Shepperton Babylon
By: Matthew Sweet
4.00
Format: 388 pages, Paperback
This is a wonderful secret history of British movies that includes the scandals, the suicides, the …
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1. The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)
By: Len Deighton
3.93
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
Len Deighton’s classic first novel, whose protagonist is a nameless spy – later christened Harry Pa… read more
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"He had a long thin nose, a moustache like flock wallpaper, sparse, carefully combed hair, and the complexion of a Hovis loaf."-Len Deighton, The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)
"I think Jay is in import and export business as his cards say, but he finally found that the second most valuable commodity today is information." "And?" "The most valuable?" "People with information…"-Len Deighton, The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)
2. Bleak House
By: Charles Dickens , Hablot Knight Browne , Nicola Bradbury
4.02
Format: 1017 pages, Paperback
The complex story of a notorious law-suit in which love and inheritance are set against the classic… read more
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"You can be nothing better than yourself; be that [...]"-Charles Dickens, Bleak House
"I find the nights long, for I sleep but little, and think much."-Charles Dickens, Bleak House
"I am not at all respectable, and I don't want to be. Odd perhaps, but so it is!"-Charles Dickens, Bleak House
"if the world go wrong, it was, in some off-hand manner, never meant to go right."-Charles Dickens, Bleak House
3. Falling Angel
By: James Crumley , William Hjortsberg , Ridley Scott
3.91
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel of murder, mystery, and the occult, Falling Angel pits a tough New York privat… read more
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"Her wavy, shoulder-length hair was the colour of polished mahogany."-James Crumley, Falling Angel
"I like your eyes when you get mad," I said. "They glow like embers."-James Crumley, Falling Angel
"I was examining the perfumed, coloured candles guaranteed to bring good fortune with continued use when a lovely mocha-skinned girl came in from the back room and stood behind the counter. She wore a…"-James Crumley, Falling Angel
4. Nineteen Seventy Four (Red Riding, #1)
By: David Peace
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
It's winter, 1974, Yorkshire, and Ed Dunford's got the job he wanted. Crime correspondent for the E… read more
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"Reckless talk costs lives."-David Peace, Nineteen Seventy Four (Red Riding, #1)
"Devil triumphs when good men do nowt"-David Peace, Nineteen Seventy Four (Red Riding, #1)
"Never had the urge to deliver us from evil?"-David Peace, Nineteen Seventy Four (Red Riding, #1)
"Leeds United had won but I didn’t care. I had lost."-David Peace, Nineteen Seventy Four (Red Riding, #1)
5. Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thri… read more
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"Fou!"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"Boil my brains!"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"I am abso-bally-lutely positive"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
6. The Thin Man
By: Dashiell Hammett
3.82
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve h… read more
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7. The Maltese Falcon
By: Dashiell Hammett
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a l… read more
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8. Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1)
By: Colin Dexter
3.98
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia'… read more
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9. A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, #4)
By: Elly Griffiths
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
When Ruth Galloway arrives to supervise the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval … read more
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10. The Ministry of Fear
By: Graham Greene , Alan Furst
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
For Arthur Rowe, the trip to the charity fete was a joyful step back into adolescence, a chance to … read more
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11. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
By: Peter Biskind
4.12
Format: None pages,
This down-and-dirty romp through Hollywood in the 1970s introduces the young filmmakers--Coppola, S… read more
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- media tie in
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- nonfiction
- film
12. Deep Water
By: Patricia Highsmith
4.10
Format: 668 pages, Paperback
In Deep Water, set in the quiet, small town of Little Wesley, Patricia Highsmith has created a vici… read more
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13. The Killer Inside Me
By: Jim Thompson
3.60
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou's known to … read more
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14. The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)
By: Lindsey Davis
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Falco is a Roman informer who has a nose for trouble. In the Forum, where pretty Sosia flees for he… read more
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15. 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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16. Double Indemnity
By: James M. Cain
4.06
Format: 115 pages, Paperback
Tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, o… read more
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"I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake"-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity
"I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman."-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity
"They've committed a *murder*! And it's not like taking a trolley ride together where they can get off at different stops. They're stuck with each other and they got to ride all the way to the end of …"-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity
