5 best-selling comedy books like The Great Movie Comedians: From Charlie Chaplin to Woody Allen by Leonard Maltin

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The Great Movie Comedians: From Charlie Chaplin to Woody Allen

By: Leonard Maltin

3.97

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

An appreciative retrospective survey of the great American film comedians combines history, nostalg…

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1. From Sand and Ash

By: Amy Harmon

4.38

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

Italy, 1943—Germany occupies much of the country, placing the Jewish population in grave danger dur… read more

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"And what have you learned?"

-Amy Harmon, From Sand and Ash

"Action was life, even if it ended in death"

-Amy Harmon, From Sand and Ash

"No weight in her pockets and far too much heaviness in her heart."

-Amy Harmon, From Sand and Ash

"Time doesn't stop or give warning. It simply ticks along, marking time, ignoring humanity."

-Amy Harmon, From Sand and Ash

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2. The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

It's London, 1907. Journalist Edward Malone, rejected by the woman he loves because he is too prosa… read more

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"better to be a repulsed lover than an accepted brother"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who’s half a man, Or the man who’s half a boy."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"Há momentos, meu jovem, que cada um de nós deve se posicionar em prol da justiça e dos direitos humanos, ou você nunca mais se sentirá limpo outra vez."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"The bent head, the averted eye, the faltering voice, the wincing figure- these, and not the unshrinking gaze and frank reply, are the true signals of passion."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

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3. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

By: David Talbot

4.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the mo… read more

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4. The Brothers Mad (Mad Reader 5)

By: Wallace Wood , Harvey Kurtzman , Will Elder , William M. Gaines , MAD Magazine

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • comedy

5. Mad Strikes Back (Mad Reader 2)

By: Wallace Wood , Harvey Kurtzman , Will Elder

3.91

Format: 736 pages,

Beginning in '55, William M. Gaines began presenting reprints of material for Mad in black-&-white … read more

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  • comedy

6. I Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges

By: Jeffrey Ross

2.92

Format: None pages,

Jeffrey Ross is one of the world's most foremost practitioners of insult comedy. Having escaped fro… read more

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7. 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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8. I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays

By: Tom Segura

4.01

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

A #2 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From a massively successful stand-up comedian and co-host of chart-… read more

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  • comedy
"I'm also, depending on who you ask, VERY funny or not at all"

-Tom Segura, I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays

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9. Joyful Recollections of Trauma

By: Paul Scheer

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more

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  • comedy
"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

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10. Harry Houdini: A Life from Beginning to End

By: Hourly History

4.16

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the remarkable life of Harry Houdini...Free BONUS Inside!He jumped shackled into rivers an… read more

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11. The Great Movie Comedians: From Charlie Chaplin to Woody Allen

By: Leonard Maltin

3.97

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

An appreciative retrospective survey of the great American film comedians combines history, nostalg… read more

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  • comedy
  • film
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12. Eyewitness to American History (Observing American History)

By: James A. Crutchfield

3.98

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

History comes alive in these thirty-five vignettes from America’s past!Ideal for readers interested… read more

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13. American History Stories: 101 True and Fascinating Tales of Major Events and People from the United States’ Past (Curious Histories Collection)

By: Ahoy Publications

3.76

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

🌟 Uncover the soul of America with American History Stories! 🌟Embark on an enthralling journey wher… read more

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20 best-selling fiction books like You Like It Darker by Stephen King

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The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

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Eruption

Michael Crichton

3.91

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You Like It Darker

Stephen King

4.32

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Christina Henry

3.22

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