6 must-read tv books like Breaking Bad 101: The Complete Critical Companion by Alan Sepinwall

Cover of Breaking Bad 101: The Complete Critical Companion by Alan Sepinwall

Breaking Bad 101: The Complete Critical Companion

By: Alan Sepinwall

4.36

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

AMC’s Breaking Bad is among the most beloved, critically acclaimed American television series of ou…

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1. Sin City, Vol. 3: The Big Fat Kill (Sin City, #3)

By: Frank Miller

4.12

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

One of Sin City's most fascinatingly conflicted characters, Dwight, returns in The Big Fat Kill, th… read more

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"She doesn't quite chop his head off. She makes a Pez dispenser out of him."

-Frank Miller, Sin City, Vol. 3: The Big Fat Kill (Sin City, #3)

"Miho. You're an angel. You're a saint. You're a blessing from above. You're Mother Theresa. You're God."

-Frank Miller, Sin City, Vol. 3: The Big Fat Kill (Sin City, #3)

"Deadly little Miho. She won't let you feel a thing unless she wants you to. She twists the blade. He feels it. "

-Frank Miller, Sin City, Vol. 3: The Big Fat Kill (Sin City, #3)

"The fire, baby. It'll burn us both. There's no place in this world for our kind of fire. My warrior woman. My valkyrie. You'll always be mine. Always. And never."

-Frank Miller, Sin City, Vol. 3: The Big Fat Kill (Sin City, #3)

Cover of Road to Perdition (Road to Perdition, #1) by Max Allan Collins, Richard Piers Rayner

2. Road to Perdition (Road to Perdition, #1)

By: Max Allan Collins , Richard Piers Rayner

3.90

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

The basis for the major motion picture, ROAD TO PERDITION is an enthralling crime noir story of rev… read more

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3. The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

By: Raymond Chandler

4.19

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out… read more

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"To say goodbye is to die a little."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I'm a native son, born in Santa Rosa."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I'm killing time and it's dying hard."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

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4. The Great Movies

By: Roger Ebert , None

4.25

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

America’s most trusted and best-known film critic Roger Ebert presents one hundred brilliant essays… read more

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  • pop culture
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • criticism
  • essays
  • reference
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5. Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)

By: Timothy Zahn

4.31

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

One of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of the Galactic Empire, Grand Admiral … read more

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"I did not refer to the legends themselves,"

-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)

"Repression and revolt feed and devour each other."

-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)

"Still, even when false, legends can be most informative."

-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)

"One may learn a great deal of a people by the stories they tell of others."

-Timothy Zahn, Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)

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6. The Hard Goodbye (Sin City #1)

By: Frank Miller

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found  The first volume of the crime-comic megahit that intro… read more

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7. That Yellow Bastard (Sin City #4)

By: Frank Miller

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

In a Sin City short story, "The Babe Wore Red," Frank Miller deviated from his stark black-and-whit… read more

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8. Ghost World

By: Daniel Clowes

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ghost Worldhas become a cultural and generational touchstone, and continues to enthrall and inspire… read more

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9. Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America

By: Jeff Ryan

4.50

Format: 182 pages,

The story of Nintendo's rise and the beloved icon who made it possible. Nintendo has continually s… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Wanna Cook?: The Complete, Unofficial Companion to Breaking Bad by Ensley F. Guffey, K. Dale Koontz

10. Wanna Cook?: The Complete, Unofficial Companion to Breaking Bad

By: Ensley F. Guffey , K. Dale Koontz

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

"I am not indanger, Skyler. I am the danger." With those words, Breaking Bad's Walter White solidif… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • tv
  • reference
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11. The Last Command (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #3)

By: Timothy Zahn

3.50

Format: 142 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The embattled Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has marshaled the remnan… read more

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12. A Life in Parts

By: Bryan Cranston

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir--both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creat… read more

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13. Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

By: Bob Odenkirk

3.60

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

In this hilarious, heartfelt memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Nob… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • tv
"The 'better angels of our nature' may be the ones we want leading us forward, but the worser angels are the ones that we seem to want to watch onscreen."

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

"I figured I'd work in forestry, since I like the outdoors. In fact, in high school I filled out some kind of career-planning assessment and it said just that: 'Go into the forest and don't come back."

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

"Cads kill me. Men who go through life making wisecracks, being overtly rude, taking advantage, being self-obsessed disasters. They're just funny to me. Because of this hobbyhorse, one of my favorite …"

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

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14. 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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  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
  • film
"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

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15. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

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Cover of LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf by Alan Shipnuck

16. LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf

By: Alan Shipnuck

4.14

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Alan Shipnuck, the New York Times bestselling author of Phil, returns with a major new work of insi… read more

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17. The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

By: James L. Swanson

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of the New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Moon comes a spellbinding ac… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan

18. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road

By: Kyle Buchanan

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max:… read more

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  • pop culture
  • film
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19. 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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  • pop culture
  • film
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20. Woke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos

By: Michael Imperioli

4.22

Format: 509 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "I will be reading and rereading Woke Up This Morning ....These r… read more

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  • nonfiction
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  • film
Cover of Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer

21. 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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  • tv
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
  • film
Cover of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

22. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • nonfiction
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Cover of Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris  Herring

23. Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks

By: Chris Herring

4.30

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive history of the 1990s New York Knicks, illustrat… read more

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Cover of There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden

24. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland

By: Steven Hyden

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album,  Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more

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  • criticism
  • pop culture
Cover of The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses, and Find Your True Well-Being by Christy Harrison

25. The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses, and Find Your True Well-Being

By: Christy Harrison

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing critique of modern wellness culture and how it stands in the way of true well-being that … read more

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26. George Michael: A Life

By: James Gavin

3.76

Format: 528 pages, ebook

The definitive biography of George Michael, offering an expansive look at the troubled life of the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
Cover of How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth by Nick  Greene

27. How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth

By: Nick Greene

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, entertaining deconstruction of basketball, drawing on the expertise of board-game crea… read more

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Cover of The Sopranos Sessions by Matt Zoller Seitz

28. The Sopranos Sessions

By: Matt Zoller Seitz

4.37

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist’s office and changed TV history. By shatt… read more

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  • pop culture
  • film
  • nonfiction
  • criticism
  • essays
  • tv
Cover of Basketball: A Love Story by Jackie MacMullan

29. Basketball: A Love Story

By: Jackie MacMullan

4.18

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A sweeping and revelatory history of basketball, drawing upon hundreds of hours of interviews with … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Breaking Bad 101: The Complete Critical Companion by Alan Sepinwall

30. Breaking Bad 101: The Complete Critical Companion

By: Alan Sepinwall

4.36

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

AMC’s Breaking Bad is among the most beloved, critically acclaimed American television series of ou… read more

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20 Best nonfiction books like Breaking Bad 101: The Complete Critical Companion by Alan Sepinwall

Transform Your Habits

The Great Movies

Roger Ebert , None

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America

Jeff Ryan

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Wanna Cook?: The Complete, Unofficial Companion to Breaking Bad

Ensley F. Guffey , K. Dale Koontz

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

Bob Odenkirk

3.60

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13 must-read audiobook books like Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris Herring

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When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season

Rich Cohen

3.90

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The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

Jeff Pearlman

4.20

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Tanking to the Top: The Philadelphia 76ers and the Most Audacious Process in the History of Professional Sports

Yaron Weitzman

4.17

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

Theresa Runstedtler

3.96

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