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David Lynch Books in Order

The David Lynch series showcases the filmmaker's visual art, featuring contributions from Patti Smith and other collaborators.

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Art Of Dune

by David Lynch

1985

Images

by David Lynch

1994

This illustrated collection surveys David Lynch's filmmaking alongside the photographs and artwork he makes beyond the screen. Images of industrial landscapes, everyday objects, and unusual subjects reveal recurring interests linking his private artistic practice with his films.

Lost Highway

by David Lynch

1997

David Lynch and Barry Gifford's screenplay follows condemned prisoner Fred Madison, who inexplicably disappears from his cell. A bewildered young man appears in his place, opening a mystery in which identity, memory, and reality become unstable.

Lynch on Lynch

by David Lynch

1997

Chris Rodley's interviews invite David Lynch to discuss his life, artistic influences, and filmmaking. The collection follows his career from early experiments through major films, illuminating the personal vision behind their unsettling images and unusual narratives.

The prints of David Lynch

by David Lynch

2000

This monograph reproduces the monotypes, editioned prints, and photogravures David Lynch made during three visits to Tandem Press. An accompanying interview with Kristine McKenna places these images alongside the artist's reflections on his work.

Catching the Big Fish

by David Lynch

2006

David Lynch reflects on creativity, filmmaking, and his practice of Transcendental Meditation in a series of short personal essays. He describes how ideas develop and explains the relationship he sees between inner experience and artistic work.

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David Lynch: Snowmen

by David Lynch

2007

David Lynch photographs snowmen in black and white as they melt outside suburban homes. Published alongside his Fondation Cartier exhibition, this collection focuses on the strange shapes and uneasy atmosphere of these temporary winter sculptures.

Created for the Fondation Cartier exhibition, this volume surveys David Lynch's visual artwork dating back to 1965. Paintings, drawings, and photographs reveal a continuing artistic practice that accompanies his filmmaking and extends into other forms of expression.

Snowmen

by David Lynch

2007

Photographs taken by David Lynch in Idaho during the early 1990s portray snowmen outside suburban houses. This small collection examines their changing forms in black and white, finding unexpected strangeness in familiar seasonal creations.

Dark Night of the Soul

by David Lynch

2010

David Lynch's photographs accompany the musical collaboration between Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse in this limited-edition art book. The collection combines his unsettling imagery with a foreword and selected lyrics, extending the project's atmosphere into a visual form.

David Lynch: Dark Splendor

by David Lynch

2010

This collection surveys David Lynch's paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs, tracing connections between his visual art and filmmaking. Matchbook sketches, industrial scenes, and cryptic inscriptions reveal his recurring interests in unsettling spaces and dark humor.

David Lynch: Works on Paper

by David Lynch

2010

More than five hundred drawings trace David Lynch's artistic practice from the 1960s onward. Sketches, watercolors, and informal drawings on materials including napkins and notes offer a view of the images that feed his creative work.

Genealogies of Pain

by David Lynch

2011

Thirty paintings by Marilyn Manson appear alongside stills from four early experimental films by David Lynch. Essays and an interview explore artistic techniques and the shared attention to bodily unease, disturbing imagery, and psychological trauma.

David Lynch: Naming

by David Lynch

2014

This art collection examines how David Lynch uses names to alter the meaning and personality of objects. Brett Littman's text follows that theme through films, photographs, drawings, paintings, and prints, including the repeated images of the Ricky Board series.

David Lynch's black-and-white photographs explore factories in Europe and America, inside and out. Decaying walls, empty passages, and industrial remnants reveal the atmosphere of abandoned manufacturing spaces and their relationship to the visual world of his films.

David Lynch: Nudes

by David Lynch

2017

This collection presents more than 120 photographs of feminine nudes by David Lynch in black and white and color. Published by the Fondation Cartier, it extends the filmmaker's visual practice through studies of the human body.

Room to Dream

by David Lynch

2018

David Lynch's personal recollections alternate with biographical chapters by Kristine McKenna, drawing on interviews with family, friends, and collaborators. Together they explore his private life, creative development, and the struggles involved in realizing unconventional artistic projects.

Standalone David Lynch books

  1. Book cover for "The Focalguide to Colour"

    The Focalguide to Colour

    by David Lynch

    1976
  2. Book cover for "Indoor Photography"

    Indoor Photography

    by David Lynch

    1983
  3. Book cover for "Art Of Dune"

    Art Of Dune

    by David Lynch

    1985
  4. Book cover for "Images"

    Images

    by David Lynch

    1994
  5. Book cover for "Lost Highway"

    Lost Highway

    by David Lynch

    1997
  6. Book cover for "Lynch on Lynch"

    Lynch on Lynch

    by David Lynch

    1997
  7. Book cover for "The prints of David Lynch"

    The prints of David Lynch

    by David Lynch

    2000
  8. Book cover for "Catching the Big Fish"

    Catching the Big Fish

    by David Lynch

    2006Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
  9. Book cover for "David Lynch: Snowmen"

    David Lynch: Snowmen

    by David Lynch

    2007
  10. Book cover for "David Lynch: The Air is on Fire"
  11. Book cover for "Snowmen"

    Snowmen

    by David Lynch

    2007
  12. Book cover for "Dark Night of the Soul"

    Dark Night of the Soul

    by David Lynch

    2010
  13. Book cover for "David Lynch: Dark Splendor"

    David Lynch: Dark Splendor

    by David Lynch

    2010
  14. Book cover for "David Lynch: Works on Paper"

    David Lynch: Works on Paper

    by David Lynch

    2010
  15. Book cover for "Genealogies of Pain"

    Genealogies of Pain

    by David Lynch

    2011
  16. Book cover for "David Lynch: Naming"

    David Lynch: Naming

    by David Lynch

    2014
  17. Book cover for "David Lynch: The Factory Photographs"
  18. Book cover for "David Lynch: Nudes"

    David Lynch: Nudes

    by David Lynch

    2017
  19. Book cover for "Room to Dream"

    Room to Dream

    by David Lynch

    2018

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