books about frida kahlo 🌺

i love frida and i want to show you all my frida books!!!
books:
Frida Kahlo: I Paint my Reality by Christina Burrus
Frida: The Story of My Life by Vanna Vinci
The Diary of Frida Kahlo edited by Carlos Fuentes
Frida Kahlo: Una Biografia by Maria Hesse
The Secret Book of Frida Kahlo by F. G. Haghenbeck
Frida: The Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera
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[@jujubee2]

I just love the passion you have. That’s why you are my favorite KZbinr.

[@marianat.4998]

Would you consider making a video about your favorite books in Spanish? 😊

[@jordyliterario]

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME! :D

[@amelialouise9089]

This!!!!

[@ArielBissett]

I haven't really read enough! I read lots of spanish books when I was little, but as I got older I really only read English books (unless I can't find a translation!).

[@TerrigenCrystal]

There's a restaurant in Las Vegas called Casa Don Juan that has Frida EVERYWHERE. She's on the menu and they have a whole wall of portraits of her in different art styles. I thought of you. You should definitely make a stop there if you ever make your way out here.

[@ArielBissett]

I didn't know that!! I so want to go see it!

[@TerrigenCrystal]

There's a few in town and I'm not sure if they all have the same theming, but I can definitely vouch for the one on Sunset Road!

[@inna2191]

TerrigenCrystal that is so cool

[@inna2191]

TerrigenCrystal did you know that the blue house Frida was born in, is now a museum and you can see her bed and kitchen and her garden it is in Coyacan Mexico it is open to the public

[@JessicaGonzalezGibson]

OMG! I live in Las Vegas and go there all the time! The decor is amazing as is the food. xoxo

[@camillea.2274]

My “Frida” is definitely Nikola Tesla!!! I’ve been obsessed with him ever since I did a report on him in 10th grade, and then ended up writing my senior research paper about him.

[@YeahThisIsLife]

I am LOVING these consistent uploads girl, and I love how you have these niche interests that I don't share but I can vibe with the passion cuz I have OTHER niche interests and just ahhhh love it

[@ArielBissett]

Thanks you!!!

[@BaileyJohnkMusic]

Whenever I watch someone talk about something they’re passionate about, something they love, something that makes them happy, I get so excited and happy too so this was really fun to watch. Also, Frida is now in the likes of George Orwell for you! Who would have ever thought someone could join the club!!!

[@ceciliaallen4668]

You've been uploading so much lately and I love it

[@ArielBissett]

I'm doing a month of lots of videos with a big announcement at the end!!!

[@georgiaberg3619]

I've just recently become obsessed with Zelda Fitzgerald and her life! Whilst everyone knows of F Scott Fitzgerald, I feel like Zelda's become forgotten in history and I find her so fascinating. I love your passion for Frida, I went to the opening of a Frida Kahlo photograph exhibition here in NZ about two years ago and lived for it !

[@SuperPao]

LOVE this. You are making a course for yourself and BECOMING a Frida scholar. You are so inspiring.

[@inneeko]

I am very into Van Gogh !!! The mystery that is his life is so fascinating to me, currently I’m reading a book of his letters and it’s so tragic yet beautiful,, being an artist myself also gives me a different view of his life and works that I really enjoy, I can relate to his struggles and he’s just such an interesting figure of history!!

[@LunaThatsMe]

If you like Van Gogh I recommend Vincent by Barbara Stok. It's a graphic novel and focuses on his life in France. I gave it to my little sister as a birthday gift since she's very artsy and into Van Gogh and it's such a good read ^^

[@H0RR0RWHR]

omg thank you so much for this video. I am too obsessed by Frida since I studied one of her paintings in high school and I've always wanted to read books about her so thank you for these amazing recommendations!

