50 Books like The Salon of Exiled Artists in California

It's Never Too Late to Begin Again

by Julia Cameron • 2016

A London workhouse boy invented the world's most famous character. Then the world demanded he speak.

4.12

1k+

🎞️ Silent Cinema 🎭 Comedy Theory 🎨 Creative Autonomy 🤸 Slapstick Comedy 🎬 Hollywood History

It's Never Too Late to Begin Again Summary

It's Never Too Late to Begin Again 92%

A London workhouse boy invented the world's most famous character. Then the world demanded he speak.

by Julia Cameron 2016

4.12

1k+ ratings

🎞️ Silent Cinema 🎭 Comedy Theory 🎨 Creative Autonomy 🤸 Slapstick Comedy 🎬 Hollywood History

Miss May Does Not Exist

by Carrie Courogen • 2024

Forty dollars, one audition: American comedy changed forever. Then Elaine May decided to disappear.

3.83

777

🎬 Hollywood History 🎭 Comedy History 🎥 Women Directors 🎪 Improvisation 🤝 Creative Partnerships

Miss May Does Not Exist 92%

Forty dollars, one audition: American comedy changed forever. Then Elaine May decided to disappear.

by Carrie Courogen 2024

3.83

777 ratings

🎬 Hollywood History 🎭 Comedy History 🎥 Women Directors 🎪 Improvisation 🤝 Creative Partnerships

Kingmaker

by Sonia Purnell • 2024

Dismissed as a courtesan, she rebuilt the Democrats and became ambassador to France at 73.

4.16

6k+

🏛️ Political Biography 🗳️ Women In Politics 🕊️ Soft Power ⚔️ Wartime Diplomacy 🌊 Transatlantic Relations

Kingmaker 92%

Dismissed as a courtesan, she rebuilt the Democrats and became ambassador to France at 73.

by Sonia Purnell 2024

4.16

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Biography 🗳️ Women In Politics 🕊️ Soft Power ⚔️ Wartime Diplomacy 🌊 Transatlantic Relations

My Name Is Barbra

by Barbra Streisand • 2023

She kept the nose, the name, and the final cut: Barbra Streisand's uncompromising life.

4.17

22k+

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Broadway History 🎬 Hollywood Studio System 🎵 Pop Music History 🏚️ Childhood Poverty

My Name Is Barbra 92%

She kept the nose, the name, and the final cut: Barbra Streisand's uncompromising life.

by Barbra Streisand 2023

4.17

22k+ ratings

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Broadway History 🎬 Hollywood Studio System 🎵 Pop Music History 🏚️ Childhood Poverty

Lorraine Hansberry

by Charles J. Shields • 2022

Closeted, radical, and a slumlord's daughter: the life that produced A Raisin in the Sun.

3.78

400

🎭 Literary Biography 🖤 Black Women Writers ✊🏿 Civil Rights Era 🌈 Queer Literary Lives 🎟️ Theater History

Lorraine Hansberry 92%

Closeted, radical, and a slumlord's daughter: the life that produced A Raisin in the Sun.

by Charles J. Shields 2022

3.78

400 ratings

🎭 Literary Biography 🖤 Black Women Writers ✊🏿 Civil Rights Era 🌈 Queer Literary Lives 🎟️ Theater History

Saving Freud

by Andrew Nagorski • 2022

1938: Freud won't flee Vienna. The Nazis are closing in. Five unlikely rescuers race the clock.

4.02

340

🛋️ Psychoanalysis History 🏛️ Vienna 1900s 🏃 Escape From Nazis 🤝 Wartime Rescue 📚 Intellectual Biography

Saving Freud 92%

1938: Freud won't flee Vienna. The Nazis are closing in. Five unlikely rescuers race the clock.

by Andrew Nagorski 2022

4.02

340 ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalysis History 🏛️ Vienna 1900s 🏃 Escape From Nazis 🤝 Wartime Rescue 📚 Intellectual Biography

Her Again

by Michael Schulman • 2016

A producer called her ugly in Italian at her first film audition. She understood every word.

