9 Best nonfiction books like A Universe Of Horrors: A History Of Universal's Horror Movies And The Men Who Made Them (The Secret History Of Hollywood Book 1) by Adam Roche

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A Universe Of Horrors: A History Of Universal's Horror Movies And The Men Who Made Them (The Secret History Of Hollywood Book 1)

By: Adam Roche

4.23

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The story of Universal Studios' horror movies is the story of cinema itself. Universal were there a…

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Cover of Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5) by Douglas Adams

1. Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)

By: Douglas Adams

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of  The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,  soon to be a Hulu o… read more

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  • audiobook
"Fuck ’em,"

-Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)

"You live and learn. At any rate, you live."

-Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)

"Life will always find a way og hanging on in somewhere."

-Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)

"I think we have different value systems." —Arthur "Well mine's better." —Ford"

-Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)

Cover of Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens by Sylvia Barbara Soberton

2. Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens

By: Sylvia Barbara Soberton

3.82

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

There has been a great deal written about Tudor queens, but less so about those women who surrounde… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them by None, Steve   Peters

3. Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them

By: None , Steve Peters

3.99

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

Leading consultant psychiatrist Steve Peters knows more than anyone how impulsive behaviour or nagg… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Jaws by Peter Benchley

4. Jaws

By: Peter Benchley

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

"Relentless terror." The Philadelphia Inquirer. The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating ter… read more

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  • audiobook
  • horror
Cover of The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House by Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Steve Parkhouse, Chris Bachalo, Michael Zulli, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Todd Klein

5. The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

By: Clive Barker , Neil Gaiman , Steve Parkhouse , Chris Bachalo , Michael Zulli , Mike Dringenberg , Malcolm Jones III , Todd Klein

4.43

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

A being who has existed since the beginning of the universe, Dream of the Endless rules over the re… read more

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  • horror
"And Desire smiles, and forgets, for Desire is a creature of the moment."

-Clive Barker, The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

"For love is no part of the dreamworld. Love belongs to Desire, and Desire is always cruel."

-Clive Barker, The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

"Chantal is having a relationship with a sentence. Just one of those things. A chance meeting that grew into something important for the both of them."

-Clive Barker, The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

"Fictions are merely frozen dreams, linked images with some semblance of structure. They are not to be trusted, no more than the people who create them."

-Clive Barker, The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

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6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Today, F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his novels, but in his lifetime, his fame stemmed from his … read more

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  • audiobook

7. Strangers

By: Taichi Yamada , None

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Set in the great human maelstrom of Tokyo, Strangersis a thinking man's ghost story. When Harada, a… read more

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8. Through the Woods

By: Emily Carroll

3.94

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

'It came from the woods. Most strange things do.' Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow… read more

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  • horror
"you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... but the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to find you once."

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"Oh, but you must travel through those woods again and again... said a shadow at the window... and you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... But the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"But the worst kind of monster was the BURROWING KIND. The sort that crawled into you and made a home there. The sort you couldn't name, the sort you couldn't see. The monster that ate you alive from …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"I married my love in the springtime, but by summer he'd locked me away. He'd murdered me dead by the autumn, & by winter I was naught but decay. It's cold where I am and so lonely, but in loneliness …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

9. The Prestige

By: Christopher Priest

3.81

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent seance. From… read more

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10. The Polygamist's Daughter

By: Leslie Wilson , Anna LeBaron

4.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

"My father had more than fifty children." So begins the haunting memoir of Anna LeBaron, daughter o… read more

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11. The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors

By: Dan Jones

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A major new history of the knights Templar--holy warriors, bankers, priests, heretics--by the bests… read more

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12. Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile

By: Bill Willingham , Steve Leialoha , Lan Medina , James Jean , Craig Hamilton

3.78

Format: 472 pages, Paperback

When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy … read more

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13. A Darker Domain (Inspector Karen Pirie, #2)

By: Val McDermid

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

1984, Fife. Heiress Catriona Maclennan Grant & her baby son are kidnapped. The ransom payoff goes h… read more

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Cover of Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1) by Sophie Keetch

14. Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)

By: Sophie Keetch

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An atmospheric, feminist retelling of the early life of famed villainess Morgan le Fay, set against… read more

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  • audiobook
"My name is Morgan. And there aren't enough words for all that I am."

-Sophie Keetch, Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)

"Do not apologize, Lady Morgan. Your decorum leaves a little to be desired, but never have I been able to fault your work. Never apologize for seeking further wisdom, or for being remarkable."

