11 must-read nonfiction books like The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew by Maggie Bullock

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The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

By: Maggie Bullock

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

One of Vogue's most anticipated books of 2023. A quintessentially American fashion narrative abo…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew by Maggie Bullock , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Tom Lake

By: Ann Patchett

3.99

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more

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  • audiobook
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

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2. Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles

By: Kate Flannery

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Strip Tees is a fever dream of a memoir—Hunter S. Thompson meets Gloria Steinem—about a recent coll… read more

Similar categories in Kate Flannery's Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • fashion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. Margo's Got Money Troubles

By: Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate ad… read more

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  • audiobook
"I’m just saying,"

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"I fell into a state that, if not sleep, was sleep adjacent."

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"It really makes you wonder, what kind of truth would require this many lies to tell?"

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"Who cared about sex, really? When what you needed was someone to talk to in the dark."

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

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4. Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

By: Marisa Meltzer

3.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The bombshell exposé that reveals—for the first time—exactly what happened at Glossier, one of Amer… read more

Similar categories in Marisa Meltzer's Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • nonfiction
  • fashion
  • journalism
  • business
  • audiobook
"Glossier is about much more than aesthetic appearance; it has become a way for people to feel connected to bigger beliefs, to feel like their daily choices are having an impact, and that they are put…"

-Marisa Meltzer, Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

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5. Pineapple Street

By: Jenny Jackson

3.57

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, old money Stockton family, followed her heart, t… read more

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  • audiobook
"But you know foundations shouldn't have to be the answer. The real problems are tax laws, anti-labor policies, and the slow expansion of the welfare state," Chip said. Everyone turned and looked at h…"

-Jenny Jackson, Pineapple Street

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6. Romantic Comedy

By: Curtis Sittenfeld

3.64

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

A comedy writer thinks she’s sworn off love, until a dreamily handsome pop star flips the script on… read more

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  • audiobook
"Just to be clear,"

-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy

"Aren't we all performing the role of ourselves?"

-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy

"I don't write from a point of clarity. I write out of confusion."

-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy

"Isn't the goal to live with out demons, not to expect them to go away?"

-Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy

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7. Real Americans

By: Rachel Khong

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more

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  • audiobook
"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

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8. Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story

By: Max Marshall

3.50

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, le… read more

Similar categories in Max Marshall's Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • history
  • audiobook
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9. Dolls of Our Lives

By: Mary Mahoney

3.53

Format: None pages, None

For Feiwel & Friends, Kat Brzozowski bought world rights to a currently untitled book by Allison Ho… read more

Similar categories in Mary Mahoney's Dolls of Our Lives book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • microhistory
  • audiobook
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10. One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

By: Kate Kennedy

3.78

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millenni… read more

Similar categories in Kate Kennedy's One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
  • audiobook
"Why would I ever let someone who drafts make-believe football teams make me believe I should be embarrassed by my interests?"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

"Pregnancy loss...is an open wound with the most vulnerable scab, forced to constantly replenish its surface-level protection as it's picked at daily, not by you, but inadvertently by other people's j…"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

"I'm a weird contradiction of someone who pursues and values traditions but tries to reject the parts that are oppressive, unfair or unnecessary, because we can adapt things to who we are, not to who …"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

"That's the thing about girlhood. You and your friends have to take yourselves seriously, because no one else will. We had to keep our emotional behavior to diary pages and fangirl in private, perform…"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

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11. The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

By: Maggie Bullock

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

One of Vogue's most anticipated books of 2023. A quintessentially American fashion narrative abo… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • fashion
  • journalism
  • economics
  • microhistory
  • business
  • audiobook
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12. Wives Like Us

By: Plum Sykes

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tyco… read more

Similar categories in Plum Sykes's Wives Like Us book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • audiobook
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13. Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

By: Elizabeth Beller

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in thi… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Beller's Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
  • audiobook
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14. Private Equity: A Memoir

By: Carrie Sun

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A gripping memoir of one woman’s self-discovery inside a top Wall Street firm, and an urgent indict… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Sun's Private Equity: A Memoir book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"A gift weighed down by the imposition of gratitude becomes an expectation; over time, it becomes debt."

-Carrie Sun, Private Equity: A Memoir

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15. The Christmas Orphans Club

By: Becca Freeman

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From bookfluencer and host of the BAD ON PAPER podcast, a riotous holiday rom-com about four friend… read more

Similar categories in Becca Freeman's The Christmas Orphans Club book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • audiobook
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16. Such a Bad Influence

By: Olivia Muenter

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A razor-sharp debut about what happens when one of the first child stars of the social media age gr… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Muenter's Such a Bad Influence book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • audiobook
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17. Very Bad Company

By: Emma Rosenblum

3.30

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Every year executives at the trendy tech startup Aurora gather the company’s top employees for an e… read more

Similar categories in Emma Rosenblum's Very Bad Company book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • audiobook
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18. The Daydreams

By: Laura Hankin

3.59

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously entertaining novel about the stars of a popular teen show from the early 2000s—and th… read more

Similar categories in Laura Hankin's The Daydreams book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • audiobook
"There are certain feelings you don’t believe are real until you feel them yourself. Take anger so strong that you could kill someone. You cannot wrap your head around how a person could get to that p…"

-Laura Hankin, The Daydreams

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19. Swipe Up for More!: Inside the Unfiltered Lives of Influencers

By: Stephanie McNeal

3.20

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An unfiltered, colorful romp through the IRL world of influencers that spills the tea on the multib… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie McNeal's Swipe Up for More!: Inside the Unfiltered Lives of Influencers book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • fashion
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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20. 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

Similar categories in Emily Nussbaum's Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV book and Maggie Bullock's The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
  • audiobook
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21. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

By: Julie Satow

4.06

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
  • business
  • audiobook

21 Best audiobook books like The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew by Maggie Bullock

Transform Your Habits

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles

Kate Flannery

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

Marisa Meltzer

3.32

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Bad Summer People

Emma Rosenblum

3.43

Transform Your Habits

Will They or Won't They

Ava Wilder

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Bright Young Women

Jessica Knoll

4.02

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Rufi Thorpe

3.97

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