3.62

3k+

🎭 Actor Biographies 🏙️ New York Theater 🎬 Hollywood History 🦎 Transformative Acting ✍️ Creative Process

Her Again 92%

A producer called her ugly in Italian at her first film audition. She understood every word.

by Michael Schulman 2016

3.62

3k+ ratings

🎭 Actor Biographies 🏙️ New York Theater 🎬 Hollywood History 🦎 Transformative Acting ✍️ Creative Process

Josephine Baker

by Jean-Claude Baker • 1993

Paris star, French spy, mother of twelve. Her adopted son uncovers the bill for her utopias.

3.78

351

🎷 Jazz Age Paris 🌍 Black Expatriates 🪖 French Resistance 🕵️‍♀️ Celebrity Spies 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Transracial Adoption

Josephine Baker 92%

Paris star, French spy, mother of twelve. Her adopted son uncovers the bill for her utopias.

by Jean-Claude Baker 1993

3.78

351 ratings

🎷 Jazz Age Paris 🌍 Black Expatriates 🪖 French Resistance 🕵️‍♀️ Celebrity Spies 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Transracial Adoption

Hollywood Babylon

by Kenneth Anger • 1959

Morphine, sex crimes, unsolved murders: real silent Hollywood, exposed by a 1959 tell-all.

3.65

7k+

🎬 Early Hollywood 🥂 Hollywood Scandals 🎟️ Hays Code Era ⭐ Star System 🗞️ Scandal Journalism

Hollywood Babylon 91%

Morphine, sex crimes, unsolved murders: real silent Hollywood, exposed by a 1959 tell-all.

by Kenneth Anger 1959

3.65

7k+ ratings

🎬 Early Hollywood 🥂 Hollywood Scandals 🎟️ Hays Code Era ⭐ Star System 🗞️ Scandal Journalism

Buckley

by Sam Tanenhaus • 2025

How a yachtsman with a magazine built the movement that elected Reagan.

4.21

712

🏛️ Conservative Movement 🌐 Cold War Politics 📺 Political Media 🚩 Anti-Communism 🎙️ Public Intellectuals

Buckley 91%

How a yachtsman with a magazine built the movement that elected Reagan.

by Sam Tanenhaus 2025

4.21

712 ratings

🏛️ Conservative Movement 🌐 Cold War Politics 📺 Political Media 🚩 Anti-Communism 🎙️ Public Intellectuals

Anne Frank

by Melissa Müller • 1998

Her diary captured two years. This biography reveals the family, the betrayal, and the camps.

4.34

26k+

🕊️ Holocaust Biographies 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Histories 🏚️ Life In Hiding 🌱 Coming Of Age In Crisis 🪖 Nazi Occupation

Anne Frank 91%

Her diary captured two years. This biography reveals the family, the betrayal, and the camps.

by Melissa Müller 1998

4.34

26k+ ratings

🕊️ Holocaust Biographies 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Histories 🏚️ Life In Hiding 🌱 Coming Of Age In Crisis 🪖 Nazi Occupation

The Sound of Music Story

by Tom Santopietro • 2015

Critics scorned it. The studio feared ruin. Then it ran in theaters for four straight years.

3.76

627

🎬 Film Production 🎵 Hollywood Musicals 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎭 Stage To Screen 🎞️ True Story Films

The Sound of Music Story 91%

Critics scorned it. The studio feared ruin. Then it ran in theaters for four straight years.

by Tom Santopietro 2015

3.76

627 ratings

🎬 Film Production 🎵 Hollywood Musicals 🎥 Behind The Scenes 🎭 Stage To Screen 🎞️ True Story Films

Walt Disney

by Neal Gabler • 2006

The Disney empire: one haunted man's attempt to build a reality he could finally control.

