6 best-selling crime books like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino

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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 —…

"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

If you liked the crime plot in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2) by Elmore Leonard

1. Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)

By: Elmore Leonard

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Ordell Robbie makes a fine living selling illegal high-powered weaponry to the wrong people. Jackie… read more

Similar categories in Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2) book and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • fiction
"He sat in the living room in the dark, an expert at waiting, a nineteen-year veteran of it, waiting for people who failed to appear, missed court dates because they forgot or didn't care, and took of…"

-Elmore Leonard, Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)

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2. Wiseguy

By: Nicholas Pileggi

0.00

Format: 798 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Wiseguy" is Nicholas Pileggi's remarkable bestseller, the most intimate account ever printed of li… read more

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  • crime
Cover of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind

3. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

By: Peter Biskind

4.12

Format: None pages,

This down-and-dirty romp through Hollywood in the 1970s introduces the young filmmakers--Coppola, S… read more

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  • media tie in
  • film
Cover of The Kid Stays in the Picture by Robert  Evans

4. 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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  • media tie in
  • film
  • audiobook

5. The Switch

By: Elmore Leonard

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

"My favorite Leonard book....He writes the way Hammett and Chandler might write today, if they shar… read more

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6. Making Movies

By: Sidney Lumet

5.00

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and … read more

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7. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

By: Hunter S. Thompson , Ralph Steadman

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegasis the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good … read more

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8. No Country for Old Men

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN # - 9780375706677 In his blistering new novel, Cormac McCarthy ret… read more

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9. Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

By: Cormac McCarthy

4.16

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expa… read more

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  • historical
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"See the child."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

Cover of Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill

10. Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

By: Tom O'Neill

4.03

Format: 504 pages, Kindle Edition

A journalist's twenty-year obsession with the Manson murders brings shocking revelations about the … read more

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  • historical
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. 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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  • media tie in
  • film
  • audiobook
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12. Heat 2

By: Michael Mann

4.26

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, M… read more

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  • film
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage by Nick de Semlyen

13. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

By: Nick de Semlyen

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more

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  • media tie in
  • film
  • audiobook
Cover of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino

14. 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

Similar categories in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood book and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  • film
  • historical
  • collections
  • media tie in
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Room to Dream by David Lynch

15. 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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  • media tie in
  • film
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood by Sam Wasson

16. The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood

By: Sam Wasson

4.09

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelator… read more

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  • media tie in
  • crime
  • film
  • audiobook
Cover of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael        Schulman

17. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

By: Michael Schulman

4.09

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more

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  • media tie in
  • historical
  • film
  • audiobook
Cover of Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen by Brian Raftery

18. Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen

By: Brian Raftery

4.07

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of … read more

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  • media tie in
  • film
  • audiobook
Cover of The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story by Sam Wasson

19. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story

By: Sam Wasson

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with t… read more

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  • media tie in
  • film
  • audiobook
Cover of Quentin Tarantino: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work by Ian Nathan

20. Quentin Tarantino: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work

By: Ian Nathan

3.93

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Through in-depth and informative text written by renowned film journalist Ian Nathan, this book exa… read more

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  • media tie in
  • film
Cover of Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks: A Filmmaker’s Creative Journey by Adam Nayman

21. Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks: A Filmmaker’s Creative Journey

By: Adam Nayman

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“A master class of the masterworks of Paul Thomas Anderson.” ― Variety Magazine “Full of lavish pho… read more

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11 Top audiobook books like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino

Transform Your Habits

The Kid Stays in the Picture

Robert Evans

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

Tom O'Neill

4.03

Transform Your Habits

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

Kyle Buchanan

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Heat 2

Michael Mann

4.26

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18 Top media tie in books like Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen by Brian Raftery

Transform Your Habits

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

Peter Biskind

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco

Julie Salamon

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Ed Zwick

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Cinema Speculation

Quentin Tarantino

4.06

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