The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
By: Jenny M. Jones
4.03
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Whether contending with nihilists, botching a kidnapping pay-off, watching as his beloved rug is mi…
Want to Read $ 35.00If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time by Jenny M. Jones , here is a list of 5 books like this:
1. The Bone Clocks
By: David Mitchell
3.84
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old li… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
"The Future,"-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks
"Books’ll be back,"-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks
"Guys are all sperm-guns."-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks
"Don’t mess with the fairies."-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks
2. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
By: Hannah Arendt
4.20
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Originally appearing as a series of articles in The New Yorker, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and s… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
- nonfiction
"Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it—the quality of temptation."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"During the war, the lie most effective with the whole of the German people was the slogan of “the battle of destiny for the German people"-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"In the Third Reich evil lost its distinctive characteristic by which most people had until then recognized it. The Nazis redefined it as a civil norm."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
3. The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
By: Paul Theroux
3.89
Format: 353 pages, Hardcover
Following the success of the acclaimed Ghost Train to the Eastern Star and The Great Railway Bazaar… read more
Want to Read $ 9.21Similar categories in Paul Theroux's The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
- nonfiction
"There's always a way if you're not in a hurry."-Paul Theroux, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
"To travel unconnected, away from anyone's gaze or reach, is a bliss."-Paul Theroux, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
"Someone who seems doddery is perhaps not doddery at all but only an older person absorbed in squinting concentration, as though on an ultimate trip, memorizing a scene, grateful for being alive to se…"-Paul Theroux, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
"I have a hatred of the taming of animals, especially large ones that are so contented in the wild. I abominate circus acts that involve big befooled beasts--cowed tigers or helplessly roaring lions p…"-Paul Theroux, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari
4. The Man in the High Castle
By: Philip K. Dick
3.60
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assume… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
"Don’t you feel it?"-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
"Truth, she thought. As terrible as death. But harder to find."-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
"Dreadful low-class jingoistic racist invectives, unworthy of me."-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
"We are all insects. Groping towards something terrible or divine."-Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
5. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
By: Various , Joe Layden , Rob Reiner , Cary Elwes
4.14
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-p… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Various's As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
- humor
- nonfiction
Similar categories in H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
7. The Loved One
By: Evelyn Waugh
3.76
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
Following the death of a friend, British poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself enter… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
- humor
"Who asked you to the funeral anyway? Were you acquainted with the late parrot?"-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
"Her heart was broken perhaps, but it was a small inexpensive organ of local manufacture. In a wider and grander way she felt things had been simplified."-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
"Dennis hesitated with his fingers on the handle and was aware of communication with another hand beyond the panels. Thus in a hundred novels had loves stood."-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
"What is a "canty day", Dennis?' 'I've never troubled to ask. Something like hogmanay, I expect.' 'What is that?' 'People being sick on the pavement in Glasgow.' 'Oh."-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
8. Bond vs. Bond: The Many Faces of 007
By: Paul Simpson
3.50
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
Who is your favorite Bond? Whether you love Sean Connery, Roger Moore, or even Timothy Dalton, you … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Paul Simpson's Bond vs. Bond: The Many Faces of 007 book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
9. The Fifth Woman (Kurt Wallander, #6)
By: Henning Mankell , Steven T. Murray
3.60
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Sixth in the Kurt Wallander series. In an African convent, four nuns and a unidentified fifth woman… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Henning Mankell's The Fifth Woman (Kurt Wallander, #6) book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
10. The Busy Body
By: Donald E. Westlake
4.67
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
Previously published in paperback by Ballantine. read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Donald E. Westlake's The Busy Body book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
11. Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
By: Ian Fleming
3.74
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to France to play in a high-stakes bac… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Ian Fleming's Casino Royale (James Bond, #1) book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
"Mine’s Bond – James Bond."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
"Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment."-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
12. Two Kinds of Truth (Harry Bosch, #22; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)
By: Michael Connelly
3.77
Format: None pages,
Harry Bosch searches for the truth in the new thriller from #1 NYT bestselling author Michael Conne… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Michael Connelly's Two Kinds of Truth (Harry Bosch, #22; Harry Bosch Universe, #29) book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
13. Slade House
By: David Mitchell
3.81
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door. Down the road from a working-class British p… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in David Mitchell's Slade House book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
"Coffee’s the elixir of life."-David Mitchell, Slade House
"In racy Victorian novels, beware of young widows."-David Mitchell, Slade House
"It takes more than holding hands and singing ‘Ebony and Ivory’."-David Mitchell, Slade House
"Truth has this habit of changing after the fact, don't you find?"-David Mitchell, Slade House
14. Chasing the Boogeyman
By: Richard Chizmar
3.95
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Gwendy’s Button Box brings his signature prose to this s… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Richard Chizmar's Chasing the Boogeyman book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
15. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
By: Pekka Hämäläinen
4.05
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus “discovers” a stra… read more
Want to Read $ 9.02Similar categories in Pekka Hämäläinen's Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
- nonfiction
16. We Are Wolves
By: Katrina Nannestad
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches … read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's We Are Wolves book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
"Books are treasure."-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves
"How do you thank someone for saving your sister?"-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves
"I don't want to stop because when the songs and rhymes and stories and all the German words are gone, I will be gone. Liesl Anna Wolf will be no more."-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves
17. The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
By: Jenny M. Jones
4.03
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Whether contending with nihilists, botching a kidnapping pay-off, watching as his beloved rug is mi… read more
Want to Read $ 35.00Similar categories in Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time book and Jenny M. Jones's The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
- film
- pop culture
- humor
- media tie in
- nonfiction