4.07

12k+

🎞️ Animation History 🎬 Hollywood Moguls 🎯 Creative Perfectionism 🧠 Psychological Biography 🏢 Corporate Biography

Walt Disney 91%

The Disney empire: one haunted man's attempt to build a reality he could finally control.

by Neal Gabler 2006

4.07

12k+ ratings

🎞️ Animation History 🎬 Hollywood Moguls 🎯 Creative Perfectionism 🧠 Psychological Biography 🏢 Corporate Biography

Cinema Speculation

by Quentin Tarantino • 2022

How a child snuck into adult movies in 1970s Los Angeles and came out a filmmaker.

4.04

15k+

🎬 New Hollywood 🎞️ Cinephilia 🎥 Genre Cinema 💥 Exploitation Films 📖 Auteur Theory

Cinema Speculation 91%

How a child snuck into adult movies in 1970s Los Angeles and came out a filmmaker.

by Quentin Tarantino 2022

4.04

15k+ ratings

🎬 New Hollywood 🎞️ Cinephilia 🎥 Genre Cinema 💥 Exploitation Films 📖 Auteur Theory

In the Garden of Beasts

by Erik Larson • 2011

A professor becomes ambassador to Hitler's Berlin. His daughter falls in love with the Nazis.

3.90

222k+

🏴 Nazi Germany 📜 Diplomatic History ⚠️ Rise Of Totalitarianism 👁️ Eyewitness Accounts 🕊️ Appeasement

In the Garden of Beasts 91%

A professor becomes ambassador to Hitler's Berlin. His daughter falls in love with the Nazis.

by Erik Larson 2011

3.90

222k+ ratings

🏴 Nazi Germany 📜 Diplomatic History ⚠️ Rise Of Totalitarianism 👁️ Eyewitness Accounts 🕊️ Appeasement

The Visionaries

by Wolfram Eilenberger • 2020

Four women, one war, and the year their philosophies of freedom were forged in darkness.

3.91

1k+

👥 Group Biography 📖 Intellectual History 🖤 Existentialism ⛓️ Totalitarianism 🗽 Radical Individualism

The Visionaries 91%

Four women, one war, and the year their philosophies of freedom were forged in darkness.

by Wolfram Eilenberger 2020

3.91

1k+ ratings

👥 Group Biography 📖 Intellectual History 🖤 Existentialism ⛓️ Totalitarianism 🗽 Radical Individualism

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

by Anne Lister • 1992

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

3.95

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women's Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals 📓 Queer Memoirs 💪 Defying Gender Roles

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Summary

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister 91%

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

by Anne Lister 1992

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women's Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals 📓 Queer Memoirs 💪 Defying Gender Roles

The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe

by James Patterson • 2025

A staged crime scene. A missing diary. The death of Marilyn Monroe was never a simple suicide.

3.66

6k+

🎬 Hollywood History 🎥 Classic Cinema 🕵️ Unsolved Mystery 💊 Substance Abuse 🏛️ Political Scandal

The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe 91%

A staged crime scene. A missing diary. The death of Marilyn Monroe was never a simple suicide.

by James Patterson 2025

3.66

6k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood History 🎥 Classic Cinema 🕵️ Unsolved Mystery 💊 Substance Abuse 🏛️ Political Scandal

When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead

by Jerry Weintraub • 2010

He walked into Colonel Parker's office uninvited and walked out managing Elvis. That was act one.

4.13

4k+

🎬 Entertainment Industry 🎥 Hollywood Memoir 🤝 Deal-Making 🔗 Networking 🔄 Reinvention

When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead Summary

When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead 91%

He walked into Colonel Parker's office uninvited and walked out managing Elvis. That was act one.

by Jerry Weintraub 2010

4.13

4k+ ratings

🎬 Entertainment Industry 🎥 Hollywood Memoir 🤝 Deal-Making 🔗 Networking 🔄 Reinvention

Bad Gays

by Huw Lemmey • 2022

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

3.55

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism 🔌 Power And Sexuality

Bad Gays 90%

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

by Huw Lemmey 2022

3.55

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism 🔌 Power And Sexuality

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. • 1957

An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.

