20 Best media tie in books like The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story by Sam Wasson

Cover of The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story by Sam Wasson

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…

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Cover of The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir by William Friedkin

1. The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir

By: William Friedkin

4.13

Format: 497 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir from the Academy Award–winning director of such legendary films as The Fren… read more

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  • biography
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind

2. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

By: Peter Biskind

4.12

Format: None pages,

This down-and-dirty romp through Hollywood in the 1970s introduces the young filmmakers--Coppola, S… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
Cover of Notes: On the Making of "Apocalypse Now" by Eleanor Coppola

3. Notes: On the Making of "Apocalypse Now"

By: Eleanor Coppola

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Paperback

These notes take us behind the scenes, and at the same time brings us into a private world of exhil… read more

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  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • film
Cover of The Kid Stays in the Picture by Robert  Evans

4. The Kid Stays in the Picture

By: Robert Evans

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

From his marriage to Ali McGraw, his cocaine bust, the accusations of murder, the friendships with … read more

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  • biography
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

5. Making Movies

By: Sidney Lumet

5.00

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and … read more

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6. The Courage to Create

By: Rollo May

4.36

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

What if imagination and art are not, as many of us might think, the frosting on life but the founta… read more

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7. Adventures in the Screen Trade

By: William Goldman

3.78

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-wi… read more

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Cover of Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood by Ed Zwick

8. 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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  • art
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • film
  • media tie in
  • 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 Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

9. Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

Cover of 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan

10. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

By: James Kaplan

4.35

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the … read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir by Werner Herzog

11. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

By: Werner Herzog

4.25

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more

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  • art
  • biography
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan

12. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road

By: Kyle Buchanan

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max:… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Heat 2 by Michael                Mann

13. Heat 2

By: Michael Mann

4.26

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, M… read more

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

14. 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
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios by Joanna  Robinson

15. 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
  • pop culture
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer

16. 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
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael        Schulman

17. 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
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood by David Mamet

18. Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood

By: David Mamet

3.24

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-lo… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Philip Gefter

19. 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

An award-winning writer reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the provocative play, the groundbrea… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic by Daniel de Visé

20. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story by Sam Wasson

21. 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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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Pandora’s Box: The Greed, Lust, and Lies that Broke Television by Peter Biskind

22. Pandora’s Box: The Greed, Lust, and Lies that Broke Television

By: Peter Biskind

3.54

Format: None pages, Hardcover

We are now lucky enough to be living through the era of so-called Peak TV, in which television, in … read more

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  • history
  • pop culture
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius by Carrie Courogen

23. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden

24. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland

By: Steven Hyden

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album,  Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Hollywood: The Oral History by Jeanine Basinger

25. 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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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Kubrick: An Odyssey by Robert P. Kolker

26. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate, and the Price of a Vision by Charles Elton

27. Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate, and the Price of a Vision

By: Charles Elton

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The “revelatory” ( The New Yorker ) first biography of critically acclaimed then critically derided… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press by Calvin Trillin

28. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy by Brian Stelter

29. Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy

By: Brian Stelter

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The  New York Times  bestselling author of  HOAX,  “[a] rare look inside the profoundly influential… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s by John Ganz

30. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982 by Chris Nashawaty

31. The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982

By: Chris Nashawaty

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From legendary entertainment journalist and author of Caddyshack comes a rollicking history of 1980… read more

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  • art
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  • pop culture
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  • media tie in
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Transform Your Habits

The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir

William Friedkin

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Kid Stays in the Picture

Robert Evans

3.95

Transform Your Habits

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

Ed Zwick

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Cinema Speculation

Quentin Tarantino

4.06

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

Ed Zwick

4.03

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Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road

Kyle Buchanan

4.33

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

Nick de Semlyen

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