Backlund: From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling's World Champion
By: Robert H. Miller , Bob Backlund , Roddy Piper
4.75
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Bob Backlund began life as a poor farm boy in the little village of Princeton, Minnesota, with a po…
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1. Watchmen
By: Alan Moore , John Higgins , Dave Gibbons
4.38
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes pla… read more
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"Never despair. Never surrender."-Alan Moore, Watchmen
"I did it thirty-five minutes ago."-Alan Moore, Watchmen
"It doesn’t matter how “successful"-Alan Moore, Watchmen
"The superman exists and he's American."-Alan Moore, Watchmen
2. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.95
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more
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"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
3. Tributes: Remembering Some of the World's Greatest Wrestlers
By: Dave Meltzer
4.09
Format: 182 pages, Hardcover
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- biography
- nonfiction
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4. Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania
By: Daniel Bryan , Craig Tello
3.70
Format: 24 pages,
One of WWE's most unlikely champions of all time and also one of its most popular, Bryan has proved… read more
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5. Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks
By: Mick Foley , WWF
3.63
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
Mick Foley is a nice man, a family man who loves amusement parks and eating ice cream in bed. So ho… read more
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- biography
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6. Backlund: From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling's World Champion
By: Robert H. Miller , Bob Backlund , Roddy Piper
4.75
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Bob Backlund began life as a poor farm boy in the little village of Princeton, Minnesota, with a po… read more
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7. Kamala Speaks
By: James Harris , Kenny Casanova , James Kamala Harris
4.00
Format: 412 pages, Paperback
"The Ugandan Giant" Kamala is a former WWE superstar wrestler who never spoke once during his 30 ye… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
8. Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling
By: Bret Hart
4.25
Format: 127 pages, Hardcover
In his own words, Bret Hart's honest, perceptive, startling account of his life in and out of the p… read more
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9. Walking a Golden Mile
By: None , None
4.75
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
Chapter One: A Wrestler, a Comic or a Clown I'm not as old as you might think. It's just that I've … read more
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10. Rowdy: The Roddy Piper Story
By: Ariel Teal Toombs , Colt Baird Toombs , None
3.62
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The biggest pro wrestling bio since Bret Hart's Hitmanlegendary Rowdy Roddy Piper's unfinished auto… read more
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12. Out
By: Natsuo Kirino , Stephen Snyder
3.95
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Natsuo Kirino's novel tells a story of random violence in the staid Tokyo suburbs, as a young mothe… read more
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"...I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."-Natsuo Kirino, Out
"And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."-Natsuo Kirino, Out
"I'm desperate for money'. She said. And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."-Natsuo Kirino, Out
"I'm desperate for money'. She said. 'And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you'. (Yoshie Azuma)"-Natsuo Kirino, Out
13. Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
By: Bob Odenkirk
3.60
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
In this hilarious, heartfelt memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Nob… read more
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"The 'better angels of our nature' may be the ones we want leading us forward, but the worser angels are the ones that we seem to want to watch onscreen."-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
"I figured I'd work in forestry, since I like the outdoors. In fact, in high school I filled out some kind of career-planning assessment and it said just that: 'Go into the forest and don't come back."-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
"Cads kill me. Men who go through life making wisecracks, being overtly rude, taking advantage, being self-obsessed disasters. They're just funny to me. Because of this hobbyhorse, one of my favorite …"-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
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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- nonfiction
"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
15. The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports
By: Joshua Robinson
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The Club is the previously untold inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wi… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
"The rise of the English Premier League is a story about the sports world's wildest gold rush. In the span of twenty-five years, the league's twenty clubs have increased their combined value by 10,000…"-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports
"I'm not saying that we're Disney, but if you think about it, it's not that dissimilar, Berrada said. We have characters - which are players - that our fans relate to; we put on a show every three or …"-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports
16. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
By: Joanna Robinson
4.22
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood…. T… read more
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- nonfiction
17. MOX
By: Jon Moxley
4.30
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! A vivid trip through the mind of the top professional wrestler in the… read more
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18. Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl
By: Rebecca Quin
4.51
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
This compelling and deeply personal memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin—a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. B… read more
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"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will complete you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will destroy you"-Rebecca Quin, Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl
"Then and there, I vowed to lose weight so I might have a chance of actually being like my mom when I grew up. But then I got hungry and sad and just wanted pizza. Beauty was my mom's domain. Pizza wa…"-Rebecca Quin, Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl
19. There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE
By: Brian Gewirtz
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz brings readers behind the scenes for an unprecedented look at … read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
20. The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania
By: Brad Balukjian
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
They say to never meet your heroes. Brad Balukjian doesn’t listen. From the bestselling author of… read more
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21. Tod is God: The Authorized Story of How I Created Extreme Championship Wrestling
By: Tod Gordon
4.09
Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition
The uncensored inside story of ECW’s founder Tod Gordon’s journey from jewelry store owner to one o… read more
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22. Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008
By: Chris Payne
4.41
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
An explosive oral history of emo's takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuring MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, FA… read more
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" Jonathan Daniel: I mean, people knew "Sins." That song was so big everywhere. But yeah, I don't think they knew the band as much. I remember Panic! went to see Kanye in Vegas, and Pete asked Kanye i…"-Chris Payne, Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008
" Jim Adkins: ...There was a girl who wrote us, explaining how she felt like an outsider at her school because the punk rock kids wouldn't accept her, even though she liked us and a lot of the really …"-Chris Payne, Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008
23. Horror Movie
By: Paul Tremblay
3.45
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more
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24. Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond
By: Jim Ross
4.30
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
From legendary wrestling announcer Jim Ross comes a candid, colorful memoir about the inner working… read more
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"Cutting to the chase, I don't see Sting in WWE any time soon and especially not in the ring vs. the Undertaker in the Georgia Dome. I do think that Sting would be well served to explore potential mar…"-Jim Ross, Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond
25. Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues
By: Matt Jackson
4.25
Format: 304 pages, ebook
"The Young Bucks are two guys who not only beat the odds to become one of the greatest, most popula… read more
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26. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
By: Mary L. Trump
3.82
Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition
In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, M… read more
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27. Macho Man: The Untamed, Unbelievable Life of Randy Savage
By: Jon Finkel
4.14
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Oooohhh yeahhhh! Macho The Life of Randy Savage is the sensational, definitive biography of the Wr… read more
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28. Tall Tales and Wee Stories: The Best of Billy Connolly
By: Billy Connolly
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Connolly's raucous run through his life is as furious, funny and foul-m… read more
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29. Brutus Beefcake: Struttin' & Cuttin' - Official Autobiography
By: Brutus Beefcake
4.17
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
Brutus Struttin' & Cuttin' brings you everything you want to learn about the world's most famous w… read more
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30. The Bushwhackers: Blood, Sweat & Cheers
By: John E. Crowther
4.29
Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition
In The Blood, Sweat & Cheers, WWE's Bushwhacker Luke Williams and Bushwhacker Butch Miller, along … read more
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31. Our Fight: A Memoir
By: Ronda Rousey
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author and trailblazing athlete Ronda Rousey, an unfiltered and ent… read more
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