4.19

455

🇺🇸 Presidential Biography 🗽 Interwar America 🌱 Political Origins 🌊 Progressive Era 🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 90%

An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957

4.19

455 ratings

🇺🇸 Presidential Biography 🗽 Interwar America 🌱 Political Origins 🌊 Progressive Era 🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy

The Acid Queen

by Susannah Cahalan • 2025

Two hundred acid trips, one prison escape, 24 years underground: the woman behind Timothy Leary.

3.78

1k+

🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women's Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives 🦋 Identity Reinvention 🎷 Beat Generation

The Acid Queen 90%

Two hundred acid trips, one prison escape, 24 years underground: the woman behind Timothy Leary.

by Susannah Cahalan 2025

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women's Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives 🦋 Identity Reinvention 🎷 Beat Generation

Hitchcock/Truffaut

by François Truffaut • 1985

A bomb under the table, a document nobody cares about: Hitchcock decodes suspense for Truffaut.

4.47

10k+

🧱 Film Craft 🎬 Auteur Theory ⏳ Suspense Mechanics ✍️ Screenwriting 🎙️ Director Interviews

Hitchcock/Truffaut 90%

A bomb under the table, a document nobody cares about: Hitchcock decodes suspense for Truffaut.

by François Truffaut 1985

4.47

10k+ ratings

🧱 Film Craft 🎬 Auteur Theory ⏳ Suspense Mechanics ✍️ Screenwriting 🎙️ Director Interviews

J.R.R. Tolkien

by Humphrey Carpenter • 1977

Orphaned, Catholic, and obsessed with dragons: the life that forged The Lord of the Rings.

4.06

17k+

📖 Literary Biography 🌍 World-Building 🧙 Fantasy Literature 🗣️ Philology 🎓 Oxford Writers

J.R.R. Tolkien 90%

Orphaned, Catholic, and obsessed with dragons: the life that forged The Lord of the Rings.

by Humphrey Carpenter 1977

4.06

17k+ ratings

📖 Literary Biography 🌍 World-Building 🧙 Fantasy Literature 🗣️ Philology 🎓 Oxford Writers

A History of the World in 21 Women

by Jenni Murray • 2018

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

3.81

4k+

🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

A History of the World in 21 Women Summary

A History of the World in 21 Women 90%

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

by Jenni Murray 2018

3.81

4k+ ratings

🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

Angela Merkel

by Matt Qvortrup • 2016

Merkel spent thirty years learning to stay silent in East Germany. Then she outlasted everyone.

3.76

373

🇩🇪 Modern Germany 📚 Political Biographies 👩‍💼 Female Leaders ⚡ Crisis Management 🇪🇺 European Union

Angela Merkel 90%

Merkel spent thirty years learning to stay silent in East Germany. Then she outlasted everyone.

by Matt Qvortrup 2016

3.76

373 ratings

🇩🇪 Modern Germany 📚 Political Biographies 👩‍💼 Female Leaders ⚡ Crisis Management 🇪🇺 European Union

The Invisible Woman

by Claire Tomalin • 1990

Dickens's mistress married a clergyman at 44, claiming to be 30. He never knew.

3.75

2k+

🎭 Victorian Theatre 👩‍🎤 Women In Theatre 🤫 Secret Lives 🧹 Historical Erasure 🎪 Theatrical Dynasties

The Invisible Woman 90%

Dickens's mistress married a clergyman at 44, claiming to be 30. He never knew.

by Claire Tomalin 1990

3.75

2k+ ratings

🎭 Victorian Theatre 👩‍🎤 Women In Theatre 🤫 Secret Lives 🧹 Historical Erasure 🎪 Theatrical Dynasties

Adolf Hitler

by John Toland • 1958

He interviewed Hitler's entourage. What he found was not a cartoon villain but a human being.

4.24

4k+

🇩🇪 Nazi Germany ⚔️ World War Ii 👤 Dictators 🧾 Political Biography 🔗 Totalitarianism

Adolf Hitler 90%

He interviewed Hitler's entourage. What he found was not a cartoon villain but a human being.

by John Toland 1958

4.24

4k+ ratings

🇩🇪 Nazi Germany ⚔️ World War Ii 👤 Dictators 🧾 Political Biography 🔗 Totalitarianism

Kamala's Way

by DAN MORIAN • 2021

She battled Wall Street for $20 billion and interrogated her way to the vice presidency.

