21 Top nonfiction books like Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation by Nancy Schoenberger

Cover of Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation by Nancy Schoenberger

Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

By: Nancy Schoenberger

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A penetrating consideration of Tennessee Williams’s most enduring character—Blanche DuBois from A S…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation by Nancy Schoenberger , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

1. A Streetcar Named Desire

By: Tennessee Williams

3.98

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

The Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Circle Award winning play—reissued with an introduction by Art… read more

Similar categories in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • theatre
  • plays
  • 20th century
"Never inside, I didn't lie in my heart..."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"And funerals are pretty compared to deaths."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"I think you have a great capacity for devotion,"

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"I want to rest. I want to breathe quietly again."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

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2. A Mercy

By: Toni Morrison

4.51

Format: 192 pages,

In the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still in its infancy. Jacob Vaark is an Anglo-Dutch… read more

Similar categories in Toni Morrison's A Mercy book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • historical
Cover of For You and Only You (You, #4) by Caroline Kepnes

3. For You and Only You (You, #4)

By: Caroline Kepnes

3.31

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Joe Goldberg is ready for a change. Instead of selling books, he's writing them. And he's off to a … read more

Similar categories in Caroline Kepnes's For You and Only You (You, #4) book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

"You're a Goodreads girl."

-Caroline Kepnes, For You and Only You (You, #4)

"I don't kill women, I love them!"

-Caroline Kepnes, For You and Only You (You, #4)

"His life is want-to, not have-to."

-Caroline Kepnes, For You and Only You (You, #4)

"Am I losing you? Don't you think I'm smart? Funny?"

-Caroline Kepnes, For You and Only You (You, #4)

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4. The New Life

By: Tom Crewe

3.77

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Two Victorian marriages, two dangerous love affairs, one extraordinary partnership . . .London, 189… read more

Similar categories in Tom Crewe's The New Life book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • historical
"Science requires a rational audience."

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

"True development does not respect comfort."

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

"We British are used to being ruthless, of course, but only the men. The women aren't. We don't grab. We shouldn't . But we have to, to make some room for ourselves."

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

"...John wondered if she would ever be so unthinkingly imperious again; whether her childish powers of command would survive the dislocation from home, the knowledge of her smallness in the greater wo…"

-Tom Crewe, The New Life

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5. Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

By: Mary Rodgers

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The memoirs of Mary Rodgers Guettel--writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and "a woman who tried eve… read more

Similar categories in Mary Rodgers's Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of My Name Is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

6. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

Similar categories in Barbra Streisand's My Name Is Barbra book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • nonfiction
  • history
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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7. Fat Ham

By: James Ijames

4.06

Format: None pages, None

No publication details yet read more

Similar categories in James Ijames's Fat Ham book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • theatre
  • plays
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8. Help Wanted

By: Adelle Waldman

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Help Wanted, Adelle Waldman brings her unparalleled wit and knack for social observation to the … read more

Similar categories in Adelle Waldman's Help Wanted book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

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9. Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather

By: Benjamin Taylor

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A tender biography of one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century and an elegant explorati… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Taylor's Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir by Lucinda Williams

10. Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir

By: Lucinda Williams

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in… read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Williams's Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • nonfiction
Cover of Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century by Stephen Galloway

11. Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century

By: Stephen Galloway

3.75

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST A New York Times Bestseller "A "well rou… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Galloway's Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael        Schulman

12. 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

Similar categories in Michael Schulman's Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Philip Gefter

13. Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

By: Philip Gefter

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning writer reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the provocative play, the groundbrea… read more

Similar categories in Philip Gefter's Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Devout: A Memoir of Doubt by Anna Gazmarian

14. Devout: A Memoir of Doubt

By: Anna Gazmarian

3.63

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening memoir that reconciles the author’s bipolar disorder diagnosis and her Evangelical f… read more

Similar categories in Anna Gazmarian's Devout: A Memoir of Doubt book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • nonfiction
Cover of 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife by Ken Jennings

15. 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

By: Ken Jennings

3.30

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author and legendary Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings comes… read more

Similar categories in Ken Jennings's 100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy by James B. Stewart

16. Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy

By: James B. Stewart

3.76

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The shocking inside story of the struggle for power and control at Paramount Global, the multibilli… read more

Similar categories in James B. Stewart's Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History by Andy Greene

17. The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History

By: Andy Greene

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The untold stories behind The Office, one of the most iconic television shows of the twenty-first c… read more

Similar categories in Andy Greene's The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

18. 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

Similar categories in Griffin Dunne's The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • nonfiction
  • history
"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

Cover of Theater Nights Are Murder (A Poppy McAllister Mystery, #4) by Libby Klein

19. Theater Nights Are Murder (A Poppy McAllister Mystery, #4)

By: Libby Klein

4.18

Format: 390 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The last thing gluten-free baker Polly McAllister needs in her life is more drama—or more murder . … read more

Similar categories in Libby Klein's Theater Nights Are Murder (A Poppy McAllister Mystery, #4) book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

Cover of Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages by Carmela Ciuraru

20. Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages

By: Carmela Ciuraru

3.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A witty, provocative look inside the tumultuous marriages of five famous writers, illuminating the … read more

Similar categories in Carmela Ciuraru's Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson

21. Better Luck Next Time

By: Julia Claiborne Johnson

3.60

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly anticipated second novel from the bestselling author of Be Frank with Me, a charming st… read more

Similar categories in Julia Claiborne Johnson's Better Luck Next Time book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • historical
Cover of Chita: A Memoir by Chita Rivera

22. Chita: A Memoir

By: Chita Rivera

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chit… read more

Similar categories in Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy by Charles Busch

23. Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy

By: Charles Busch

4.42

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, deliciously anecdotal account of a talented artist's dramatic journey in the worlds of … read more

Similar categories in Charles Busch's Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • theatre
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy

24. The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA

By: Liza Mundy

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A thrilling and monumental new history of the CIA that reveals how women have always played crucial… read more

Similar categories in Liza Mundy's The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune by Alexander Stille

25. The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune

By: Alexander Stille

3.47

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The devolution of the Sullivan Institute, from psychoanalytic organization to insular, radical cult… read more

Similar categories in Alexander Stille's The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan

26. 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

Similar categories in Maureen Callahan's Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

27. Catalina

By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more

Similar categories in Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's Catalina book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • historical
Cover of With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic by A. Ashley Hoff

28. With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic

By: A. Ashley Hoff

3.89

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age—until publ… read more

Similar categories in A. Ashley Hoff's With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation by Nancy Schoenberger

29. Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

By: Nancy Schoenberger

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A penetrating consideration of Tennessee Williams’s most enduring character—Blanche DuBois from A S… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation book and Nancy Schoenberger's Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

  • history
  • historical
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
  • plays
Cover of Drawn Testimony: My Four Decades as a Courtroom Sketch Artist by Jane Rosenberg

30. Drawn Testimony: My Four Decades as a Courtroom Sketch Artist

By: Jane Rosenberg

4.27

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A penetrating, compulsively readable memoir about the four-decade career of America's top courtroom… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

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4.24

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Barbra Streisand

4.20

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Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather

Benjamin Taylor

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century

Stephen Galloway

3.75

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7 Top classics books like A Mercy by Toni Morrison

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Cane

Jean Toomer , Darwin Turner

3.83

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Sonny's Blues

James Baldwin

4.30

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Zora Neale Hurston

4.43

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