Hollywood Horrors: Murders, Scandals, and Cover-Ups from Tinseltown
By: Andrea Van Landingham
4.01
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
The name “Hollywood” conjures up fantastical images of bright lights, glamorous dreams, and impossi…
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3.52
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The incredible true story of the women who fought America's Undark danger. The Curies' newly discov… read more
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Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
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4. Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood
By: William J. Mann
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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By: Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie
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Format: 113 pages, Paperback
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6. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
By: Liza Mundy
4.00
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Hidden Figuresand The Girls of Atomic City, Code Girlsis the astonishing, untol… read more
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7. Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
By: Anne Helen Petersen
3.84
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Gossip meets history--a compulsively readable collection of Hollywood's most notorious clashes and … read more
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8. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime
By: Casey Sherman
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Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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9. Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
By: Anne Michaud
4.29
Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition
Why do good women stay with bad men? What if political wives are just as calculating as their in… read more
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10. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
By: Isabel Wilkerson
4.53
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The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken ca… read more
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11. Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
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4.03
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"a vast majority of us vandwellers are white. The reasons range from obvious to duh, but then there’s this."-Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
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12. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
By: Robert Kolker
4.16
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
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"One of the consequenses of surviving schizophrenia for fifty years is that sooner or later, the cure becomes as damaging as the disease"-Robert Kolker, Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
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13. The Personal Librarian
By: Marie Benedict
4.06
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
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14. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
By: Anderson Cooper
3.82
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
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15. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
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3.83
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
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16. Hollywood Horrors: Murders, Scandals, and Cover-Ups from Tinseltown
By: Andrea Van Landingham
4.01
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
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17. To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer
By: John Coston
3.93
Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition
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18. More Shocking Celebrity Murders: True Crime Cases of Famous People Who were Gruesomely Killed (True Crime Hollywood Murders Book 2)
By: Jack Smith
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Format: 91 pages, Kindle Edition
More shocking stories of murders of rich and famous celebrities! Hollywood is the place where dream… read more
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19. The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn
By: Josh Young
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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20. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
By: Maureen Callahan
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Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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21. Kinky History: A Rollicking Journey through Our Sexual Past, Present, and Future
By: Esme Louise James
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Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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