7 must-read history books like Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie

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Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life

By: Justine Picardie

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In Coco Chanel,Justine Picardie peels away the layers of romance and myth surrounding the legend of…

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1. Love and Friendship

By: Jane Austen , Fay Weldon

4.40

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

When a noble youth arrives unannounced to request the hand of the matchless Laura, it seems their f… read more

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2. Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life

By: Justine Picardie

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In Coco Chanel,Justine Picardie peels away the layers of romance and myth surrounding the legend of… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
  • business

3. Sunflowers

By: None

4.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

"I'd heard about him but had never seen him, the foreigner with the funny name who wandered the cou… read more

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4. Dior by Dior

By: Christian Dior

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

This autobiography gives a fascinating and detailed insight into the workings of a great fashion ho… read more

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5. Champagne Supernovas: Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and the '90s Renegades Who Remade Fashion

By: Maureen Callahan

4.34

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

A glittering history of fashion in the 1990s, told through the lives of Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, and… read more

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6. London: The Biography

By: Peter Ackroyd

3.66

Format: 180 pages,

London: The Biography is the pinnacle of Peter Ackroyd's brilliant obsession with the eponymous cit… read more

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7. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime

By: Casey Sherman

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turn… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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8. Absolutely and Forever

By: Rose Tremain

3.90

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more

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9. The Lost Book of Bonn

By: Brianna Labuskes

3.95

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

For fans of The Rose Code and The Librarian Spy comes another literary themed historical novel from… read more

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10. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

By: Laurence Leamer

3.83

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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11. Poussière blonde

By: Tatiana de Rosnay

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

« Pauline avait conscience qu’elle n’était qu’un être ordinaire aspiré dans l’orbite d’une femme qu… read more

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12. American Gilt: Absinthe

By: J.D. Peterson

4.13

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Paris, January 1883 – The new year finds Oliver and Sara celebrating their recent marriage. After t… read more

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13. Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way

By: Roma Agrawal

3.63

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Shortlisted for the 2023 Royal Society Science Book Prize A structural engineer examines the sev… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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14. The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America

By: Sara B. Franklin

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century—including Julia Child, Anne… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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15. What the Mountains Remember

By: Joy Callaway

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

At this wondrous resort, secrets can easily be hidden in plain sight when the eye is trained on bea… read more

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16. Swimming in Paris: A Life in Three Stories

By: Colombe Schneck

3.99

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and best-selling French author, a woman personal journey through abortion, s… read more

Similar categories in Colombe Schneck's Swimming in Paris: A Life in Three Stories book and Justine Picardie's Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life

  • france
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17. Into the Taylor-Verse: Taylor Swift's Songwriting Eras

By: Satu Hämeenaho-Fox

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Du premier album au Eras tour, la vie et l'œuvre de Taylor Swift, icône de la pop culture. Un ouvra… read more

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18. The Last Twelve Miles

By: Erika Robuck

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Two real, brilliant women on opposite sides of the law, in a deadly game of cat and mouse… 1926.… read more

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"Elizabeth’s heart feels a pang of jealousy, followed by a burst of love at seeing her happy family. It’s both freeing and agonizing not to be needed. That is the nature of motherhood, she thinks"

-Erika Robuck, The Last Twelve Miles

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19. Searching for Dali (Jake Travis, #10)

By: Robert Lane

4.34

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

“Jake Travis is one of the best leading men to take the thriller fiction stage in years.” --Florida… read more

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20. Lost Masterpieces: Stolen, Damaged, Mislaid, Destroyed - The World's Most Elusive Works of Art (DK Secret Histories)

By: D.K. Publishing

3.96

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Discover the extraordinary stories behind the world’s missing works of art. Travel back in time to… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. Little Book of Gucci: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House (Little Books of Fashion, 7)

By: Karen Homer

3.84

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The Little Book of Gucci tells the story of this historic yet flourishing house, and the visionary … read more

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  • fashion
  • history
  • nonfiction

7 Top nonfiction books like Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie

Transform Your Habits

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Justine Picardie

3.86

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Casey Sherman

3.71

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Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

Laurence Leamer

3.83

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Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way

Roma Agrawal

3.63

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Colm Tóibín

3.82

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Rachel Khong

4.04

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Ruth Reichl

3.84

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I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

Glynnis MacNicol

3.59

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