[@chibimena]

I love that you’re so into Frida! My little Mexican heart is happy that you made a video just about her and I can’t wait to get some of the books you mentioned! Ahora sólo te falta organizar un viaje a la Casa Azul en CDMX. 😄

[@sofivear]

Not a historical subject but I feel like Margaret Atwood is doing that for me rn? I’m slowly reading more and more of her books and I love every bit. Oh I had a time when I was pretty obsessed with learning about Van Gogh and I read this illustrated biography of him a few years ago (and it was pretty special because it was my aunt’s copy, who loves to paint). I am super interested in Frida but I’ve never read anything on her except randomly online. You’re heavily swaying me to get that short biography or one of those graphic novels, I gotta say.

[@shaunamckelly6236]

Hi, Ariel, I wanted to thank you for the recommendation of the Frida Kahlo graphic novel. I have a friend who is a Frida Kahlo fan and did a research project on Frida as part of her degree in Spanish. I gave it to her as a late Christmas present, and she loved it. Watching you expound the glories of Frida is like listening to her. Enjoy the journey. Frida was a remarkable personality.

[@jujomue]

One of the books about Frida I read last year and really enjoyed was "Frida" by Sébastian Perez and Benjamin Lacombe which is also more like a graphic novel or picture book with really beautiful illustrations throughout. I really recommend it to you :)

[@problematique1]

I just bought The Diary of Frida Kahlo (an intimate self portrait), completely on a whim! And now you've definitely got me excited to buy the graphic novel too! It looks sooo good! (Also, love that you called her handwriting a font lol)

[@lucyinwonderlandart]

Seeing someone as passionate about her as myself was so heart warning. I also have a collection of 6 Frida books but I only have 2 that you have so thank you so much for sharing what other Frida books there are to find! Edit: If you want to know the names of the other books I have then please let me know, I'll be happy to share 💕

[@thefrancophilereader8943]

This is literally me all the time. I hear about something and I try to learn everything I can about that individual or event. I love seeing your enthusiasm about Frida and hearing your recommendations.

[@holisticmaya]

I bought “una biografia” by Maria Hesse in Portland at Powell’s city of books :) and i read it... and then I went to her house in Mexico City and saw her paintings and it was so overwhelmingly wonderful 😭

[@GenevieveBurk]

I've recently became a die hard Oscar Wilde fan, seeking out the obscurest of books around him. It's a spiral I don't want to leave anytime soon I love learning random new facts about his life! Also I have read a bit of the first graphic novel you mentioned and I am in absolute love with it! I love how it's a conversation between her and death, it adds such a unique take.

[@puertoriconnect4611]

God, I love the way you talk. I love how enthusiastic you are, but it's not an annoying forced enthusiasm. You just have alot of energy and a very distinct way of speaking. Like you're totally you and unapologetic about it. I don't know can't really describe it.

[@amysvlogaboutbooks3538]

I read Without You, There Is No Us by Suki Kim earlier this year about the same time that I was randomly getting into KPOP so it kind of sparked my interest in North Korea, South Korea and comparisons between the two. I feel like I've found so many amazing books about and from both countries because of that random interest. I love reading deeper like that!

[@torshasarkar5867]

I love how your face lights up when you are talking about the books, and it's the cutest thing ever. You are literally my fave!

[@tessavery2151]

The art in these are so gorgeous! Frida Kahlo is such an amazing artist!

[@diinalens]

my Historical Crush(?) is Sissi! Empress Elizabeth of Austria and Hungary. My obsession started when I was about 9 and I visited Vienna with my family, I think I have at least 7 or 8 books about her by now. I'm not particularly fond of Austrian Imperialism but I find her life and character so fascinating! Tho the movies they made about her really don't do her justice.

[@timmyman1997]

As an art history student we research a lot about artists (obbiously) and Frida and Klimt are probably the two find the most interesting so far. You look at the art and they are odd and a little strange but so expressive and complex and beautiful if you want to look more deeply. I honestly never thought i would want to be an art history major, but learning about these people is so interesting, and being an english major also the two majors correlate quite a bit.

[@Finniaaaa]

Watching your passion and enthusiasm for learning about Frida is so inspiring!! It makes me want to go and read a million book about a subject that I love!