-Sophie Keetch, Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)

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15. The Debutante

By: Jon Ronson

3.41

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

This is the story of a Tulsa debutante who, as a result of a series of unlikely and often very bad … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks

16. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

By: Tom Hanks

3.70

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-st… read more

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  • film
  • audiobook
"Are you a clairvoyant?"

-Tom Hanks, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

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17. The Secret History of Christmas

By: Bill Bryson

3.84

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

A cornucopia of Christmas delights from the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everyth… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan

18. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road

By: Kyle Buchanan

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max:… read more

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  • biography
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun by Chris  Broad

19. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun

By: Chris Broad

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sandman: Act I by Dirk Maggs

20. The Sandman: Act I

By: Dirk Maggs

4.39

Format: 11 pages, Audible Audio

Hailed by the Los Angeles Times Magazine as “the greatest epic in the history of comic books”, The … read more

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  • audiobook
  • horror
Cover of Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby

21. Ten Steps to Nanette

By: Hannah Gadsby

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Multi-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with her show Nanette, even as she declared tha… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"Nanette is basically Eat Pray Love for autistic queer folk."

-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette

"So, I will just share it here, because I truly believe that the only universal “body"

-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette

"It really is something when you can make collecting and organising objects boring to a young kid with autism spectrum disorder (but that’s exactly what Stamp Explorer managed to do)."

-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette

"And I needed my audience to trust me because I needed my audience to feel safe, and I needed my audience to feel safe so that I could take that safety away and not give it back. Why? Because that is …"

-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette

Cover of Moriarty: The Devil's Game by Charles Kindinger

22. Moriarty: The Devil's Game

By: Charles Kindinger

4.17

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Moriarty turns one of literature’s most famous rivalries on its head, recasting Professor James Mor… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Snow Angels: Season One by Jeff Lemire

23. Snow Angels: Season One

By: Jeff Lemire

3.66

Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition

Two of the most acclaimed creators of their generation—writer Jeff Lemire and artist Jock—together … read more

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Cover of Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1) by Craig Alanson

24. Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

By: Craig Alanson

4.26

Format: 299 pages, Paperback

We were fighting on the wrong side, of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news.  The R… read more

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  • audiobook
"The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically ad…"

-Craig Alanson, Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)

Cover of A Gallery of Poisoners: Thirteen Classic Case Histories of Murder by Poisoning by Adrian Vincent

25. A Gallery of Poisoners: Thirteen Classic Case Histories of Murder by Poisoning

By: Adrian Vincent

3.54

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Here are thirteen cases of fatal passions, unfortunate acquaintances and gruesome endings. The thi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Method by James  Patterson

26. The Method

By: James Patterson

3.50

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Please note: This audio drama is for mature audiences only. It contains strong language, violence, … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy #2) by Marlon James

27. Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy #2)

By: Marlon James

4.18

Format: 626 pages, ebook

From Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, … read more

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  • audiobook
"No thought is wise just because you have it, girl."

-Marlon James, Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy #2)

"The world is fickle about witches.' 'The wold is fickle about women."

-Marlon James, Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy #2)

"Third-eye magic? Only man need a third eye. Woman fine with two, sometimes one."

-Marlon James, Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy #2)

"Word is divine wish, they say. Word is invisible to all but the gods. So when woman or man write words, they dare to look at the divine."

-Marlon James, Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy #2)

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28. Bard: The Short Story Collection

By: Claire Fuller

3.03

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

None read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of A Universe Of Horrors: A History Of Universal's Horror Movies And The Men Who Made Them (The Secret History Of Hollywood Book 1) by Adam Roche

29. A Universe Of Horrors: A History Of Universal's Horror Movies And The Men Who Made Them (The Secret History Of Hollywood Book 1)

By: Adam Roche

4.23

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The story of Universal Studios' horror movies is the story of cinema itself. Universal were there a… read more

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  • biography
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • audiobook
Cover of Sour Hall by Laura Kirwan-Ashman

30. Sour Hall

By: Laura Kirwan-Ashman

3.45

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Sour Hall, based on the short story by Naomi Booth, follows George and Ash, an interracial lesbian … read more

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  • audiobook
  • horror

21 best-selling audiobook books like A Universe Of Horrors: A History Of Universal's Horror Movies And The Men Who Made Them (The Secret History Of Hollywood Book 1) by Adam Roche

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Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)

Douglas Adams

3.96

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Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens

Sylvia Barbara Soberton

3.82

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Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them

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3.99

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Shankari Chandran

4.21

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4.41

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4.13

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