11 Top biography books like David Lynch: A Retrospective by Ian Nathan

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David Lynch: A Retrospective

By: Ian Nathan

4.12

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Stunningly illustrated, this biography of filmmaker David Lynch is published to coincide with the 4…

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Cover of The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Neil Strauss, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, None

1. The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

By: Tommy Lee , Neil Strauss , Vince Neil , Nikki Sixx , None

4.31

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Whiskey and porn stars, hot reds and car crashes, black leather and high heels, overdoses and death… read more

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  • biography
Cover of How I Made A Hundred Movies In Hollywood by Roger Corman, Jim Jerome

2. How I Made A Hundred Movies In Hollywood

By: Roger Corman , Jim Jerome

4.03

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

In these pages Roger Corman, the most successful independent filmmaker in Hollywood relates his exp… read more

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  • biography
  • film
Cover of Film Art: An Introduction by David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson

3. Film Art: An Introduction

By: David Bordwell , Kristin Thompson

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Unknown Binding

Film Artis often assigned to college students taking their first film class. Authors David Bordwell… read more

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  • film

4. The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made

By: Tom Bissell , Greg Sestero

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

From the actor who lived through the most improbable Hollywood success story, with an award-winning… read more

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5. The Expendable Man

By: Dorothy B. Hughes

4.00

Format: 16 pages, Paperback

The critic HRF Keating chose The Expendable Manas one of his Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books. '… read more

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6. Fight Club 2

By: Cameron Stewart , Chuck Palahniuk , David W. Mack

3.68

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Fight Club 2 is avaliable exclusively as a Graphic Novel! Some imaginary friends never go away . . … read more

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7. Poor Things

By: Alasdair Gray

3.94

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenste… read more

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"Besides, a life without freedom to choose is not worth having."

-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

"She also said the wicked people needed love as much as good people and were much better at it."

-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

"Baxter knows a lot more than I do, I told her. Yes, said Baxter, but I will never tell people all of it."

-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

"You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most probable."

-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

8. Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s

By: Kim Newman

4.11

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

Now over twenty years old, the original edition of Nightmare Movies has retained its place as a tru… read more

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9. My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 (My Brother's Husband Omnibus, #1)

By: Gengoroh Tagame , Anne Ishii

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

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10. Kokoro

By: Natsume Sōseki , Edwin McClellan

3.77

Format: None pages,

Hailed by The New Yorker as "rich in understanding and insight,"Kokoro -- "the heart of things"-- i… read more

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11. Maeve Fly

By: C.J. Leede

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award! A Bram Stoker and Splatterpunk Award Nominee! … read more

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"Inside my room, I turn on Billy Holiday. There are only two kinds of music in my world. Billy Holiday and Halloween songs."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with a woman, we expect an answer, a reason."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"I have tried the way of the misanthrope, the way of the deviant, the philosopher, the observer, the pretender. But there is one road I have not seriously considered walking down, have not permitted m…"

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

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12. 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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  • biography
  • film
"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

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13. Where Echoes Die

By: Courtney Gould

3.60

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beck Birsching has been adrift since the death of her mother, a brilliant but troubled investigativ… read more

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"I want to feel like I can keep going. Like I know how. I don't want to be afraid to look forward and lose everything behind me."

-Courtney Gould, Where Echoes Die

"...that pain isn't universal. It's just a part of living in Backravel, tethered to the same chunk of time forever with no escape. At one point, Beck thought it sounded perfect. Now, it sounds like a …"

-Courtney Gould, Where Echoes Die

"For the first time it occurs to Beck that the people of Backravel might not be recognizing her, but her similarities to her mother. An ache pangs deep in Beck's chest, and she wants to press for more…"

-Courtney Gould, Where Echoes Die

"She can't help picturing what her morning would look like today in a world where [her mother] never died. [...] She didn't like details then because details made time slow down. Lingering in the same…"

-Courtney Gould, Where Echoes Die

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14. The Nineties

By: Chuck Klosterman

3.87

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more

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"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."

