A Portrait of Joan
By: Joan Crawford
3.98
Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The warm, sincere account of an underprivileged Kansas City girl, who, through hard work and determ…
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1. Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice
By: Maureen McCormick
4.00
Format: None pages,
Marcia! Marcia! Marcia! Marcia Brady, eldest daughter on television's The Brady Bunch, had it all--… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
2. Mommie Dearest
By: Christina Crawford
3.11
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
With the 20th Anniversary Edition of Mommie Dearest, Christina Crawford becomes one of the only aut… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- film
- autobiography
- nonfiction
3. Lana: the Lady, the Legend, the Truth
By: Lana Turner
3.69
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
She was the Sweater Girl, provocatively sexy but with a small-town winsomeness - a combination that… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- film
- autobiography
- nonfiction
4. Rosemary's Baby
By: Ira Levin
3.56
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, an ordinary young couple, settle into a New York City apartment, unawar… read more
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5. Shockaholic
By: Carrie Fisher
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Infused with Carrie Fisher's trademark incisive wit and on the heels of Wishful Drinking's instant … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
6. The Princess Diarist
By: Carrie Fisher
4.04
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
The Princess Diaristis Carrie Fisher's intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happe… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
By: Patricia Highsmith
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing co… read more
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8. The World According to Garp
By: John Irving
4.10
Format: 610 pages, Hardcover
This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields—a feminist leader ahead o… read more
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"...energy begets energy."-John Irving, The World According to Garp
"Bonkie bit Garp!" Garp bit Bonkie"-John Irving, The World According to Garp
"In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases"-John Irving, The World According to Garp
"...the demands of writing and of real life are not always similar."-John Irving, The World According to Garp
9. Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming
By: James Kotsilibas-Davis , Myrna Loy
4.06
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
The first paperbound edition of the movie star's bestselling autobiography portrays an auspicious, … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- film
- autobiography
- nonfiction
10. Answered Prayers - The Unfinished Novel
By: Truman Capote
4.31
Format: 517 pages, Paperback
Although Truman Capote's last novel was unfinished at the time of his death, its surviving portions… read more
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12. Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations
By: Ava Gardner , Peter Evans
4.36
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
The wickedly candid New York Timesbestesller that Ava Gardner dared not publish during her lifetime… read more
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13. My Mother Was Nuts
By: Penny Marshall
2.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Most people know Penny Marshall as the director of Big and A League of Their Own. What they don't k… read more
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14. Close-up on Sunset Boulevard: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream
By: Sam Staggs , Elizabeth Beier
3.88
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
Classic storytelling about one of Hollywood's darkest masterpieces, Close-up on Sunset Boulevardgoe… read more
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15. Heartburn
By: Nora Ephron
3.53
Format: 256 pages,
Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the wri… read more
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16. That's Amore: A Son Remembers Dean Martin
By: Christopher Smith , None
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
As fascination with the Rat Pack thrives in films and on television, Dean Martin remains one of the… read more
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17. Knock Wood
By: Candice Bergen
4.36
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
Candice Bergen's bestselling 1984 memoir: an "engaging, intelligent, and wittily self-deprecating a… read more
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18. This 'n That
By: Bette Davis , None
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
Like her famous characters, she's tough, confident, and never minces words. This frank, no-nonsense… read more
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19. The Lonely Life
By: Bette Davis
3.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Hollywood legend talks about her four marriages, her leading men, her feud with a well-known co… read more
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20. The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
By: Timothy Egan
4.05
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like no… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It still scares people driving cars named Expedition and Outlander... Throughout the Great Plains, a visitor passes more nothing than something. Or so it seems."-Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
"Of all the countries in the world, we Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race of people barbaric or civilized," Bennett said in a speech at the start of the dust storms. What …"-Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
21. The House of Hidden Meanings
By: RuPaul
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and persona… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"We all have that magic within us - But it's the faculty to harness it - to turn something seemingly meaningless into something special, to be loose and spontaneous with it - that makes life most wort…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"But in that time the RuPaul idea was born, and people outside of my world were inspired to talk about me and androgyny and drag in a way that was unprecedented. Not long after that, the questions cam…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"Life is full of dualities: night and day, black and white, yin and yang, good and evil, birth and death, love and fear. You can't have one without the other. It takes two to create the magnetic pull …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"There are ideological precepts that people will fight or even kill for. But those things are never really what they seem to be. As much as people will claim a hard moral line, that line becomes very …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
22. 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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- historical
- nonfiction
- film
- audiobook
23. 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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- biography
- memoir
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. Things I Should Have Said: Family, Fame, and Figuring it Out
By: Jamie Lynn Spears
2.79
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Now a National Bestseller!In this intimate memoir, actress and musician Jamie Lynn Spears opens up … read more
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- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. Sleep, My Child, Forever: The Riveting True Story of a Mother Who Murdered Her Own Children
By: John Coston
3.67
Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition
The dark double life of Ellen Boehm, the mother who murdered her two sons—and nearly killed her dau… read more
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- biography
- audiobook
26. The Windsor Knot (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #1)
By: S.J. Bennett
3.52
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
The morning after a dinner party at Windsor Castle, eighty-nine-year-old Queen Elizabeth is shocked… read more
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27. 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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28. 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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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"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
29. Get Mahoney!: A Hollywood Insider's Memoir
By: Jim Mahoney
4.41
Format: 549 pages, Kindle Edition
It's not easy being in the public eye. There's always someone watching, waiting for you to mess up.… read more
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30. The Dark Side Of Hollywood : Unveiling The Horrific Double Lives Of Old Hollywood's Biggest Stars!
By: Keli Noury
3.64
Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition
The Dark Side Of Unveiling The Double Lives Of Old Hollywood 's Biggest Stars Behind the bright li… read more
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31. A Portrait of Joan
By: Joan Crawford
3.98
Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The warm, sincere account of an underprivileged Kansas City girl, who, through hard work and determ… read more
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