14 must-read history books like Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation by Reid Mitenbuler

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Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation

By: Reid Mitenbuler

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In 1911, famed cartoonist Winsor McCay debuted one of the first animated cartoons, based on his sop…

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1. Jim Henson: The Biography

By: Brian Jay Jones

4.01

Format: 585 pages, Hardcover

For the first time ever-a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth-century's most innovative… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.' - Jim"

-Brian Jay Jones, Jim Henson: The Biography

"It is our responsibility to keep telling these tales--to tell them in a way that they teach and entertain and give meaning to our lives,' he [Jim] said later. 'This is not merely an obligation, it's …"

-Brian Jay Jones, Jim Henson: The Biography

"Indeed, [Jimmy] Dean believed in Rowlf so completely that he would sometimes genuinely break up when Rowlf delivered one-liners, laughing so hard that he was unable to sing. "I treated Rowlf like he …"

-Brian Jay Jones, Jim Henson: The Biography

"One viewer - a Mr. Dionne from California... fired off an angry, rambling letter, complaining haughtily that "the most disciplined attention I could give [The Cube] was a belch from the grave of Marc…"

-Brian Jay Jones, Jim Henson: The Biography

Cover of Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen by Jimmy McDonough

2. Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen

By: Jimmy McDonough

3.86

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The first full-scale biography of the enduring first lady of country music The twentieth century … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick

3. Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley

By: Peter Guralnick

4.16

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of th… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2) by James Ellroy

4. The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)

By: James Ellroy

4.26

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

1950s Los Angeles: The City of Angels has become the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch-hu… read more

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Cover of The Time Traders (Time Traders/ Ross Murdock, #1) by Andre Norton, Mark    Nelson

5. The Time Traders (Time Traders/ Ross Murdock, #1)

By: Andre Norton , Mark Nelson

3.80

Format: 242 pages, Audiobook

DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY OF TIMEIntelligence agents have uncovered something which seems beyond belief… read more

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6. Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America

By: Jeff Ryan

4.50

Format: 182 pages,

The story of Nintendo's rise and the beloved icon who made it possible. Nintendo has continually s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • business
  • audiobook

7. Carsick

By: John Waters

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A cross-country hitchhiking journey with America's most beloved weirdo John Waters is putting his l… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook

8. The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction

By: Neil Gaiman

3.04

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

An enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on myriad topics--from art and artists to dreams, my… read more

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9. George Lucas: A Life

By: Brian Jay Jones

4.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of one of the most influential filmmakers ever--George Lucas. On May 25, 1… read more

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10. The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession

By: David Grann

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed New Yorkerwriter and author of the breakout debut bestseller The Lost City of Z, David Gr… read more

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11. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

By: Niall Ferguson

3.69

Format: 47 pages,

"Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it… read more

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12. 2BR02B

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.43

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

2BR02B is a satiric short story that imagines life & death in a future world where aging has been "… read more

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13. The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1: 1920-1963

By: Ed Ward

3.94

Format: 336 pages,

Ed Ward covers the first half of the social history of rock & roll in this definitive book. Beginni… read more

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14. Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood

By: Mark Harris

4.10

Format: None pages,

Explores the epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 19… read more

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Cover of American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis by Adam Hochschild

15. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

By: Adam Hochschild

4.21

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

16. 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
  • 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

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17. 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 Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More by James Burrows

18. Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More

By: James Burrows

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"Being directed by the Jimmy Burrows, while on Friends, was like hitting the jackpot. I'm delighte… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Where the Body Was

By: Ed Brubaker

4.14

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Like a true crime podcast crossed with a long-lost diary, Where the Body Was is unlike anything Bru… read more

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Cover of A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun (Brief History of Asia Series) by Jonathan Clements

20. A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun (Brief History of Asia Series)

By: Jonathan Clements

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios by Joanna  Robinson

21. 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
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer

22. 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
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood by Sam Wasson

23. The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood

By: Sam Wasson

4.09

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelator… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World by Matt Alt

24. Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World

By: Matt Alt

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that ca… read more

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

25. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
  • 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 Sherlock Holmes The Coronation Murders: A Sherlock Holmes Resurgent Mystery (A Sherlock Holmes Resurgent Mystery Series Book 8) by J. B. Varney

26. Sherlock Holmes The Coronation Murders: A Sherlock Holmes Resurgent Mystery (A Sherlock Holmes Resurgent Mystery Series Book 8)

By: J. B. Varney

4.40

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

Queen Victoria lays dying and some predict she will not live out the week. It is a turning point fo… read more

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27. Calico

By: Lee Goldberg

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg, comes an explosive, page-turning investigat… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation by Reid Mitenbuler

28. Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation

By: Reid Mitenbuler

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In 1911, famed cartoonist Winsor McCay debuted one of the first animated cartoons, based on his sop… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation's Golden Age by Jake S. Friedman

29. The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation's Golden Age

By: Jake S. Friedman

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An essential piece of Disney history has been largely unreported for eighty years. Soon after the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 5 by Kevin Eastman

30. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 5

By: Kevin Eastman

4.36

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

This final "Ultimate Collection "brings the end of the "City At War" storyline and concludes the Ea… read more

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Cover of Thorn: The Complete Proto-Bone College Strips 1982-1986, and Other Early Drawings by Jeff Smith

31. Thorn: The Complete Proto-Bone College Strips 1982-1986, and Other Early Drawings

By: Jeff Smith

4.47

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The Secret Origin of Jeff Smith’s BONE Comes to Light!  NYT Bestselling Author Smith Returns to his… read more

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18 must-read audiobook books like Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation by Reid Mitenbuler

Transform Your Habits

Jim Henson: The Biography

Brian Jay Jones

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen

Jimmy McDonough

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley

Peter Guralnick

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America

Jeff Ryan

4.50

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Transform Your Habits

Understanding Japan: A Cultural History

Mark J. Ravina

3.52

Transform Your Habits

Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun

Chris Broad

4.18

Transform Your Habits

A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun (Brief History of Asia Series)

Jonathan Clements

3.75

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Japan Story

Christopher Harding

3.99

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