3.33

1k+

🗳️ Women In Politics 🌉 California Politics 🥇 Political Firsts 🌍 Immigrant Roots 🏠 Mortgage Crisis

Kamala's Way 90%

She battled Wall Street for $20 billion and interrogated her way to the vice presidency.

by DAN MORIAN 2021

3.33

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Women In Politics 🌉 California Politics 🥇 Political Firsts 🌍 Immigrant Roots 🏠 Mortgage Crisis

The Woman All Spies Fear

by Amy Butler Greenfield • 2021

She cracked Nazi spy rings and sank Prohibition crime empires. The government erased her name.

4.19

2k+

🧩 Codebreaking History 🕵️ Women In Intelligence 🔐 Cryptanalysis 📡 Wartime Espionage 🥃 Prohibition Era

The Woman All Spies Fear 90%

She cracked Nazi spy rings and sank Prohibition crime empires. The government erased her name.

by Amy Butler Greenfield 2021

4.19

2k+ ratings

🧩 Codebreaking History 🕵️ Women In Intelligence 🔐 Cryptanalysis 📡 Wartime Espionage 🥃 Prohibition Era

Women in the Valley of the Kings

by Kathleen Sheppard • 2024

Egyptology's famous men dug up tombs. The women who built the field got erased.

3.50

2k+

🏛️ History Of Egyptology 🧳 Victorian Travel 🔬 Women In Science 🤝 Female Networks 📜 Revisionist History

Women in the Valley of the Kings Summary

Women in the Valley of the Kings 90%

Egyptology's famous men dug up tombs. The women who built the field got erased.

by Kathleen Sheppard 2024

3.50

2k+ ratings

🏛️ History Of Egyptology 🧳 Victorian Travel 🔬 Women In Science 🤝 Female Networks 📜 Revisionist History

Measure of a Man

by Martin Greenfield • 2014

He learned needlework in Auschwitz. Every U.S. president since Eisenhower wore the result.

4.18

2k+

🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🇺🇸 Immigrant Success 👔 Clothing And Identity 🔨 Craftsmanship 👨‍👦 Family Business Legacy

Measure of a Man 90%

He learned needlework in Auschwitz. Every U.S. president since Eisenhower wore the result.

by Martin Greenfield 2014

4.18

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🇺🇸 Immigrant Success 👔 Clothing And Identity 🔨 Craftsmanship 👨‍👦 Family Business Legacy

England's Mistress

by Kate Williams • 2006

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

3.91

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women's Biography 🎨 Artist's Muse 🎭 Performance Art 🌟 Celebrity Biography

England's Mistress 90%

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

by Kate Williams 2006

3.91

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women's Biography 🎨 Artist's Muse 🎭 Performance Art 🌟 Celebrity Biography

The Ministry of Truth

by Dorian Lynskey • 2019

How a book born from war and lies became the world's most enduring defense of truth.

4.12

1k+

📖 Literary Biography 🏚️ Dystopian Fiction ⚫ Totalitarianism 📢 Propaganda 👁️ Surveillance

The Ministry of Truth 90%

How a book born from war and lies became the world's most enduring defense of truth.

by Dorian Lynskey 2019

4.12

1k+ ratings

📖 Literary Biography 🏚️ Dystopian Fiction ⚫ Totalitarianism 📢 Propaganda 👁️ Surveillance

Buckley

by Carl T. Bogus • 2011

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

3.75

151

🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

Buckley 90%

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

by Carl T. Bogus 2011

3.75

151 ratings

🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

Madam Ambassador

by Eleni Kounalakis • 2015

Orbán's supermajority could rewrite Hungary. She was the American ambassador inside the room.