"There's a shark. Following the ship.' I tried not to look, but couldn't help it. I saw a flash of dirty white down in the green. We walked back to the deck chairs. Walter, we'll have to wait. Till th…"-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity
17. Get Shorty (Chili Palmer, #1)
By: Elmore Leonard
3.95
Format: None pages,
Mob-connected loan shark Chili Palmer is sick of the Miami grind--plus his "friends" have a bad hab… read more
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18. The Lost Gallows (Henri Bencolin, #3)
By: John Dickson Carr
4.03
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
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19. Mothering Sunday
By: Graham Swift
4.25
Format: 179 pages, Hardcover
A luminous, intensely moving tale that begins with a secret lovers' assignation in the spring of 19… read more
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20. A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, #5)
By: Elly Griffiths
4.06
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway investigates a heart-stopping an old university friend and fel… read more
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"You need a break, a complete rest, recharge your batteries.' Recharge your batteries. What the hell does that mean? Nelson prides himself on not needing batteries. He's an old-fashioned, wind-up mode…"-Elly Griffiths, A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, #5)
21. Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman
By: Lucy Worsley
4.20
Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition
A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural his… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
22. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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- film
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
23. Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
By: Danny Trejo
4.42
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For the first time, the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo’s journey fr… read more
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"...even in prison I could be free."-Danny Trejo, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
"...it's hard to teach anyone anything when they think they know everything already."-Danny Trejo, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
"When you're an addict you think the only person you're hurting is you. And that's not true."-Danny Trejo, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
"Once you know where drugs and alcohol will take you, you can never enjoy them the same way again."-Danny Trejo, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
24. In the Blink of An Eye (Kat and Lock, #1)
By: Jo Callaghan
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an ey… read more
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25. A Pocketful of Happiness
By: Richard E. Grant
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Born in Swaziland in 1957, Richard E. Grant moved to the UK to pursue his acting career, and has be… read more
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26. The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)
By: Elly Griffiths
3.93
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
ASIN moved from less recent edition It’s been only a few months since archaeologist Ruth Gallowa… read more
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"You know how thick I am. I don't even eat yoghurt because it's got culture in it."-Elly Griffiths, The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)
27. Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome
By: Garth Marenghi
3.82
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
When horror writer Nick Steen gets sucked into a cursed typewriter by the terrifying Type-Face, Dar… read more
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"Good job I loaded this with silver bullets from that box of silver bullets that was sitting on that table labelled “Silver Bullets"-Garth Marenghi, Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome
"She may well have whispered, ‘I’ll miss you,’ once I’d gone, but I couldn’t hear that from where I was, and as this is first-person narration and therefore not omniscient, we just won’t know."-Garth Marenghi, Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome
"Thanks for the warning about leaving the car door open, by the way,’ Capello said, his manner towards Nick softening. ‘You know it makes sense, amigo. I guess we’re both learning something out here.’…"-Garth Marenghi, Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome
"Roz, I need you to do this,’ I said, although I didn’t, in actual fact – that’s just a lazy phrase which helps steer a lost narrative back on course when readers are giving up in droves, and is, iron…"-Garth Marenghi, Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome
28. Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy
By: Graham Linehan
4.44
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Bafta-garlanded creator of Father Ted and The IT Crowd tells of his rise and painful fall. Part… read more
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29. Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones
By: Elizabeth Winder
3.63
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Discover the true story of the four women who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help shape and… read more
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30. The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade
By: Benjamin T. Smith
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The Mexican drug trade has inspired prejudiced narratives of a war between north and south, white a… read more
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31. Shepperton Babylon
By: Matthew Sweet
4.00
Format: 388 pages, Paperback
This is a wonderful secret history of British movies that includes the scandals, the suicides, the … read more
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