6 must-read true crime books like The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy

Cover of The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy

The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont

By: Shawn Levy

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Since 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second …

If you liked the true crime plot in The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy , here is a list of 6 books like this:

1. Black Dahlia, Red Rose: The Crime, Corruption, and Cover-Up of America's Greatest Unsolved Murder

By: Piu Marie Eatwell

3.61

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Los Angeles, 1947. A housewife out for a walk with her baby notices a cloud of black flies buzzing … read more

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Cover of Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D' by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

2. Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential from a career maître d’hotel who manned the front of the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"It never fails, the most awful human beings, the power hungry, those with the least personality, kindness, and humanity, are general managers in restaurants."

-Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

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3. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime

By: Casey Sherman

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turn… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

By: Ed Zwick

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more

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  • biography
  • pop culture
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."

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

"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."

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

"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

Cover of Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon by Kate Andersen Brower

5. Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

By: Kate Andersen Brower

4.16

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever auth… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • pop culture
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

By: Paul Newman

3.89

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. 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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  • history
  • pop culture
  • film
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy by James B. Stewart

8. Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy

By: James B. Stewart

3.76

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The shocking inside story of the struggle for power and control at Paramount Global, the multibilli… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer

9. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

By: Laurence Leamer

3.83

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century by Roseanne Montillo

10. Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century

By: Roseanne Montillo

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Exploring the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood by Maureen  Ryan

11. Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood

By: Maureen Ryan

3.88

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

An exposé of patterns of harassment and bias in Hollywood, the grassroots reforms under way, and th… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • pop culture
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper

12. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

By: Anderson Cooper

3.77

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak

13. A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe

By: Mark Dawidziak

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author’s life through the prism of his my… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends will call it.' -- EDGAR ALLAN POE"

-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe

"The glow of the fireside poets failed to warm a world coping with the cold realities of a new century. Their light faded as we became less sure of comforting messages and more intrigued by Poe's trou…"

-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe

Cover of The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy

14. The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont

By: Shawn Levy

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Since 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second … read more

Similar categories in Shawn Levy's The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont book and Shawn Levy's The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • film
  • pop culture
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

15. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession by Laurence Leamer

16. Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession

By: Laurence Leamer

3.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author of Capote’s Women Laurence Leamer shares an engrossing account of the enigmatic … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Hollywood: The Oral History by Jeanine Basinger

17. Hollywood: The Oral History

By: Jeanine Basinger

4.04

Format: 768 pages, Paperback

The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • pop culture
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones by Elizabeth Winder

18. Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones

By: Elizabeth Winder

3.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Discover the true story of the four women who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help shape and… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair by William J. Mann

19. Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair

By: William J. Mann

3.89

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

From the noted Hollywood biographer and author of The Contender comes this celebration of the great… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • film
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel by Julie Satow

20. The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel

By: Julie Satow

3.79

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Journalist Julie Satow's thrilling, unforgettable history of how one illustrious hotel has defined … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family by Olivia Williams

21. The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

By: Olivia Williams

3.61

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed bir… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

6 must-read adult books like The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy

Transform Your Habits

A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime

Casey Sherman

3.71

Transform Your Habits

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

Paul Newman

3.89

Transform Your Habits

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

Michael Schulman

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont

Shawn Levy

3.67

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11 best-selling adult books like The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir by Paul Newman

Transform Your Habits

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Tom Hanks

3.70

Transform Your Habits

My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Henry Winkler

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions

Steve Martin

3.72

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