[@Charli17x]

Sylvia Plath is the figure that I find absolutely fascinating. I love hearing other people talk about these, almost ‘random’ passions!!

[@evam2569]

I read a novel named “Los amantes de Coyoacán” and it tells the story between Frida and Trotsky, it’s really good :)

[@jillianunrau2387]

I think it's so interesting to hear what people's favourite historical figures/subjects are, because i feel like it says a lot about them. I've always loved history and so I've had a lot of these lol. Reading Percy Jackson when I was younger started my ancient history/mythology obsession, which is something I'm still really into today. When I was younger I also read a TON of books on the Holocaust, especially stories from concentration camp survivors (which, now that I'm thinking about it, is kind of dark for a young-ish kid to be into, but maybe it was good to learn about that stuff early). Now, I'm really getting into the Romanov family (like Anastasia and stuff), as well as Cleopatra, as I'm taking a class on her right now. (this was so long im sorry i just love talking about history ahhhh)

[@sarahc8409]

Oh YES! I am so excited to get into some of these Frida books. I have bought her diary and am part way through it and loving every second

[@deliameier8022]

Have you seen the movie Frida? It is about her, obviously, and if you haven't seen it yet, you definitely should, it is so well made and I think you would really enjoy it Ariel!

[@sophiegervais14]

Honestly all of your videos are just so wonderful and genuine. It's so lovely seeing you so passionate about Frida! I want to read I Paint My Reality even more now! x

[@pumkinleg6567]

I love Frida's journal so rich in color and so beautiful. I agree with you that is hard to read even if you speak Spanish. I am Mexican and I found myself not understanding any of the handwriting.

[@ceebee1461]

You’ve started something.... I feel like Frida is about to absorb my life

[@gsus000]

Hey Ariel!! I really recommend you Gerry Souter's Frida biography, which includes poems and letters and most of her paintings in an amazing full-color format. I loved your amazing collection of Frida, so full of passion.

[@AnchoredAlive]

This video made my heart so happy! I did end up reading the diary of Frida just before the turn of the year and it was so amazing, I have a few favorite pages marked and I just love having it out on my coffee table to look through the art and the colors every once and a while. I want more Frida books, and after seeing this I have added more to my TBR!

[@AlliLaw]

Love your enthusiasm for all things Frida. I'm definitely going to check out a few of these!

[@morelikekoolva]

Thank you so much for posting these kind of videos. I love to know about other’s interests on booktube that aren’t all hauls, tbrs and review. I love that you are making booktube something that you want it to be rather than letting ‘popular’ troupes get your creativity down. I don’t see anyone else doing what you’re doing and I love it.

[@MorganGale]

I randomly decided to learn Japanese and now I have a giant collection of Japanese language books and raw children's manga, so I relate

[@Dawnstar1209]

In high school I got really into Sylvia Plath for a while because I did a project on her. The obsession only lasted that year. Lately I’m kinda feeling an obsession with Anne Lister starting. I need to order some books on her soon. It’s great to see someone so passionate about something and it really shines in this video! I know this is your pet obsession but if at some point after grad school you find yourself writing a paper on Frida, I’m sure many of your subscribers would be eager to read it!

[@rmeyer76]

I have total Friday Kahlo book envy! I LOVE this video. I've read the diary of Frida Kahlo and LOVED it as well. The fact that we were able to see her journal was mind blowing. It took me a LONG time to read because I don't read Spanish and I spent a lot of time reading the English and going back to the scans of the actual diary to see it in context (and in color). I will definitely be picking up some of the other books you featured here. THANK YOU!!!!

[@leilaluqman]

I read the first book and absolutely LOVED it. I’m so ready for more frida books!!!

