12 best-selling nonfiction books like Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors by Adam Abraham

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Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors

By: Adam Abraham

4.21

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

How many hit musicals are based on films that were shot in two days at a budget of $30,000? The ans…

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1. Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

By: Peter Ackroyd

3.34

Format: 247 pages, ebook

*** A Sunday Times Bestseller *** In Queer City Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way… read more

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"The love that dares not speak its name has never stopped talking."

-Peter Ackroyd, Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

"Sexuality was a fluid, infinitely malleable and indefinite condition. It permeated the streets of London like the smell of pies and sweetmeats."

-Peter Ackroyd, Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

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2. Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event

By: Steve McNiven , Mark Millar , Dexter Vines , Morry Hollowell

4.10

Format: 208 pages, Comic

Whose side... are you on? The Marvel Universe is changing. In the wake of a tragedy, Capitol … read more

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"Guess that's thirty-one pieces of silver you've got now, huh? Sleep well, Judas."

-Steve McNiven, Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event

"Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something WRONG is something RIGHT. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the …"

-Steve McNiven, Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event

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3. Into the Woods

By: James Lapine , Stephen Sondheim

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

"That joyous rarity, a work of sophisticated artistic ambition and deep political purpose that affo… read more

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4. Act One

By: Woody Allen , Moss Hart

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Dramatic Story that Capitvated a Generation With this new edition, the classic best-selling aut… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. Peyton Place

By: Ardis Cameron , Grace Metalious

4.43

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

First published in 1956, PEYTON PLACE uncovers the passions, lies and cruelties that simmer beneath… read more

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6. Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

By: Bob Odenkirk

3.60

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

In this hilarious, heartfelt memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Nob… read more

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"The 'better angels of our nature' may be the ones we want leading us forward, but the worser angels are the ones that we seem to want to watch onscreen."

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

"I figured I'd work in forestry, since I like the outdoors. In fact, in high school I filled out some kind of career-planning assessment and it said just that: 'Go into the forest and don't come back."

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

"Cads kill me. Men who go through life making wisecracks, being overtly rude, taking advantage, being self-obsessed disasters. They're just funny to me. Because of this hobbyhorse, one of my favorite …"

-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

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7. Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.07

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer… read more

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8. We Could Be So Good

By: Cat Sebastian

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Casey McQuiston meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in this mid-century romdram about a scrappy… read more

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9. A Haunting on the Hill

By: Elizabeth Hand

3.35

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

From three-time Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand come… read more

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10. 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

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  • theatre
  • nonfiction
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11. 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

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"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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12. Silver Nitrate

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.61

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic come… read more

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13. Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

By: Rupert Holmes

3.85

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller! From Edgar Award–winning novelist, playwright, and story-songwriter Ru… read more

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"The only law I'd ever knowingly broken was white wine with steak..."

-Rupert Holmes, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

"Apparently the kitchen is to be commended for their successful use of fire."

-Rupert Holmes, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

"I'm afraid I was buried in thought. Yes, and I'm sure it was a shallow grave."

-Rupert Holmes, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

"And many students can't go a week without a savory cheese tart they call a 'pizza'...."

-Rupert Holmes, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

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14. The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

By: Janelle Monáe

3.76

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion ico… read more

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"Dreams aren't memories. They are memories' voices."

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

"Some days Artis had to remind himself that his dad actually existed, that his mother was not a phantom. Remembering the dead was hard work."

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

"Hearing her name, she gathered herself within the span of normalcy, just barely escaping the extra beat that would have made it weird. "Hey," she said. "I'm good, good."

