Best Art Books Kickstarter projects to watch
10 live Art Books projects ranked by Lens Score — a 0-100 composite of funding velocity, backer momentum, target completion, and Kickstarter staff-pick signal.
Pulled from 27 live Art Books projects (category averages 265% of goal, $2.7M total pledged across the category). Updated September 2026.
- 01★ Staff PickSE
Table of Gods
A Time Machine to Ancient Mesopotamia
$2.2M raised215% funded9,262 backers+1.2% 24h66LENS SCORE - 02★ Staff PickUS
The Spacious Tarot EXPANDED EDITION
A 99 card deck featuring the original 78 Spacious Tarot cards AND 21 Expansion cards
$44K raised276% funded540 backers+2.9% 24h60LENS SCORE - 03★ Staff PickUS
ANIMALIA COIN Art Nouveau Dragons fantasy bestiary art book
The fine art book of fantasy and animal illustrations by Art Nouveau master Anton Seder, celebrated with a commemorative DRACO coin.
$17K raised913% funded123 backers+8.1% 24h60LENS SCORE - 04★ Staff PickES
Atlas of History 1889
A bibliographic treasure recovered after more than a century of waiting.
$7K raised535% funded99 backers+4.5% 24h58LENS SCORE - 05★ Staff PickUS
The Three Centers
An exploration of the heartland of the Olmec culture.
$2K raised216% funded20 backers0.0% 24h52LENS SCORE - 06US
The Art of Surviving
Courage, Creativity & Chaos Through the Art of Kate Crawford
$2K raised167% funded14 backers+27.5% 24h52LENS SCORE - 07★ Staff PickFR
Decoding Zelda : The Ultimate Book on Tears of the Kingdom
The acclaimed French book on the creation, lore and mechanics of the game, now translated into English.
$31K raised132% funded281 backers+3.4% 24h47LENS SCORE - 08★ Staff PickFR
TYPE ART ARCHIVES - Books & Digital collections by Mr Cup
3 GOALS: 2 New volumes on Calligraphy & Art Supplies / a digital collection / reprints of 6 sold-out books. All in one campaign.
$38K raised82% funded203 backers+6.5% 24h45LENS SCORE - 09★ Staff PickES
Moments of Euphoria: An art book of trans joy & love
This collaborative 50+ page softcover book features illustrations of trans joy, love, and euphoria from all over the world.
$8K raised95% funded157 backers+8.2% 24h43LENS SCORE - 10GB
Jack of Hearts - The Illustrations
A 120 page homoerotic coffee table art book from UK artist Jack of Hearts, covering over eight years of his artistic journey
$6K raised179% funded60 backers+1.1% 24h41LENS SCORE
How this list is built
We pull all live Art Books projects on Kickstarter (refreshed every 8 hours), then rank them by either Lens Score (for projects with at least 24 hours of data) or Early Momentum (for projects in their first 72 hours). The top 10 land here.
No editorial weighting — the ranking is the math. The list updates automatically every hour, so the projects on this page next week may not be the same ones you see today.
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