[@kismetau]

I love your passion & enthusiasm. I’ve just started my Frida journey and you’ve been a great guide!! Just the advice l needed. Thanks :)

[@keepthechannelopen1700]

I just got into vincent van gogh! I saw loving vincent a few months ago and absolutely loved it! And I've just started reading my second book about him, 'van gogh's ear' by burnadette murphy

[@Alexandra-ww3vs]

I've seen this video the day you posted it and I have to say, it's been stuck in my head for the last few days. The way you're so passionate about an iconic figure of the past truly inspired me and it made me want to read some biographies myself. You've just awaken this curiosity in me and now I feel like I really want to find out more about the lives of the people I'm interested in (mostly writers for me) and maybe even try to understand a bit of who they are as a person, and not just how I know them (through their writings). And I'm just curious how I will view their work once I know some of their background and have a somewhat understanding of where they're coming from. It will definitely be a different read, so thank you so much!! :)

[@CRHapril]

Just watched, and now I need more Frida in my life! Loved it!

[@MynameisLiv8]

I hate how I’m just seeing this now but I love you so much for this 😭💗I’ve always wanted to read on Frida but didn’t know where to start

[@JessicaGonzalezGibson]

Ariel! I can't believe I missed this video. Frida is such an inspiration and I love all of your recommendations. I already have a few of these, but the graphic novels seem incredible. Thank you for creating this video. ❤

[@MinyCalapa]

I love your love for Frida and your love for these incredible Frida books and your infectious enthusiasm! Thank you so much for sharing! Cheers! 🌺

[@rottenrafflesia]

a very beautiful video. Love it! It's fueling my biography recent biography craze! Bought a biography of Freud the other day and was already browsing for more before I even started reading it.

[@isamartinez2002]

Thank You SO Much, Ariel! I am researching Frida Kahlo for my school's Social Science Fair. She is an amazing woman and such an inspiration. Thank you for this, I ordered her diary yesterday and this helped me look for more things to search for with research and just my personal enjoyment of Frida.

[@lilymarie428]

I'm so glad that someone else loves Frida Khalo as well! I'm actually getting her portrait tattooed on my thigh!

[@Booksonthemat]

I love your hair!!!!!

[@scrapbooksandreads]

I love her journal. And the movie, Selma did an incredible job. Frida’s life seemed so tragic yet full of life beyond her obstacles.

[@andreealaura497]

When I thought I couldn't love you more, here you go starting to talk about Frida, one of my favorite artists and people in general. I'm actually getting a tattoo of her soon! :D

[@maddikeshymomo]

loving your channel!

[@xxxcarpediemxxxx]

I actually just got into learning about Frida Kahlo and it was through Maria Hesse's book, so I really enjoyed this. I have to get all of the books you mentioned now

[@katyelmore4903]

Paul Simon has always been a seriously fascinating person to me. Lately I've also become really interested in Stevie Nicks. Your videos about Frida Kahlo are making me so interested in her life, too!

[@nerdfighter_and_unicorn2422]

You are inspiring me to read about Frida Kahlo!

[@ohenao]

I hope I find someone/something I have this much passion to learn more about! Thanks for sharing.

[@hemingwayscats]

I read Frida Kahlo Diary, Frida: The Story of My Life and Frida Kahlo: Una Biografía, so I understand you perfectly! You should check it out FRIDA by Benjamin Lacombe and Sébastien Perez, its just gorgeous.

[@MissFictionBooks]

I adore Frida! I've read so many books, watched movies and been to a couple of exhibitions. I can see myself in your enthusiasm about this amazing woman. I adore biographies and i have an obsession for female historical figures, my most read bios are about Queen Victoria, Artemisia Gentileschi and Marie Antoinette.

[@ireneg4515]

I read the Herrera biography last year and while it is very long it's definitely worth it. Thanks for all the recommendations x

[@ArielBissett]

That's so good to hear! I'm so looking forward to it.

[@inna2191]

I have an obsetion with Frida also

[@stefaniecoronel1226]

It's so cool that you speak spanish! My first lenguage is Spanish and I always get excited when english speakers know how to speak in it. I find that I got really into biographies when I discovered this uruguayan author called Diego Fisher ( I'm uruguayan too) that writes biographies in the format of novels, so far I've read two about two uruguayan poets, Delmira Agustini and Juana de Ibarbourou. Those books really got me interested in their lives.