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

"Grandpapa and even Artis's friends believed that New Dawn was the most dangerous thing in their world. But Artis knew that wasn't true. Hope was. Having too much, having too little. Trying to work ou…"

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

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15. The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

By: Mallory O'Meara

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The Lady from the Black Lagoon uncovers the life and work of Milicent Patrick—one of Disney’s first… read more

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"Having a new tattoo really sucks,"

-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

"To the privileged, equality feels like oppression"

-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

"One hundred percent of the top American films of 1954, the year Creature from the Black Lagoon was released, were directed by men. Ninety-six percent of the top American films for 2016, the year I st…"

-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

"Milicent Patrick’s final resting place is in every single Creature from the Black Lagoon T-shirt, every Metaluna Mutant toy, every VHS tape of Fantasia, every DVD of The Shape of Water. It’s on the d…"

-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

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16. Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

By: Agustina Bazterrica

3.14

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

A collection of nineteen dark, wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winnin… read more

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"She was horrified by the traces of monstrosity in everyday life. The things that we look at but don't see, whose true essences are unknown to us."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

"Outside the secure space of the circle, vulgarity accumulates. Ada loathes vulgarity because it's there that misery hides. She knows that misery is destructive and, as such, ephemeral."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

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17. The Handyman Method

By: Nick Cutter

3.27

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror. When a y… read more

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"When prey dies in fear, hunters will say the meat tastes bitter."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"What of happiness, then? May we speak of the taste of joyful meat?"

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"Old memories were like land mines: dormant, forgotten, but forever deadly."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

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18. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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19. Wild Spaces

By: S.L. Coney

3.51

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Robert R. McCammon’s Boy’s Life meets H. P. Lovecraft in Wild Spaces, a foreboding, sensual coming-… read more

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"As funny as he thinks a fish would look, he wonders how the sea felt when her inhabitants started walking away. He wonders if maybe that’s why she keeps eating away at the land, trying to take back w…"

-S.L. Coney, Wild Spaces

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20. The Book of Will

By: Lauren Gunderson

4.30

Format: 132 pages, None

Without William Shakespeare, we wouldn’t have literary masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. But with… read more

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21. Lore Olympus: Volume Seven (Lore Olympus, #7)

By: Rachel Smythe

4.49

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love—the Greek tale of Hades and Persephone gets a r… read more

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22. One-Star Romance

By: Laura Hankin

3.72

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A struggling writer is forced to walk down the aisle at her best friend’s wedding with the man who … read more

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"I mean... There have been moments when I read something in a book that feels like it was written just for me. Like the author reached inside my brain, took all the thoughts I didn't know how to expre…"

-Laura Hankin, One-Star Romance

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23. Bury Your Gays

By: Chuck Tingle

4.29

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding st… read more

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"The studio might be a ruthless capitalist machine," he opines, "but we're not evil."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"Your stories aren't worth your life." My stories are my life, I think, but I don't say this."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"I'm honestly kind of surprised. You've got a flair for drama, Misha. I thought you might get hard over some final sacrifice for love, or whatever. I mean, you're the writer, not me, but that's got Em…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"The path I've been led down is one of senseless catastrophe, a classic Hollywood tale of the man who plummets to rock bottom just moments before he would have crested the peak. [...] I'm living out t…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

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24. 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

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

25. 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

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Cover of For the Love of the Bard (A Bard's Rest Romance, #1) by Jessica    Martin

26. For the Love of the Bard (A Bard's Rest Romance, #1)

By: Jessica Martin

3.68

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

To go for it or not to go for it? That is the question when two former high school flames return to… read more

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Cover of Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo by Adam Cesare

27. Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo

By: Adam Cesare

3.82

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The thrills and chills are far from over in the third novel from Bram Stoker Award winner and maste… read more

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28. Facing the Music: a Broadway memoir

By: David Loud

4.69

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Musical Director and arranger David Loud, a legendary Broadway talent, recounts his wildly entertai… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors

By: Adam Abraham

4.21

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

How many hit musicals are based on films that were shot in two days at a budget of $30,000? The ans… read more

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Cover of Out For Blood: A Cultural History of Carrie the Musical by Chris     Adams

30. Out For Blood: A Cultural History of Carrie the Musical

By: Chris Adams

4.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Featuring contributions from over eighty original cast members, creatives, crew and audience member… read more

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10 Top theatre books like Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors by Adam Abraham

Transform Your Habits

Into the Woods

James Lapine , Stephen Sondheim

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Act One

Woody Allen , Moss Hart

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

Mary Rodgers

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Book of Will

Lauren Gunderson

4.30

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7 Top historical books like Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

George Stephanopoulos

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World

Will Cockrell

4.00

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