-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties

"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"

-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties

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15. The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear

By: Nat Segaloff

3.74

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Since 1973, The Exorcist and its progeny have scared and inspired half a century of filmgoers. Now,… read more

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  • film
Cover of The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading by Dwight Garner

16. The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

By: Dwight Garner

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal … read more

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  • biography
"There's no verb for traveling while hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Perhaps "cheevering" would suffice."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

"A friend once told her that he had seen graffiti in a restaurant's men's room that read, "Gael Greene uses a thesaurus."

-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading

Cover of A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch’s Dune—An Oral History by Max Evry

17. A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch’s Dune—An Oral History

By: Max Evry

4.17

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

LIMITED FIRST EDITION contains red foil gilded page edges and a black satin ribbon marker. As featu… read more

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  • film
Cover of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker

18. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

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

19. 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

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  • biography
  • film
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20. Room to Dream

By: David Lynch

4.33

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In this memoir, David Lynch - co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking fi… read more

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  • biography
  • film
"Ultimately, each life is a mystery until we each solve the mystery, and that's where we are all headed whether we know it or not."

-David Lynch, Room to Dream

"I don't know how I got to that thing of not caring what other people think, but it's a good thing. The thing is, you fall in love with ideas and it's like falling in love with a girl. It could be a g…"

-David Lynch, Room to Dream

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21. Soichi

By: Junji Ito

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

“I’LL GET YOU FOR THIS… I’LL SHOW YOU TRUE HORROR!” Soichi, the unhinged second son of the Tsuji… read more

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Cover of High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape by Marc Masters

22. High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

By: Marc Masters

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The cassette tape was revolutionary. Cheap, portable, and reusable, this small plastic rectangle ch… read more

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Cover of Nobody Wants Your Sh*t: The Art of Decluttering Before You Die by Messie Condo

23. Nobody Wants Your Sh*t: The Art of Decluttering Before You Die

By: Messie Condo

3.75

Format: 192 pages, ebook

Free yourself and your family from the f*cking clutter before you croak!   Inspired by The Gentle A… read more

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Cover of Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession by Laurence Leamer

24. Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession

By: Laurence Leamer

3.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author of Capote’s Women Laurence Leamer shares an engrossing account of the enigmatic … read more

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  • biography
  • film
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25. Radalla

By: Iida Sofia Hirvonen

3.38

Format: 157 pages, Paperback

"Jotain oli juuri glitchaamassa.” Tekstilajien rajoja hämärtävää proosaa ajasta, jolloin todelli… read more

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Cover of Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang

26. Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History

By: Yunte Huang

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

One of the Atlantic 's "Books to Get Lost in This Summer" Best Books of August 2023: InsideHook, W… read more

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  • biography
  • film
Cover of Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success by Miki Berenyi

27. Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success

By: Miki Berenyi

4.46

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary and searingly honest personal story of musician Miki Berenyi, revealing the highs… read more

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  • biography
Cover of Where I'M Coming From by Barbara Brandon-Croft

28. Where I'M Coming From

By: Barbara Brandon-Croft

4.19

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Written by the only African-American woman cartoonist to be nationally syndicated, this collection … read more

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Cover of Hungers as Old as This Land by Zachary Rosenberg

29. Hungers as Old as This Land

By: Zachary Rosenberg

4.12

Format: 107 pages, ebook

The settlement of Grey's Bluffs is a prosperous town. An independent community dwelling in the shad… read more

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30. Cinema of the 70s: 101 Iconic Movies

By: John H Foote

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Today, over half a century later, great films are measured by those of the 70s. Has there been a mo… read more

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31. David Lynch: A Retrospective

By: Ian Nathan

4.12

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Stunningly illustrated, this biography of filmmaker David Lynch is published to coincide with the 4… read more

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  • film

11 must-read film books like David Lynch: A Retrospective by Ian Nathan

Transform Your Habits

How I Made A Hundred Movies In Hollywood

Roger Corman , Jim Jerome

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Film Art: An Introduction

David Bordwell , Kristin Thompson

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Cinema Speculation

Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear

Nat Segaloff

3.74

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20 best-selling fiction books like Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede

Transform Your Habits

Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

Transform Your Habits

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

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

3.94

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