From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy
By: Scott Meslow
4.03
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy's modern golden era and its role in our culture, tra…
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1. I'll Have What She's Having: How Nora Ephron's Three Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy
By: Erin Carlson
3.65
Format: 304 pages, ebook
A backstage look at the making of Nora Ephron's revered trilogy--When Harry Met Sally, You've Got M… read more
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- romance
- history
- pop culture
- film
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- audiobook
2. Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet
By: Jennifer Homans
3.59
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year For more than four hundred years,… read more
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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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- 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
6. 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
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. 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
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- nonfiction
- history
- pop culture
- audiobook
8. 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
- pop culture
- film
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- audiobook
9. I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution
By: Emily Nussbaum
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From The New Yorker’s fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize–winning culture critic, a provocative colle… read more
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- pop culture
- film
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- audiobook
"I'm its creature, the way we are all creatures of the art we care about, even if decide to throw it in a garbage can."-Emily Nussbaum, I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution
10. 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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- pop culture
- film
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
11. True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us
By: Danielle J. Lindemann
3.64
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Named a Best Nonfiction Book of 2022 by EsquireA sociological study of reality TV that explores its… read more
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- history
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"We learn about the core features of society by looking at the extremes."-Danielle J. Lindemann, True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us
12. Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
By: Lindy West
3.90
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
**Your Favorite Movies, Re-Watched** New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Lindy… read more
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- pop culture
- film
- humor
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- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- audiobook
"We’re going to make a fortune with this place,"-Lindy West, Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
"Which, to be clear, I support. I was twenty-one in 2003, and tasteless shit isn’t just IN my blood, IT IS MY BLOOD. I crave excess!"-Lindy West, Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
"From this point on, Edward is just constantly staring at Bella around corners and peeking at her from under manholes and disguising himself as a potted plant so he can watch her pee. Heads up: your c…"-Lindy West, Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
"Chris Tucker gives Jackie Chan his LAPD ID and tells him to pretend to be LAPD if anything goes sideways in the Foo Chow restaurant. Jackie Chan looks at the ID with Chris Tucker’s picture on it and …"-Lindy West, Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
13. Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet
By: Taylor Lorenz
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the in… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- pop culture
- audiobook
14. Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood
By: Maureen Ryan
3.88
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
An exposé of patterns of harassment and bias in Hollywood, the grassroots reforms under way, and th… read more
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- history
- pop culture
- film
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History
By: Alan Sepinwall
4.18
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Welcome to the O.C., b* it's the definitive oral history of beloved TV show The O.C., from the show… read more
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- history
- pop culture
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films
By: Kristen Lopez
3.36
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
For film buffs and literature lovers alike, Turner Classic Movies presents an essential guide to 52… read more
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- history
- pop culture
- film
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
17. Pandora’s Box: The Greed, Lust, and Lies that Broke Television
By: Peter Biskind
3.54
Format: None pages, Hardcover
We are now lucky enough to be living through the era of so-called Peak TV, in which television, in … read more
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- history
- pop culture
- film
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. 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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- pop culture
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- adult
- audiobook
19. Everything I Need I Get from You
By: Kaitlyn Tiffany
3.55
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A thrilling dive into the world of superfandom and the fangirls who shaped the social internet. … read more
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- pop culture
- nonfiction
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- audiobook
"Infatuation is irrational but it can be a precursor to introspection. The experience of bodily joy is an invitation to reconsider the conditions that hold you away from it most of the time. Screaming…"-Kaitlyn Tiffany, Everything I Need I Get from You
20. Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me
By: Aisha Harris
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"Aisha Harris is one of our smartest, most entertaining modern cultural critics. The nine pieces of… read more
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- pop culture
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- audiobook
21. The Daydreams
By: Laura Hankin
3.59
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A deliciously entertaining novel about the stars of a popular teen show from the early 2000s—and th… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"There are certain feelings you don’t believe are real until you feel them yourself. Take anger so strong that you could kill someone. You cannot wrap your head around how a person could get to that p…"-Laura Hankin, The Daydreams
22. Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in Trouble
By: Judy Gold
3.79
Format: 224 pages, ebook
"No one makes me laugh harder than Judy Gold. If I had to pick one comedian to write a book about f… read more
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- history
- humor
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
23. From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy
By: Scott Meslow
4.03
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy's modern golden era and its role in our culture, tra… read more
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- history
- pop culture
- film
- humor
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- audiobook
24. Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television
By: Thea Glassman
3.84
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The untold stories of seven revolutionary teen shows (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, My So-Called Lif… read more
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- history
- pop culture
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- audiobook
25. We Promised You a Great Main Event: An Unauthorized WWE History
By: Bill Hanstock
3.98
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Unauthorized. Unrestricted. No holds barred. In We Promised You a Great Main Event , longtime sport… read more
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- history
- audiobook
26. 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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- history
- pop culture
- film
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
27. The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar
By: Robin R. Means Coleman
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A definitive and surprising exploration of the history of Black horror films, after the rising succ… read more
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- pop culture
- film
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- essays
- adult
- audiobook
28. Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic
By: Glenn Frankel
4.23
Format: 415 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times-bestselling author of the behind-the-scene… read more
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- history
- pop culture
- film
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Bring It On: The Complete Story of the Cheerleading Movie That Changed, Like, Everything (No, Seriously)
By: Kase Wickman
3.82
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Featuring dozens of interviews with the cast and crew, fans of the franchise, film scholars, former… read more
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- history
- film
- nonfiction
- pop culture
30. Audience-ology: How Moviegoers Shape the Films We Love
By: Kevin Goetz
3.71
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Discover the fascinating and secretive process of audience testing of Hollywood movies through thes… read more
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- pop culture
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31. Hot Air
By: Marcy Dermansky
3.86
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A joyfully unhinged story of money, marriage, sex, and revenge unspools when a billionaire crashes … read more
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