14 must-read nonfiction books like True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abraham Riesman

Cover of True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abraham Riesman

True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee

By: Abraham Riesman

3.81

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, revelatory biography of Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee, an artist and entrepreneur …

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1. Marvel Comics: The Untold Story

By: Sean Howe

4.05

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

An unvarnished, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes account of one of the most dominant pop cultural fo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • marvel
  • pop culture
  • comic book
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC

By: Reed Tucker

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most bruising battle in the superhero world isn't between spandex-clad characters; it's between… read more

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  • history
  • marvel
  • pop culture
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America by David Hajdu

3. The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America

By: David Hajdu

3.63

Format: 371 pages,

In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popula… read more

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  • history
  • pop culture
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Wolverine by Chris Claremont, Frank Miller, Paul Smith

4. Wolverine

By: Chris Claremont , Frank Miller , Paul Smith

4.04

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The master of mutants joins the master of ninjas in Wolverine's first solo series - replete with ro… read more

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  • comics
  • marvel
  • comic book
"The better to slay me?! Mt healing factors make me a mutant. Lacing my bones with adamantium and giving me these claws, that was done to me. but, you asked to be changed. You did this to yourself. Th…"

-Chris Claremont, Wolverine

5. The Book of Human Insects

By: Osamu Tezuka

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Toshiko Tomura is a genius; the darling of the intelligentsia. A modern-day Michelangelo, this twen… read more

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6. Kirby: King of Comics

By: Neil Gaiman , Mark Evanier

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

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7. Reading Comics

By: Douglas Wolk

4.40

Format: 184 pages,

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8. Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History

By: Kurt Andersen

3.91

Format: None pages,

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Cover of The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage by Nick de Semlyen

9. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

By: Nick de Semlyen

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios

By: Joanna Robinson

4.22

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood…. T… read more

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  • history
  • marvel
  • pop culture
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever

By: Nick de Semlyen

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic funnymen who ruled '80s Hollywood—Bill Murray, Steve Mart… read more

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  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Sometimes you gotta say "What the fuck". If you can't say it, you can't do it."

-Nick de Semlyen, Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever

Cover of Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer

12. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael        Schulman

13. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

By: Michael Schulman

4.09

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told by Douglas Wolk

14. All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told

By: Douglas Wolk

4.01

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever full reckoning with Marvel Comics' interconnected, half-million-page story, a revela… read more

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  • history
  • marvel
  • pop culture
  • comic book
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"If he does find himself back in the mountain of Marvels, or if he never leaves it, I hope he finds its glorious imaginary world changing all the time, keeping pace with the real one in which he lives…"

-Douglas Wolk, All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told

"As you explore the Marvel story, it becomes another world you can call your own, one that's constantly expanding and full of unfinished wonders. You can no more exhaust its possibilities than the rea…"

-Douglas Wolk, All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told

Cover of True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abraham Riesman

15. True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee

By: Abraham Riesman

3.81

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, revelatory biography of Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee, an artist and entrepreneur … read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • marvel
  • comic book
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons by Mike Reiss

16. Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons

By: Mike Reiss

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In celebration of The Simpsons thirtieth anniversary, the show’s longest-serving writer and produce… read more

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  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There were three great comedians in my formative years—Bill Cosby, Bill Murray, and Richard Pryor—and they wrecked comedy for a generation. How? By never saying anything funny. You can quote a Steve …"

-Mike Reiss, Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons

Cover of I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of the Legendary Stan Lee by Tom Scioli

17. I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of the Legendary Stan Lee

By: Tom Scioli

3.42

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The first graphic novel biography of the legendary Stan Lee, co-creator of many of Marvel's beloved… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • marvel
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of American Comics: A History by Jeremy Dauber

18. American Comics: A History

By: Jeremy Dauber

3.77

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American ima… read more

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  • history
  • marvel
  • pop culture
  • comic book
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies by Ben Fritz

19. The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies

By: Ben Fritz

4.02

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

The stunning metamorphosis of twenty-first-century Hollywood and what lies ahead for the art and co… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 3 by Kazuo Umezz

20. The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 3

By: Kazuo Umezz

4.08

Format: 768 pages, Hardcover

After a disastrous journey to the wasteland beyond the school, Sho and the rest of the surviving st… read more

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  • comics
Cover of The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 2 by Kazuo Umezz

21. The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 2

By: Kazuo Umezz

4.06

Format: 760 pages, Hardcover

The definitive edition, featuring an all-new translation and deluxe hardcover design that reestabli… read more

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  • comics

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Sean Howe

4.05

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Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC

Reed Tucker

3.64

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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America

David Hajdu

3.63

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Nick de Semlyen

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4.13

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Thanks for the Money: How to Use My Life Story to Become the Best Joel McHale You Can Be

Joel McHale , Brad Stevens , Boyd Vico

3.40

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You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation

Susannah Gora

3.87

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Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Ed Zwick

4.03

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