After all, he loves to dig up bones even more than an archeologist! And besides bones, there’s lots of fun to be had with tepees, totem poles, and dinosaur skeletons. Bailey’s classmates never know what will happen next: maybe that’s why the museum guard becomes Bailey’s special partner.
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