Dilettante: True Tales of Excess, Triumph, and Disaster
By: Dana Brown
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Dana Brown was a twenty-one-year-old college dropout playing in punk bands and partying his way thr…
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1. Madness Under the Royal Palms: Love and Death Behind the Gates of Palm Beach
By: Laurence Leamer
4.05
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It was a difficult assignment, but someone had to do it. In an act of journalistic subterfuge worth… read more
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2. The Best of Everything
By: Rona Jaffe
3.64
Format: 320 pages,
When Rona Jaffe's superb page-turner was first published in 1958, it changed contemporary fiction f… read more
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3. Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
3.67
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential from a career maître d’hotel who manned the front of the … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It never fails, the most awful human beings, the power hungry, those with the least personality, kindness, and humanity, are general managers in restaurants."-Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
4. Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels
By: Paul Pringle
4.22
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Spotlight and Catch and Kill comes a nonfiction thriller about corruption and betrayal … read more
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- journalism
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5. Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles
By: Kate Flannery
3.67
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Strip Tees is a fever dream of a memoir—Hunter S. Thompson meets Gloria Steinem—about a recent coll… read more
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6. Margo's Got Money Troubles
By: Rufi Thorpe
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate ad… read more
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"I’m just saying,"-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
"I fell into a state that, if not sleep, was sleep adjacent."-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
"It really makes you wonder, what kind of truth would require this many lies to tell?"-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
"Who cared about sex, really? When what you needed was someone to talk to in the dark."-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles
7. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
By: Tina Brown
4.03
Format: 571 pages, Hardcover
The gripping inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana … read more
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"What Diana’s younger son was thinking only he can tell us, and doubtless will."-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
"Dacre's staff referred to his morning editorial meetings as the “Vagina Monologues,"-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
"Until he lost his hair, Prince William was probably the biggest heartthrob to be heir to the throne since the pre-obese Henry VIII."-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
"Philip had to apologize in 1999 after a walkabout at an Edinburgh electronics factory when he commented that a fuse box bursting with wires looked “as if it was put in by an Indian."-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
8. Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier
By: Marisa Meltzer
3.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The bombshell exposé that reveals—for the first time—exactly what happened at Glossier, one of Amer… read more
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- journalism
- audiobook
"Glossier is about much more than aesthetic appearance; it has become a way for people to feel connected to bigger beliefs, to feel like their daily choices are having an impact, and that they are put…"-Marisa Meltzer, Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier
9. Ready For Absolutely Nothing
By: Susannah Constantine
3.91
Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition
'A rollicking ride . . . What a life' SUNDAY TIMESEssential reading for anyone who secretly just wa… read more
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10. Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
By: Bianca Bosker
4.16
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The author of Cork Dork takes readers on another fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey—thi… read more
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"Art Lovers pitied me: They said I lacked "Visual literacy", which they swore was downright dangerous in a world so saturated with pictures."-Bianca Bosker, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
11. Don't Call Me Home: A Memoir
By: Alexandra Auder
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“Don’t Call Me Home is about madness and love. Alexandra tells the best stories about her extraordi… read more
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12. Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself
By: Crystal Hefner
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman’s st… read more
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- audiobook
13. The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew
By: Maggie Bullock
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
One of Vogue's most anticipated books of 2023. A quintessentially American fashion narrative abo… read more
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- audiobook
14. Anna: The Biography
By: Amy Odell
3.78
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
This definitive biography of Anna Wintour follows the steep climb of an ambitious young woman who w… read more
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15. 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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16. Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century
By: Roseanne Montillo
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Exploring the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman … read more
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17. Wives Like Us
By: Plum Sykes
3.55
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tyco… read more
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18. Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
By: Elizabeth Beller
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in thi… read more
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19. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
By: Griffin Dunne
4.19
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more
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"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
20. The Chiffon Trenches
By: André Leon Talley
3.83
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
During André Leon Talley's first magazine job, alongside Andy Warhol at Interview, a fateful meeti… read more
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"On holidays, I cave in to the memory of love, and associate desserts and eating with the love I experienced at my grandmother's table. She was a great cook, and sweets crowded the side console cabine…"-André Leon Talley, The Chiffon Trenches
21. Such Good Friends: A Novel of Truman Capote & Lee Radziwill
By: Stephen Greco
3.71
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
“Fans of Capote and the era of Camelot should be delighted.” —Shana Abé, New York Times bestsellin… read more
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22. Palm Beach Babylon: The Sinful History of America's Super-Rich Paradise
By: Murray Weiss
3.96
Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition
The New York Times' critically acclaimed book on the history and scandal of America's tropical para… read more
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23. Everybody Thought We Were Crazy: Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, and 1960s Los Angeles
By: Mark Rozzo
3.89
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
National Bestseller "A landmark and long-overdue cultural history." — Vogue The stylish, wild story… read more
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24. Reunion
By: Elise Juska
3.39
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of the “uniquely poignant” (Entertainment Weekly) novel The Blessings comes… read more
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25. The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992
By: Tina Brown
3.75
Format: 17 pages, Audio CD
Tina Brown kept delicious daily diaries throughout her eight spectacular years as editor-in-chief o… read more
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"Writing doesn't improve by not doing it."-Tina Brown, The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992
"Deadlines are a great antidote to insecurity."-Tina Brown, The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992
"To maintain momentum, you must rejoice in risk."-Tina Brown, The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992
"A magazine—a relevant one—should be a sound, not an echo."-Tina Brown, The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992
26. Long Island Compromise
By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner
3.88
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more
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27. Dilettante: True Tales of Excess, Triumph, and Disaster
By: Dana Brown
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Dana Brown was a twenty-one-year-old college dropout playing in punk bands and partying his way thr… read more
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28. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
By: Maureen Callahan
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more
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29. We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay: Tips, Tales, Travels
By: Gary Janetti
4.20
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this hilarious and often touching collection, the New York Times bestselling author, television … read more
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30. Fatal Charms: And Other Tales of Today
By: Dominick Dunne
3.91
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
Dominick Dunne has met them all--stars and slugs, criminals and victims, the innocent and the hideo… read more
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31. Earth to Moon: A Memoir
By: Moon Unit Zappa
4.42
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheis… read more
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