The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Film That Terrified a Rattled Nation
By: Joseph Lanza
3.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Lanza turns his attentions to the production, reception, social climate, and impact of a movie that…
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1. Batman, Vol. 1: I Am Gotham
By: Scott Snyder , David Finch , Tom King , Jordie Bellaire , Danny Miki , Mikel Janín , June Chung , None , Deron Bennett , John Workman
3.70
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Batman is Gotham City's greatest protector. But now he's not alone. There are two new heroes in tow… read more
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"Alfred, when it happened with Mother and Father, how did you help me? Master Bruce, with all due respect, each night you leave this perfectly lovely house and go leaping off buildings dressed as a gi…"-Scott Snyder, Batman, Vol. 1: I Am Gotham
2. Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge
By: Mark Yarm
4.27
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
Twenty years after the release of Nirvana’s landmark album Nevermind comes Everybody Loves Our Town… read more
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- nonfiction
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3. Harvest Home
By: Thomas Tryon
3.82
Format: 401 pages, Hardcover
It was almost as if time had not touched the village of Cornwall Coombe. The quiet, peaceful place … read more
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"His heart's in the right place, but his tongue's an affliction."-Thomas Tryon, Harvest Home
4. Insatiable: Porn - A Love Story
By: Asa Akira
3.67
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Asa Akira (28) has already had an extremely unusual life. Educated at the United Nations Internatio… read more
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5. Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live
By: James Andrew Miller , Tom Shales
3.77
Format: 52 pages,
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6. Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns
By: Jack McCallum
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In "Seven Seconds or Less, Sports Illustrated"'s chief NBA writer, Jack McCallum, gets in the paint… read more
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7. 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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8. 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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- history
9. Child of God
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.84
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape--… read more
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10. FantasticLand
By: Mike Bockoven
3.90
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurric… read more
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"One more thing. I...I kind of hate people. Seriously, I've thought about how to phrase this and the best thing I can say isn't, "I'm not a people person," or something like that. It's that I hate peo…"-Mike Bockoven, FantasticLand
11. Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
By: Erroll McDonald , Fredric Dannen
3.87
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Copiously researched and documented,Hit Men is the highly controversial portrait of the pop music i… read more
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12. Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
By: Colin Dickey
3.74
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through… read more
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"Surely ghosts will follow wherever there is bad record keeping"-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
"The dead are watching, whether or not we choose to listen to their stories."-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
"Our brains are hardwired to think in terms of place and to associate psychic value or meaning to the places we inhabit."-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
"A ghost story’s reduction of a complex moment or the history of building into a series of cliches is reproduced in beautifully staged photos that fetishize the past without truly representing it. “Ru…"-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
13. Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002
By: David Sedaris
3.75
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
David Sedaris tells all in a book that is, literally, a lifetime in the making. For forty years, Da… read more
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14. 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
15. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
By: Werner Herzog
4.25
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more
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16. Weasels in the Attic
By: Hiroko Oyamada
3.43
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious work that explore… read more
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"We meet at school, or work, or maybe a store. Wherever it is, there's just a random group of individuals, right? Within that group, you find your mate. If you were in a different group, you' d end up…"-Hiroko Oyamada, Weasels in the Attic
17. Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance
By: John Waters
3.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A hilariously filthy tale of sex, crime, and family dysfunction from the brilliantly twisted mind o… read more
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18. 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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19. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
By: Quentin Tarantino
3.88
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited first work of fiction — at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal —… read more
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"What’s the secret?"-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Sharon has such a sunny presence that whenever she blocks out the sun, the effect is chilling."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Due to Cliff's good looks, he'd been manipulating women to do things against their best interests his whole life."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
"Foreign films, Cliff thought, were more like novels. They didn't care if you liked the main character or not. And Cliff found that intriguing."-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
20. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage
By: Jeff Guinn
4.06
Format: None pages, Audiobook
“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more
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- true crime
21. The Last Book On The Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers
By: Ben Kissel
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An equal parts haunting and hilarious deep-dive review of history’s mo… read more
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"Learning how to be human by attending a frat is like learning how to ride a horse by going to a Tijuana donkey show."-Ben Kissel, The Last Book On The Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers
"Learning how to be a human to be human by attending a frat is alike learning how to ride a horse by going to a Tijuana donkey show."-Ben Kissel, The Last Book On The Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers
"Dahmer was as manipulative and calculating as the other killers we've covered in this book, demonstrating a keen understanding of how to evade capture the vast majority of his victims were Black men,…"-Ben Kissel, The Last Book On The Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History's Most Notorious Serial Killers
22. 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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"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
23. The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters
By: J.W. Ocker
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Meet the monsters in our midst, from bigfoot to Mothman and beyond! Welcome to the United States… read more
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24. Hollow
By: Shannon Watters
4.02
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
From Shannon Watters, the co-creator of the bestselling worldwide phenomenon Lumberjanes, and co-wr… read more
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25. Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries
By: Rick Emerson
3.96
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
Two teens. Two diaries. Two social panics. One incredible fraud. In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvente… read more
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26. Chasing the Boogeyman
By: Richard Chizmar
3.95
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Gwendy’s Button Box brings his signature prose to this s… read more
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27. Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas
By: Glenn Kenny
3.73
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
For the thirtieth anniversary of its premiere comes the vivid and immersive history behind Martin S… read more
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" Irwin Winkler did not share the credit of “Producer."-Glenn Kenny, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas
"Barbara De Fina said that Irwin Winkler was, and has been, “ nothing but nasty "-Glenn Kenny, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas
"Who found the material, who pursued the material and how, who bought the material, whose account is true or accurate: these might not seem consequential questions now. But they have definite implicat…"-Glenn Kenny, Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas
28. The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer
By: Liza Rodman
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During the summers, whil… read more
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29. A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever
By: Kim Mager
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this fascinating & profoundly chilling account, Detective Kim Mager , a real-life version of Cla… read more
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- history
- true crime
30. The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982
By: Chris Nashawaty
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From legendary entertainment journalist and author of Caddyshack comes a rollicking history of 1980… read more
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31. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Film That Terrified a Rattled Nation
By: Joseph Lanza
3.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Lanza turns his attentions to the production, reception, social climate, and impact of a movie that… read more
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