16 Top history books like Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America by David Kamp

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Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

By: David Kamp

3.90

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling writer David Kamp, the engrossing, behind-the-scenes story of the cultural heroes …

If you liked the history plot in Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America by David Kamp , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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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

Similar categories in Brian Jay Jones's Jim Henson: The Biography book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • tv
  • adult
  • 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 The Curse of Collinwood (Dark Shadows, #5) by Marilyn Ross

2. The Curse of Collinwood (Dark Shadows, #5)

By: Marilyn Ross

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Marilyn Ross's The Curse of Collinwood (Dark Shadows, #5) book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • audiobook

3. Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street

By: None

4.02

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

The story of one of the most important and beloved shows on television-how it got started, nearly f… read more

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4. As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew

By: Jen Chaney

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Acclaimed pop culture journalist Jen Chaney shares an oral history of the cult classic film Clueles… read more

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5. Pretty Ugly

By: David Sedaris

3.55

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

David Sedaris and Ian Falconer make a spectacular splash with this tale of a monster turned ugly—st… read more

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6. Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

By: Jamie Loftus

3.92

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique―comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history
  • audiobook
"WE NEED MORE WOMEN PRIESTS! a billboard declares a few miles outside of Buffalo, a new cursed addition to a folder in my Google Drive called 'feminism except not really."

-Jamie Loftus, Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

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7. Creep: Accusations and Confessions

By: Myriam Gurba

4.37

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A ruthless and razor-sharp essay collection that tackles the pervasive, creeping oppression and tox… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Embedded within these systems of family, friendship, and community, these creepy men may appear harmless, their evil obscured by a benign collective presence, a fog of sorts. This softness swaddles a…"

-Myriam Gurba, Creep: Accusations and Confessions

Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

8. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

Similar categories in Keith O'Brien's Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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9. Dolls of Our Lives

By: Mary Mahoney

3.53

Format: None pages, None

For Feiwel & Friends, Kat Brzozowski bought world rights to a currently untitled book by Allison Ho… read more

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  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture by Matt Baume

10. Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

By: Matt Baume

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

There's a secret storyline hidden across some of the most popular sitcoms of the 20th century. F… read more

Similar categories in Matt Baume's Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • tv
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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11. The Age of Grievance

By: Frank Bruni

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia by Natasha Lance Rogoff

12. Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia

By: Natasha Lance Rogoff

4.15

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

"In this thrilling debut, television producer and filmmaker Rogoff recounts her mission to bring Se… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Lance Rogoff's Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • tv
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA by Theresa Runstedtler

13. Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA

By: Theresa Runstedtler

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A vital narrative history of 1970s pro basketball, and the Black players who shaped the NBA Agains… read more

Similar categories in Theresa Runstedtler's Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Joyful Recollections of Trauma by Paul Scheer

14. Joyful Recollections of Trauma

By: Paul Scheer

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more

Similar categories in Paul Scheer's Joyful Recollections of Trauma book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

Cover of My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings by Zosia Mamet

15. My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings

By: Zosia Mamet

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A warm and relateable collection of essays exploring the memories we associate with different meals… read more

Similar categories in Zosia Mamet's My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Every Time You Hear That Song by Jenna Voris

16. Every Time You Hear That Song

By: Jenna Voris

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

They say to never meet your idols. But they never said anything about upending your life for a ques… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda    Jones

17. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

By: Amanda Jones

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Jones's That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
Cover of A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

18. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Fedarko's A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

Cover of Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America by David Kamp

19. Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

By: David Kamp

3.90

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling writer David Kamp, the engrossing, behind-the-scenes story of the cultural heroes … read more

Similar categories in David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • cultural
  • american history
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • tv
  • adult
  • education
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum

20. 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

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  • cultural
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • tv
  • adult
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Soundtrack of Silence: Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life by Matt       Hay

21. Soundtrack of Silence: Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life

By: Matt Hay

4.18

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring memoir of a young man who discovered he was going completely deaf just at the moment h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Hay's Soundtrack of Silence: Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon by Lyn Slater

22. How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon

By: Lyn Slater

3.44

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A personal memoir in which Lyn Slater, known on Instagram as “Accidental Icon,” brings her characte… read more

Similar categories in Lyn Slater's How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of T-Shirt Swim Club: Stories from Being Fat in a World of Thin People by Ian Karmel

23. T-Shirt Swim Club: Stories from Being Fat in a World of Thin People

By: Ian Karmel

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Comedian Ian Karmel, with help from sister Dr. Alisa Karmel, opens up about the daily humiliations … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"You're a raw nerve in that era of your existence. Life hurts, and that isn't unique to fat people or to any one group, really. Pretty much everyone goes through some version of young-adult malaise. T…"

-Ian Karmel, T-Shirt Swim Club: Stories from Being Fat in a World of Thin People

Cover of The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger: The Inside Story of California's First Drive-Through and How it Became a Beloved Cultural Icon by Lynsi Snyder

24. The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger: The Inside Story of California's First Drive-Through and How it Became a Beloved Cultural Icon

By: Lynsi Snyder

3.62

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Discover the official story of In-N-Out Burger––how three generations have created a thriving, fami… read more

Similar categories in Lynsi Snyder's The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger: The Inside Story of California's First Drive-Through and How it Became a Beloved Cultural Icon book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination by Brian Jay Jones

25. Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination

By: Brian Jay Jones

4.19

Format: 483 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, fascinating, all-reaching biography of Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss is a classic American i… read more

Similar categories in Brian Jay Jones's Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies by Dawn Raffel

26. The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies

By: Dawn Raffel

3.57

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"A mosaic mystery told in vignettes, cliffhangers, curious asides, and some surreal plot twists as … read more

Similar categories in Dawn Raffel's The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment by Susannah Breslin

27. Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment

By: Susannah Breslin

2.77

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

What if your parents turned you into a human lab rat on the day you were born? Would that change th… read more

Similar categories in Susannah Breslin's Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment book and David Kamp's Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Yellow Bus by Loren Long

28. The Yellow Bus

By: Loren Long

4.36

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Love and Hello, Lighthouse , The Yellow Bus from #1 New York Times bestselling … read more

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Cover of Flip Your Life: How to Find Opportunity in Distress―in Real Estate, Business, and Life by Tarek El Moussa

29. Flip Your Life: How to Find Opportunity in Distress―in Real Estate, Business, and Life

By: Tarek El Moussa

3.75

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

HGTV star real estate investor Tarek El Moussa—known to millions of people worldwide who continue t… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook

30. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

By: Jesselyn Cook

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Earth to Moon: A Memoir by Moon Unit Zappa

31. Earth to Moon: A Memoir

By: Moon Unit Zappa

4.42

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheis… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

8 best-selling adult books like Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America by David Kamp

Transform Your Habits

Jim Henson: The Biography

Brian Jay Jones

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

Jamie Loftus

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Creep: Accusations and Confessions

Myriam Gurba

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Dolls of Our Lives

Mary Mahoney

3.53

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Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar

Cynthia Carr

4.27

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Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

Matt Baume

4.35

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Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

Matt Singer

4.06

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RuPaul

3.84

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