Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
By: Karina Longworth
4.08
Format: 576 pages, ebook
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1. The Love of the Last Tycoon
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.64
Format: 169 pages, Paperback
The Last Tycoon, edited by the renowned literary critic Edmund Wilson, was first published a year a… read more
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"There’s a writer for you,"-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Love of the Last Tycoon
"Men don’t often know those times when a girl could be had for nothing."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Love of the Last Tycoon
"His dark eyes took me in, and I wondered what they would look like if he fell in love."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Love of the Last Tycoon
"There's no substitute for will. Sometimes you have to fake will when you don't feel it at all."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Love of the Last Tycoon
2. Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
By: Scott Eyman
3.78
Format: 479 pages, Hardcover
New York Timesbestselling author Scott Eyman tells the story of the remarkable friendship of two Ho… read more
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3. Hollywood Babylon
By: Kenneth Anger
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Hollywood Babylonwas originally published in Paris, and quickly became an underground legend. Not a… read more
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4. Petty: The Biography
By: Warren Zanes
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Petty, by an accomplished writ… read more
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5. Then We Came to the End
By: Joshua Ferris
4.00
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
The characters in Then We Came To The End cope with a business downturn in the time-honored way: th… read more
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6. Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud
By: Shaun Considine
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
A joint biography of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford which follows their rivalry throughout their car… read more
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7. Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder
By: James Ellroy , Steve Hodel
4.10
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
In 1947, California's infamous Black Dahlia murder inspired the largest manhunt in Los Angeles hist… read more
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8. The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco
By: Julie Salamon
4.06
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
"A definitive portrait of the madness of big-time moviemaking" ( Newsweek ), now the basis for the … read more
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9. 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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"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
10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
By: Mallory O'Meara
3.98
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The Lady from the Black Lagoon uncovers the life and work of Milicent Patrick—one of Disney’s first… read more
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"Having a new tattoo really sucks,"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
"To the privileged, equality feels like oppression"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
"One hundred percent of the top American films of 1954, the year Creature from the Black Lagoon was released, were directed by men. Ninety-six percent of the top American films for 2016, the year I st…"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
"Milicent Patrick’s final resting place is in every single Creature from the Black Lagoon T-shirt, every Metaluna Mutant toy, every VHS tape of Fantasia, every DVD of The Shape of Water. It’s on the d…"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
14. 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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15. 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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16. Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
By: Brian Raftery
4.07
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of … read more
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17. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America
By: Abraham Riesman
3.75
Format: 464 pages, ebook
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more
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18. Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder
By: John Waters
3.88
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
No one knows more about everything - especially everything rude, clever, and offensively compelling… read more
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"Librarians are always smart, a little nuts, and know how to party."-John Waters, Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder
"As soon as you stop listening to new music, your life is over. You are a fart."-John Waters, Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder
19. 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
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20. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
By: Laurence Leamer
3.83
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more
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21. The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
By: Shawn Levy
3.67
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Since 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second … read more
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22. 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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23. So Fetch
By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
3.60
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia comes the totally fetch story of one of th… read more
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24. Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century
By: Dana Stevens
4.19
Format: 432 pages, ebook
Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, and NPR In this genre-defying work … read more
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25. When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today
By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia tells the little-known story of four trailblazi… read more
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26. Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
By: Karina Longworth
4.08
Format: 576 pages, ebook
In this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings o… read more
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27. Age of Cage
By: Keith Phipps
3.78
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
Icon. Celebrity. Artist. Madman. Genius. Nicolas Cage is many things, but love him, or laugh at … read more
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28. It's Alive!
By: Julian David Stone
3.90
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
AMAZON BESTSELLER For readers of F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon and Budd Schulberg's What Mak… read more
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29. The Art of Small Talk
By: Casey Wilson
3.80
Format: 5 pages, Audiobook
Hilarious and practical advice for how to up your small talk game from comedians, actors and self-a… read more
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30. Backwards & In Heels: The Past, Present And Future Of Women Working In Film (Incredible Women Who Broke Barriers in Filmmaking)
By: Alicia Malone
4.02
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
Number #1 New Bestseller!"After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just d… read more
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31. Murder and the Movies
By: David Thomson
3.16
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A renowned movie critic on film’s treatment of one of mankind’s darkest murder “[Thomson’s] anal… read more
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