14 best-selling history books like Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire by Liz Brown

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Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

By: Liz Brown

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The unbelievable true story of Harrison Post--the enigmatic lover of one of the richest men in 1920…

If you liked the history plot in Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire by Liz Brown , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Bourbon Street Blues (Scotty Bradley, #1)

By: Greg Herren

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

Native boy Scotty Bradley knows how to bend his hometown's every unwritten rule. it doesn't hurt th… read more

Similar categories in Greg Herren's Bourbon Street Blues (Scotty Bradley, #1) book and Liz Brown's Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

  • gay
  • lgbt
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2. Fellow Travelers

By: Thomas Mallon

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the highly acclaimed author of Bandboxand Dewey Defeats Truman-a searing new historical novel … read more

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  • gay
  • lgbt
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3. Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America

By: Catherine Kerrison

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Thomas Jefferson fathered three girls: two white and free, one black and a slave. This book about M… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Kerrison's Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America book and Liz Brown's Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • history
  • nonfiction

4. The Testament of Mary

By: Colm Tóibín

3.73

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Provocative, haunting, and indelible, Colm Toibin's portrait of Mary presents her as a solitary old… read more

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5. Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood

By: William J. Mann

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Day of the Locustmeets The Devil in the White Cityand Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evilin… read more

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6. Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity

By: Bruce Bawer

3.57

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

From the author of the widely acclaimed A Place at the Table, this is a major work, passionately ou… read more

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7. Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969

By: William J. Mann

3.66

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

William Mann's Behind the Screen is a thoughtful and eye-opening look at the totality of the gay ex… read more

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8. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

By: Rachel Maddow

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Maddow's Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism book and Liz Brown's Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."

-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

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9. You Only Call When You're in Trouble

By: Stephen McCauley

3.45

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Is it ever okay to stop caring for others and start living for yourself? After a lifetime of tak… read more

Similar categories in Stephen McCauley's You Only Call When You're in Trouble book and Liz Brown's Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
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10. The New Life

By: Tom Crewe

3.77

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Two Victorian marriages, two dangerous love affairs, one extraordinary partnership . . .London, 189… read more

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  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
"Science requires a rational audience."

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

"True development does not respect comfort."

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

"We British are used to being ruthless, of course, but only the men. The women aren't. We don't grab. We shouldn't . But we have to, to make some room for ourselves."

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

"...John wondered if she would ever be so unthinkingly imperious again; whether her childish powers of command would survive the dislocation from home, the knowledge of her smallness in the greater wo…"

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

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11. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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12. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

By: Judi Dench

4.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more

Similar categories in Judi Dench's Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent book and Liz Brown's Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

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13. 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

Similar categories in Kate Andersen Brower's Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon book and Liz Brown's Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir

By: Harvey Fierstein

4.37

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Awa… read more

Similar categories in Harvey Fierstein's I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir book and Liz Brown's Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

  • biography
  • memoir
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America

By: Eric Cervini

4.31

Format: 494 pages, Hardcover

The secret history of the fight for gay rights that began a generation before Stonewall. In 1957… read more

Similar categories in Eric Cervini's The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America book and Liz Brown's Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

  • history
  • biography
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"What the hell ever happened to the concept of freedom and equality that we espouse?"

-Eric Cervini, The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America

"And if society rejected him? ‘Why, society can,’ as he later described the realization. ‘They’ll lose more than I will."

-Eric Cervini, The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America

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16. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

By: Ilyon Woo

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more

Similar categories in Ilyon Woo's Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom book and Liz Brown's Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince (Boy Meets Boy, #2) by Timothy Janovsky

17. You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince (Boy Meets Boy, #2)

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An "effervescent" (Rachel Lynn Solomon) stand-alone Christmas LGBTQIA+ New Adult RomCom, perfect fo… read more

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  • audiobook
  • lgbt
"I sigh, realizing that the boy I'm talking about is a different iteration of myself from a separate past life, removed from who I am here. All the previous me's have been chunked off, lopped into lit…"

-Timothy Janovsky, You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince (Boy Meets Boy, #2)

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18. His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life

By: Jonathan Alter

4.34

Format: 800 pages, Hardcover

From one of America’s most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, … read more

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

19. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire by Liz Brown

20. Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

By: Liz Brown

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The unbelievable true story of Harrison Post--the enigmatic lover of one of the richest men in 1920… read more

Similar categories in Liz Brown's Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire book and Liz Brown's Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • true crime
  • queer studies
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. The Bell in the Fog (Evander Mills, #2)

By: Lev A.C. Rosen

4.17

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

The Bell in the Fog, a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks―once you have finally foun… read more

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  • audiobook
  • gay
  • lgbt
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22. The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets

By: Sarah Miller

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When they were born on May 28, 1934, weighing a grand total of just over 13 pounds, no one expecte… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch by Alexandra Jacobs

23. Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch

By: Alexandra Jacobs

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The ebullient, troubled life of a Broadway legend who became a heroine to a younger generationStill… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang

24. Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History

By: Yunte Huang

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

One of the Atlantic 's "Books to Get Lost in This Summer" Best Books of August 2023: InsideHook, W… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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25. Alec

By: William di Canzio

4.21

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

William di Canzio's Alec, inspired by Maurice, E. M. Forster's secret novel of a happy same-sex lov… read more

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  • gay
  • lgbt
"Did they all see through him? Risley, Mrs. W? This was something new about being queer, this innuendo and subterfuge, and it sickened him."

-William di Canzio, Alec

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26. Live Long and...What I Learned Along the Way

By: William Shatner

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Star Trek legend and veteran author William Shatner discusses the meaning of life, finding value in… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Up With the Sun by Thomas Mallon

27. Up With the Sun

By: Thomas Mallon

3.68

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A look back at the life of a little-known, C-list celebrity striver who met a bad end in New York C… read more

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  • gay
  • lgbt
Cover of Unruly Desires: American Sailors and Homosexualities in the Age of Sail by William Benemann

28. Unruly Desires: American Sailors and Homosexualities in the Age of Sail

By: William Benemann

3.87

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

In its voracious hunger to fill its decks and spars with the bodies of strong young sailors, the ni… read more

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  • history
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Corpse at Captain's Seat (Secrets and Scrabble, #8) by Josh Lanyon

29. Corpse at Captain's Seat (Secrets and Scrabble, #8)

By: Josh Lanyon

4.11

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

At long last, the renovations of stately Captain’s Seat are complete, and to celebrate, mystery boo… read more

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  • audiobook
  • lgbt
Cover of The Duke at Hazard (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #2) by K.J. Charles

30. The Duke at Hazard (Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune, #2)

By: K.J. Charles

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Don't miss the second thrilling Regency romance in the Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune series by KJ … read more

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  • lgbt
Cover of Jessica Lange: An Adventurer's Heart (Screen Classics) by Anthony Uzarowski

31. Jessica Lange: An Adventurer's Heart (Screen Classics)

By: Anthony Uzarowski

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Brilliant, beautiful, driven, uncompromising, elusive, iconic―Jessica Lange is one of the most gift… read more

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  • history
  • biography

19 must-read audiobook books like Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire by Liz Brown

Transform Your Habits

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

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You Only Call When You're in Trouble

Stephen McCauley

3.45

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The New Life

Tom Crewe

3.77

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My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

4.20

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

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The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

3.70

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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