[@lotusania]

OH MY GOD!! I never comment on anything but I've been so into knowing Frida Kahlo's work better and I've been looking for books about her and now you've made this and it's perfect THANK YOU! ♥

[@freeinfiction]

I’ll have to pick these books up soon!! I’m really excited to learn more about her😊

[@sadiaafrin7603]

Its amazing to see someone exploring historical characters. And Heck yeah!! This is the time when You know god I need to know about her and end up having seven books. Crazy yet I loved the video.

[@unoccupied2224]

This is crazy because a similar thing happened to me. I just suddenly had an extreme interest in her and I bought the same book! I’m definitely going to check out the other books as well! 😍

[@kelcyeblankenship-lackland8983]

I'm writing a children's book on Frida Kahlo for class and stumbled across your video. I love all of this! Thanks for sharing, can't wait to pick up some of the books you mentioned :)

[@salamalmahi541]

My historical figure that I'm oddly obsessed with is Van Gogh. I even own a crop top with Starry Night pattern ❤

[@minoosjogren9850]

frida kahlo is amazing... her art is beautiful, and her pain is so sad to read about. i have read much about her, but never a book. thank you for the recommendations, i will try to find some of these!

[@natashataylor881]

Hello! She is amazing. Her life story is just incredible. Thanks for sharing!

[@corajohnston22]

Your videos make me so happy. I love the new content

[@jennyalia8942]

Proud of you✨✨✨✨

[@Rec426]

I definitely want to look into historical figures more now I’ve seen this :D there’s a few people I’m interested in learning about including Frida. She just sounds like such an amazing woman

[@heterodoxos2011]

I like the books that you are picking up

[@ArielBissett]

ME TOO :D

[@helenaelizondo]

Yay this was so cool! I’m excited about the novel, I didn’t know there was one xx

[@KeiraAndGeo]

It's really entertaining and lovely to see you talk about your favorite things!! :)

[@tharcblack]

We're doing a Friday Kahlo display at Foyles in March (definitely at the Languages Department, not sure about the whole shop), and I have most of those books ready for it. So excited for March!

[@zumragultekin7164]

Amazing!! Thank you so much i will buy on of those😍

[@katherinemosquera2732]

I went through this exact phase (ongoing) a few months ago! I also bought Maria Hesse's illustrated book, thankfully I'm Latina and can also read the Spanish! The illustrations are all you really need though. Also watch the film 'Frida', it's pretty great. :)

[@BaileeWalsh]

I have a similar obsession with Sylvia Plath. It's died down a bit since I first got into her, but I still think about The Bell Jar just about everyday. I officially switched it to my number one favorite book last summer, as it was number two for a few years. I have 3 biographies about her, her journals, a few of her poetry collections, The Bell Jar (her only novel), and when I first got into her I read everything I could online about her. I also made artwork (I'm NO artist) having to do with The Bell Jar.

[@maschafestival]

Thanks for sharing your musings on Frida. You're building quite the collection :) Frida is a mysterious woman in my eyes, one who I'd like to know more about one day (i.e. I'll keep an eye out for the first book you recommended). In the mean time, I have recently got myself invested in the subject of neuroplasticity with books like How We Learn and The Brain That Changes Itself. Highly recommend both! Have a good one!

[@cmurr30]

Not gonna lie, I totally thought about you when Frida showed up in Coco

[@santanasg8445]

Gonna have to check out the spanish biography! Looks really, really beautiful

[@tconnelly138]

Adorable review! Ariel, you're as beautiful and surreal as one of Frida's paintings. Very helpful and insightful.

