13 Top nonfiction books like The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History by Douglas Ellis

Cover of The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History by Douglas Ellis

The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

By: Douglas Ellis

4.22

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A team of experts in each of the ten major Pulp genres, from action Pulps to spicy Pulps and more, …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History by Douglas Ellis , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of March: Book One (March, #1) by Nate Powell, John             Lewis, Andrew Aydin

1. March: Book One (March, #1)

By: Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movem… read more

Similar categories in Nate Powell's March: Book One (March, #1) book and Douglas Ellis's The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. Trashed

By: Derf Backderf

4.61

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Every week we pile our garbage on the curb and it disappears--like magic! The reality is anything b… read more

Similar categories in Derf Backderf's Trashed book and Douglas Ellis's The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

  • nonfiction

3. The Absent One (Department Q, #2)

By: Jussi Adler-Olsen , K.E. Semmel

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In The Keeper of Lost Causes, Jussi Adler-Olsen introduced Detective Carl Morck, a deeply flawed, b… read more

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4. The Great American Paperback: An Illustrated Tribute to Legends of the Book

By: Richard A. Lupoff

3.72

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Few realized in 1938 that a revolution was about to take place. A little book appeared in drugstore… read more

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5. Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor

By: Lynda Barry

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

The award-winning author Lynda Barry is the creative force behind the genre-defying and bestselling… read more

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6. The Blood 'N' Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction

By: Ed Hulse

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

During the 20th century's first half, millions of Americans flocked to newsstands every month in se… read more

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Cover of Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism by Rachel Maddow

7. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

By: Rachel Maddow

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Maddow's Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism book and Douglas Ellis's The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

  • history
  • nonfiction
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."

-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Cover of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin by Kevin Eastman

8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin

By: Kevin Eastman

4.41

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving Turtle embarks o… read more

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Cover of River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard

9. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

By: Candice Millard

3.84

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more

Similar categories in Candice Millard's River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile book and Douglas Ellis's The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

  • history
  • nonfiction
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"

-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

Cover of Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

10. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

By: Maria Bamford

3.77

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more

Similar categories in Maria Bamford's Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere book and Douglas Ellis's The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

  • nonfiction
Cover of American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper by Daniel Stashower

11. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper

By: Daniel Stashower

3.50

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Dem… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Stashower's American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper book and Douglas Ellis's The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America by John Wood Sweet

12. The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America

By: John Wood Sweet

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A riveting Revolutionary Era drama of the first published rape trial in American history and its lo… read more

Similar categories in John Wood Sweet's The Sewing Girl's Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America book and Douglas Ellis's The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer

13. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

Similar categories in Matt Singer's Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever book and Douglas Ellis's The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

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

14. 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 Douglas Ellis's The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

  • art
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Charm School by Nelson DeMille

15. The Charm School

By: Nelson DeMille

4.28

Format: 644 pages, Kindle Edition

Something very strange -- and sinister -- is going on in the Russian woods at Borodino. In a place … read more

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Cover of Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free by Sarah Weinman

16. Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free

By: Sarah Weinman

3.55

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a murde… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Weinman's Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free book and Douglas Ellis's The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Rule of Law (Dismas Hardy #18) by John Lescroart

17. The Rule of Law (Dismas Hardy #18)

By: John Lescroart

4.00

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

In “master of the legal thriller” (Chicago Sun-Times) John Lescroart’s electrifying new novel, atto… read more

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Cover of God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America's Most Hated Man by Jack   Kelly

18. God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America's Most Hated Man

By: Jack Kelly

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Benedict Arnold committed treason— for more than two centuries, that’s all that most Americans have… read more

Similar categories in Jack Kelly's God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America's Most Hated Man book and Douglas Ellis's The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning by A.J. Jacobs

19. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning

By: A.J. Jacobs

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Jacobs's The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning book and Douglas Ellis's The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History by Douglas Ellis

20. The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

By: Douglas Ellis

4.22

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A team of experts in each of the ten major Pulp genres, from action Pulps to spicy Pulps and more, … read more

Similar categories in Douglas Ellis's The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History book and Douglas Ellis's The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History

  • art
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • reference

11 Best history books like The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History by Douglas Ellis

Transform Your Habits

March: Book One (March, #1)

Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

Transform Your Habits

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

Candice Millard

3.84

Transform Your Habits

American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper

Daniel Stashower

3.50

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31 must-read audiobook books like Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free by Sarah Weinman

Transform Your Habits

The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

Sally Denton

3.49

Transform Your Habits

Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

Kathryn Miles

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

Jonathan Rosen

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Sandy Hook

Elizabeth Williamson

4.29

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