Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
By: Philip Gefter
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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1. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
By: Ed Zwick
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
2. Henry Henry
By: Allen Bratton
3.65
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Henry Henry is a queer reimagining of Shakespeare's Henriad, transposing the legend of Henry V's wa… read more
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"Make life, make life, make life. What sort of life? We can prune and water and weed ourselves, but we can't stop the rot once it gets in."-Allen Bratton, Henry Henry
3. Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10)
By: Armistead Maupin
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The tenth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Franci… read more
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4. Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar
By: Cynthia Carr
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol su… read more
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5. Burma Sahib
By: Paul Theroux
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of The Mosquito Coast and The Bad Angel Brothers comes a riveting new… read more
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6. Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring
By: Brad Gooch
4.39
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
“It’s all the grade school Walt Disney and Dr. Seuss; the adolescent acid trips; the fondness for … read more
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7. Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
By: Philip Gefter
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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8. The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
By: Susan Page
3.90
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a wo… read more
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9. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
By: Daniel de Visé
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more
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10. Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
By: Elizabeth Strout
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friend… read more
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"...Bob caught a glimpse of himself in the store window that was right there. He was startled. Who was that tall older man? Was that him? A sense of bewilderment came to him. He turned away, then turn…"-Elizabeth Strout, Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
11. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
By: Griffin Dunne
4.19
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more
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"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
12. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
By: Sam Wasson
3.80
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with t… read more
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13. Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius
By: Carrie Courogen
3.92
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"A deeply researched, psychologically astute new biography of May by Carrie Courogen...The book is … read more
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14. 50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins (Turner Classic Movies)
By: Dave Karger
4.14
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An exclusive look behind the scenes of the Academy Awards as top stars and filmmakers discuss their… read more
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15. Kubrick: An Odyssey
By: Robert P. Kolker
4.26
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey , The Shining , and A Clockwork Or… read more
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16. The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press
By: Calvin Trillin
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, opinionated portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces c… read more
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17. Erotic Vagrancy: Everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
By: Roger Lewis
3.72
Format: 605 pages, Hardcover
Thirteen years in the writing, Erotic Vagrancy doesn't only surpass every other biography of Elizab… read more
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18. In Tongues
By: Thomas Grattan
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A young gay man upends the lives of a powerful art-world couple in this steamy novel of self-discov… read more
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19. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
By: Emily Nussbaum
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more
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20. The Future Was Color
By: Patrick Nathan
3.74
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling novel about making art, desire, and the inextricable link between the personal and the p… read more
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21. With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic
By: A. Ashley Hoff
3.89
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age—until publ… read more
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