17 Best history books like Garbo by Robert Gottlieb

Cover of Garbo by Robert    Gottlieb

Garbo

By: Robert Gottlieb

3.57

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice One of Literary Hub's most anticipated books of 2021Aw…

If you liked the history plot in Garbo by Robert Gottlieb , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird

1. Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire

By: Julia Baird

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of the world's most influential, intriguing and surprising ruler, Queen Vic… read more

Similar categories in Julia Baird's Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild by David Stenn

2. Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild

By: David Stenn

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

Hollywood's first sex symbol, the ' It ' girl, Clara Bow was born in the slums of Brooklyn in a fam… read more

Similar categories in David Stenn's Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • film
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

3. John Wayne: The Life and Legend

By: Scott Eyman

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on interviews that author Scott Eyman conducted with John Wayne before his death and more t… read more

Similar categories in Scott Eyman's John Wayne: The Life and Legend book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

4. Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood

By: William J. Mann

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Day of the Locustmeets The Devil in the White Cityand Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evilin… read more

Similar categories in William J. Mann's Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

Cover of Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy by Carl Sferrazza Anthony

5. Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy

By: Carl Sferrazza Anthony

3.99

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

“One of the most detailed, nuanced portraits of Jackie to date.” — The Washington Post An illumi… read more

Similar categories in Carl Sferrazza Anthony's Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers by Mary Rodgers

6. Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

By: Mary Rodgers

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The memoirs of Mary Rodgers Guettel--writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and "a woman who tried eve… read more

Similar categories in Mary Rodgers's Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon by Kate Andersen Brower

7. Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

By: Kate Andersen Brower

4.16

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever auth… read more

Similar categories in Kate Andersen Brower's Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century by Stephen Galloway

8. Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century

By: Stephen Galloway

3.75

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST A New York Times Bestseller "A "well rou… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Galloway's Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer

9. 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

Similar categories in Laurence Leamer's Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange

10. Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

By: Alexandra Lange

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Lange's Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"These early successes were a boon to developers, who could now confidently double their shopping area and add the final technological breakthrough that made a mall a mall: air-conditioning."

-Alexandra Lange, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

"People often tell me that they get lost in malls. Malls are a habitat. Some of us are natives. If you grew up hiking, you know to look for blazes. If you grew up with malls, you know to look for the …"

-Alexandra Lange, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

Cover of The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense by Edward White

11. The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense

By: Edward White

3.90

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock, Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon—what define… read more

Similar categories in Edward White's The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession by Laurence Leamer

12. Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession

By: Laurence Leamer

3.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author of Capote’s Women Laurence Leamer shares an engrossing account of the enigmatic … read more

Similar categories in Laurence Leamer's Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • film
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Hollywood: The Oral History by Jeanine Basinger

13. Hollywood: The Oral History

By: Jeanine Basinger

4.04

Format: 768 pages, Paperback

The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine … read more

Similar categories in Jeanine Basinger's Hollywood: The Oral History book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

14. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

Similar categories in Garrett M. Graff's When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert Matzen

15. Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II

By: Robert Matzen

3.85

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars… read more

Similar categories in Robert Matzen's Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When my mother wanted to teach me a lesson about life,' said Luca Dotti, 'she never used stories about her career. She always told stories about the war. The war was very, very important to her. It m…"

-Robert Matzen, Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II

Cover of Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair by William J. Mann

16. Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair

By: William J. Mann

3.89

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

From the noted Hollywood biographer and author of The Contender comes this celebration of the great… read more

Similar categories in William J. Mann's Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life by James  Curtis

17. Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life

By: James Curtis

4.44

Format: 810 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed cultural and film historian James Curtis--a major biography, the first in more than … read more

Similar categories in James Curtis's Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • film
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake by Veronica Lake

18. Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake

By: Veronica Lake

3.97

Format: 281 pages, Hardcover

In Hollywood's wildest years, a precocious beauty from Brooklyn, with an unruly mop of hair over on… read more

Similar categories in Veronica Lake's Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Garbo by Robert    Gottlieb

19. Garbo

By: Robert Gottlieb

3.57

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice One of Literary Hub's most anticipated books of 2021Aw… read more

Similar categories in Robert Gottlieb's Garbo book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando by William J. Mann

20. The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando

By: William J. Mann

4.09

Format: 736 pages, ebook

Entertainment Weekly's BIG FALL BOOKS PREVIEW Selection Best Book of 2019 -- Publisher's Weekly B… read more

Similar categories in William J. Mann's The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

  • history
  • biography
  • film
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ferocious Ambition: Joan Crawford’s March to Stardom by Robert Dance

21. Ferocious Ambition: Joan Crawford’s March to Stardom

By: Robert Dance

4.00

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Robert Dance’s new evaluation of Joan Crawford looks at her entire career and―while not ignoring he… read more

Similar categories in Robert Dance's Ferocious Ambition: Joan Crawford’s March to Stardom book and Robert Gottlieb's Garbo

15 best-selling audiobook books like Garbo by Robert Gottlieb

Transform Your Habits

Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire

Julia Baird

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy

Carl Sferrazza Anthony

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

Kate Andersen Brower

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century

Stephen Galloway

3.75

View all the books

20 Best audiobook books like Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange

Transform Your Habits

Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

Jamie Loftus

3.92

Transform Your Habits

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Amanda Montell

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World

Henry Grabar

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks—A Cool History of a Hot Commodity

Amy Brady

3.91

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.