17 Best history books like Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius by Carrie Courogen

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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 …

If you liked the history plot in Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius by Carrie Courogen , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. 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

Similar categories in Ed Zwick's Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood book and Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

  • biography
  • memoir
  • 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 Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer

2. 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

Similar categories in Matt Singer's Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever book and Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

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

3. 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

Similar categories in Philip Gefter's Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? book and Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

  • history
  • biography
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters by Susan  Page

4. The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters

By: Susan Page

3.90

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a wo… read more

Similar categories in Susan Page's The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters book and Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

5. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • 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 All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles by Peter Brown

6. All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles

By: Peter Brown

3.53

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The Beatles in their own words: unpublished, unvarnished, and told by The Beatles and their inner c… read more

Similar categories in Peter Brown's All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles book and Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Entrances and Exits by Michael    Richards

7. Entrances and Exits

By: Michael Richards

4.12

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story by Sam Wasson

8. 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

Similar categories in Sam Wasson's The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story book and Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

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

9. 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

Similar categories in Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius book and Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
Cover of Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass by Ramin Setoodeh

10. Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass

By: Ramin Setoodeh

3.66

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the editor in chief of Variety and author of the New York Times bestseller Ladies Who Punch, t… read more

Similar categories in Ramin Setoodeh's Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass book and Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Mike Nichols: A Life by Mark  Harris

11. Mike Nichols: A Life

By: Mark Harris

4.48

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

A magnificent biography of one of the most protean creative forces in American entertainment histor… read more

Similar categories in Mark Harris's Mike Nichols: A Life book and Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America by Sara B. Franklin

12. The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America

By: Sara B. Franklin

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century—including Julia Child, Anne… read more

Similar categories in Sara B. Franklin's The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America book and Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of And Then? And Then? What Else? by Daniel Handler

13. And Then? And Then? What Else?

By: Daniel Handler

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A bold, candid, vulnerable, and entertaining memoir of the literary life of Daniel Handler, the wri… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Handler's And Then? And Then? What Else? book and Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"A universally loved rebel, an immensely popular loner, the imaginary writer is everyone's favorite, if only because you don't have to read anything to appreciate their work, although I must say I pre…"

-Daniel Handler, And Then? And Then? What Else?

"Surely all artistic output stems from something a little nobler than boredom. It’s why I like to dress it up and say ennui instead, to mean another kind of boredom, a French kind, more glamorous, bet…"

-Daniel Handler, And Then? And Then? What Else?

"There is, in fact, a whole planet of literary appreciation that is only distantly orbiting the actual texts. People declare themselves in favor of Jeffersonian democracy, or label a situation Kafkaes…"

-Daniel Handler, And Then? And Then? What Else?

Cover of Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum

14. 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 Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

  • history
  • memoir
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion by Julie Satow

15. 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

Similar categories in Julie Satow's When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion book and Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

16. Long Island Compromise

By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner

3.88

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more

Similar categories in Taffy Brodesser-Akner's Long Island Compromise book and Carrie Courogen's Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius

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

17. 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 Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

18. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls by Susan Seidelman

19. Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls

By: Susan Seidelman

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The funny and insightful first-person story of the trailblazing movie director of the 80s and 90s … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The biggest takeaway from my long-distance relationship with Floyd Byars was that I optioned an original screenplay he had co-written with his writing partner, Laurie. Another takeaway was a case of …"

-Susan Seidelman, Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls

Cover of The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi

20. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir by Mary L. Trump

21. Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir

By: Mary L. Trump

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller! A New York Times Nonfiction Book to R… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

20 best-selling audiobook books like Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius by Carrie Courogen

Transform Your Habits

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

Ed Zwick

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

Matt Singer

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Philip Gefter

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters

Susan Page

3.90

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18 Top audiobook books like The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

Transform Your Habits

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

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

Transform Your Habits

The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective

Steven Johnson

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

Emily Nussbaum

4.02

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