21 must-read biography books like Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (Screen Classics) by Christina Rice

Cover of Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (Screen Classics) by Christina Rice

Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (Screen Classics)

By: Christina Rice

4.38

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Possessing a unique beauty and refined acting skills, Ann Dvorak (1911-1979) found success in Holly…

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Cover of The Real Stars: Profiles and Interviews of Hollywood’s Unsung Featured Players (The Leonard Maltin Collection) by Leonard Maltin, Tony Slide, Warren G. Harris, None, Doug McClelland, David Chierichetti, None

1. The Real Stars: Profiles and Interviews of Hollywood’s Unsung Featured Players (The Leonard Maltin Collection)

By: Leonard Maltin , Tony Slide , Warren G. Harris , None , Doug McClelland , David Chierichetti , None

3.64

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

THE REAL STARS edited by Leonard MaltinEveryone knows Humphrey Bogart and Jean Harlow…but the stars… read more

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  • film
Cover of High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic by Glenn Frankel

2. High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic

By: Glenn Frankel

4.11

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Searchers, the revelatory story behind the classi… read more

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Cover of Bonnie and Clyde: The Lives Behind the Legend by Paul  Schneider

3. Bonnie and Clyde: The Lives Behind the Legend

By: Paul Schneider

3.50

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

The flesh-and-blood story of the outlaw lovers who robbed banks and shot their way across Depressio… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Kid Stays in the Picture by Robert  Evans

4. The Kid Stays in the Picture

By: Robert Evans

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

From his marriage to Ali McGraw, his cocaine bust, the accusations of murder, the friendships with … read more

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Cover of Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen by None

5. Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen

By: None

3.84

Format: 352 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste by Luke Barr

6. Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste

By: Luke Barr

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Hardcover

Provence, 1970 is about a singular historic moment. In the winter of that year, more or less coinci… read more

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Cover of My Life in France by Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme

7. My Life in France

By: Julia Child , Alex Prud'Homme

3.96

Format: 425 pages,

In her own words, here is the story of Julia Child's years in France, where she fell in love with F… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice by David J. Skal, Jessica Rains

8. Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice

By: David J. Skal , Jessica Rains

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Born into the English working class, Claude Rains (1889-1967) overcame a severe speech impediment t… read more

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9. Vivien Leigh: A Biography

By: Anne Edwards

3.37

Format: 297 pages,

Here is an extraordinary complex woman brought vividly to life in this first complete biography. Gi… read more

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Cover of Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley

10. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

11. 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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"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

Cover of Out of the Corner by Jennifer  Grey

12. Out of the Corner

By: Jennifer Grey

3.81

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

A deeply candid and refreshingly spirited memoir of identity lost and found from the star of the ic… read more

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13. Liberation Day

By: George Saunders

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The "best short story writer in English" (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores i… read more

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"...or said some racist thing out loud at church..."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

"It is always regrettable to have attracted the attention of adult son Mike."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

" You are trapped in you, the beam said. Yeah, well, who isn’t? she thought."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

"It was always falling down around you, everything has always been falling down around us. Only we were too alive to notice."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

Cover of Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today by Valerie Bertinelli

14. Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today

By: Valerie Bertinelli

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Beloved actress, Food Network personality, and  New York Times  best… read more

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Cover of The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron Howard

15. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

By: Ron Howard

4.27

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the… read more

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Cover of Jackie and Maria: A Novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas by Gill Paul

16. Jackie and Maria: A Novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas

By: Gill Paul

4.15

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From the internationally bestselling author of The Secret Wife comes a tale of love, sacrifice and … read more

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

17. 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

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Cover of Malibu Burning (Sharpe & Walker #1) by Lee Goldberg

18. Malibu Burning (Sharpe & Walker #1)

By: Lee Goldberg

4.26

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

For a professional criminal and a relentless arson investigator, fear and revenge spread like wildf… read more

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Cover of Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A. by Lili Anolik

19. Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.

By: Lili Anolik

3.58

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Los Angeles in the 1960s and 70s was the pop culture capital of the world—a movie factory, a music … read more

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Cover of The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy

20. The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont

By: Shawn Levy

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Since 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second … read more

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Cover of 20th Century-Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation of the Modern Film Studio (Turner Classic Movies) by Scott Eyman

21. 20th Century-Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation of the Modern Film Studio (Turner Classic Movies)

By: Scott Eyman

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman, this is the story one of the most influential s… read more

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Cover of Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner

22. Bloomsbury Girls

By: Natalie Jenner

3.86

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

The internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society returns with a compelling and hea… read more

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"As her eyes met his, Grace took strength in that feeling of understanding, which she now knew to be another form of love. Being understood, appreciated, and not judged: these, surely, were the corner…"

-Natalie Jenner, Bloomsbury Girls

Cover of Hollywood: The Oral History by Jeanine Basinger

23. Hollywood: The Oral History

By: Jeanine Basinger

4.04

Format: 768 pages, Paperback

The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine … read more

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Cover of Hollywood Lives: Movie Stars in the Golden age, their own stories by Graham Bannock

24. Hollywood Lives: Movie Stars in the Golden age, their own stories

By: Graham Bannock

3.37

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

Golden Age movie actors as writers ‘Hollywood Lives’ offers a unique and often surprising perspe… read more

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25. The English Experience

By: Julie Schumacher

3.91

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Jason Fitger may be the last faculty member the dean wants for the job, but he’s the only professor… read more

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26. The Electric Hotel

By: Dominic Smith

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Dominic Smith’s The Electric Hotel winds through the nascent days of cinema in Paris and Fort Lee, … read more

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Cover of Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake by Veronica Lake

27. Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake

By: Veronica Lake

3.97

Format: 281 pages, Hardcover

In Hollywood's wildest years, a precocious beauty from Brooklyn, with an unruly mop of hair over on… read more

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Cover of Garbo by Robert    Gottlieb

28. Garbo

By: Robert Gottlieb

3.57

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice One of Literary Hub's most anticipated books of 2021Aw… read more

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29. Big Red

By: Jerome Charyn

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Apple Books • Best Books of the Month A Publishers Weekly Summer Reads Selection Narrated by a sta… read more

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Cover of Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (Screen Classics) by Christina Rice

30. Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (Screen Classics)

By: Christina Rice

4.38

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Possessing a unique beauty and refined acting skills, Ann Dvorak (1911-1979) found success in Holly… read more

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Cover of Lunch with Lizabeth by Todd Hughes

31. Lunch with Lizabeth

By: Todd Hughes

4.00

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

Lizabeth Scott reigned in Hollywood as the queen of film noir. By the time obsessed fan and gay fil… read more

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The Real Stars: Profiles and Interviews of Hollywood’s Unsung Featured Players (The Leonard Maltin Collection)

Leonard Maltin , Tony Slide , Warren G. Harris , None , Doug McClelland , David Chierichetti , None

3.64

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High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic

Glenn Frankel

4.11

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3.50

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4.21

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4.07

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3.68

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