[@melyibarra809]

Hiiii!!!! I’m from Mexico and I don’t know if you know it but here in Mexico there are almost in every state paintings of Frida and also there’s Frida’s house still on the ground and it’s now her museum, there are other museums about her but her house is the most famous, wish you can come :)

[@anitamichalik]

I was a student of spanish philology 4 years ago, that's when I learned about Frida. And since that day I'm in love with her. She's one of the most fascinating human beings ever, I clearly rebember the history lecture about her, I was listening with my mouth open. The book I like the most is definitely "Frida: A Novel of Frida Kahlo" by Barbara Mujica, which is a novel about her life told from a perspective of her sister. It is amazing, I really recommend it to every person that wants to get to know "the spirit" of Frida, but only, if you're familiar with her regular biography :)

[@Mooshrambo]

I feel this exact same way about Vincent Van Gogh. I was so young and so poor when I was younger that I read all my Van Gogh books from the library; otherwise I would probably have about 10 books on him. I love your videos. Thank you so much for making them.

[@LunaThatsMe]

I just posted this on another comment about van Gogh so I'm gonna share it here as well. If you like Van Gogh I recommend Vincent by Barbara Stok. It's a graphic novel and focuses on his life in France. I gave it to my little sister as a birthday gift since she's very artsy and into Van Gogh and it's such a good read ^^

[@laurawilson8646]

Another Vincent book is starry night van Gogh at the asylum

[@odatol7412]

I thought of you when I looked through a booksellers buyers guide today and noticed a Frida Kahlo book! It's due to be released in June and is called "Frida Kahlo: Making herself up" by Claire Wilcox, published by V&A (the book is tied to the Frida Kahlo exhibition at the V&A in London on from June 16th to November 4th)

[@minahesh]

I am late finding your channel, so I am never sure if you see comments 3 years after you originally posted this... BUT I am very obsessed about Frida. From the first time I saw her artwork in a calendar at my friend's house to now (2 decades later) I have tried to absorb as much as I can about this artist. A book you did not mention is Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver. Frida is not the main antagonist, but she is very much in the story as well as her other historical relationships she had before and after the blue house. It is an interesting read and a fun fictionalized from truth book. Since I cannot read Spanish, I have not found out about the spina bifida claim. I will have to look into that myself!! I hope this love for Frida continues for you. I have gone on to make my own artwork about Frida, and now includes a sort of shrine in my house to her. I recently just got a tattoo as well! Love your channel, and can't wait to watch your other videos!!

[@littlespider9]

Honestly, Friday Kahlo used to really freak me out when I was younger! Of course, that was before I studied art history, but I also think it has a lot to do with the fact that she has a kind of other worldly presence in her self-portraits. Anyhoo, I really enjoyed how excited you are about Frida!

[@irenesalvador1087]

Ariel this is amazing! I love Frida's body of work but never delved into her personal life, these recommendations are great :) I can relate to your obsession with her, but in my case I'm devoted to Beat generation poets, and specially Allen Ginsberg. I sincerely don't remember how many books I've bought but I treasured them with all my heart

[@englishwithyobi2533]

I love Frida Kahlo, and some of these books I have not heard about, so I am adding them to my list.....now! Subscribed!!

[@annak9042]

Dude... last June I did a school project on North Korea, after that.... the sheer number of books... the TED talks... the documentaries... since then whole reading months have consisted exclusively of non-fiction about North Korea. I don't know why, but there's something so fascinating about it that makes me unable to stop consuming everything I can about it. The whole thing has really ignited a love for non-fiction in general; I freaking love learning new things independently, just for me, without school forcing me to. It's actually quite liberating

[@zainabzubair1797]

I love how interested you are in learning about her. If you stop making you tube videos I guess I'll be really sad. you are my 80% of you tube time.

[@NEON-uc9no]

There was a short bio of Frida in a collection I read and found her really interesting

[@CeeLeeLEMT]

Because of your enthusiasm I also read about Frida - I borrowed a book from my library. Just checked their holdings again and the Vancouver Library 🇨🇦 has "Frida Kahlo: Una Biografia" by Maria Hesse on order - I was impressed and now hoping they obtain an English, or French translation‼️