3.77

110

🏛️ Diplomatic Memoir 👩‍💼 Women In Diplomacy 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🏚️ Post-Communist Europe 📜 Historical Reckoning

Madam Ambassador 90%

Orbán's supermajority could rewrite Hungary. She was the American ambassador inside the room.

by Eleni Kounalakis 2015

3.77

110 ratings

🏛️ Diplomatic Memoir 👩‍💼 Women In Diplomacy 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🏚️ Post-Communist Europe 📜 Historical Reckoning

The Gospel According to Coco Chanel

by Karen Karbo • 2009

From orphan to icon: Chanel's lessons on style, money, love, and never needing permission.

3.53

3k+

🧵 Fashion Biography 👑 Iconic Women 🇫🇷 French Style 🎭 Self-Invention ✂️ Creative Independence

The Gospel According to Coco Chanel Summary

The Gospel According to Coco Chanel 90%

From orphan to icon: Chanel's lessons on style, money, love, and never needing permission.

by Karen Karbo 2009

3.53

3k+ ratings

🧵 Fashion Biography 👑 Iconic Women 🇫🇷 French Style 🎭 Self-Invention ✂️ Creative Independence

Parisian Lives

by Deirdre Bair • 2019

Beckett gave her nothing. Beauvoir gave her rules. One woman wrote both biographies anyway.

4.02

775

🖋️ Literary Biography ✍️ Writing Craft ⚖️ Biography Ethics 🌸 Feminist Awakening ✊ Second Wave Feminism

Parisian Lives 90%

Beckett gave her nothing. Beauvoir gave her rules. One woman wrote both biographies anyway.

by Deirdre Bair 2019

4.02

775 ratings

🖋️ Literary Biography ✍️ Writing Craft ⚖️ Biography Ethics 🌸 Feminist Awakening ✊ Second Wave Feminism

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich • 2007

The famous slogan was never just about misbehavior. It was about how history itself erases women.

3.82

2k+

🏛️ Women's History ✊ Feminist History ⚔️ Women Warriors ✍️ Early Women Writers ⛓️ Slave Narratives

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History Summary

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History 90%

The famous slogan was never just about misbehavior. It was about how history itself erases women.

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 2007

3.82

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Women's History ✊ Feminist History ⚔️ Women Warriors ✍️ Early Women Writers ⛓️ Slave Narratives

Modern Times

by Paul Johnson • 1983

Einstein and Freud dismantled the old moral universe. Into the void stepped the totalitarians.

4.29

3k+

📅 Modern History 💡 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political History ⚖️ Moral Relativism 🚫 Totalitarianism

Modern Times 90%

Einstein and Freud dismantled the old moral universe. Into the void stepped the totalitarians.

by Paul Johnson 1983

4.29

3k+ ratings

📅 Modern History 💡 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political History ⚖️ Moral Relativism 🚫 Totalitarianism

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

by Stephen Rebello • 1990

Bored with his own glamour, Hitchcock gambled his fortune on a cheap psycho thriller and won.

3.91

2k+

🎬 Film Production 🔪 Horror Cinema 🧠 Psychological Horror 🎞️ Auteur Theory 🖤 True Crime Origins

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho Summary

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho 90%

Bored with his own glamour, Hitchcock gambled his fortune on a cheap psycho thriller and won.

by Stephen Rebello 1990

3.91

2k+ ratings

🎬 Film Production 🔪 Horror Cinema 🧠 Psychological Horror 🎞️ Auteur Theory 🖤 True Crime Origins

High Financier

by Niall Ferguson • 2010

A German exile predicted globalization. Then he built the London bank to finance it.

3.71

251

🏦 Investment Banking 👪 Family Dynasties 📜 Financial History 🏛️ City Of London 🧳 Exile And Identity

High Financier 90%

A German exile predicted globalization. Then he built the London bank to finance it.

by Niall Ferguson 2010

3.71

251 ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 👪 Family Dynasties 📜 Financial History 🏛️ City Of London 🧳 Exile And Identity

Brave Genius

by Sean B. Carroll • 2013

Forged in the Resistance, a philosopher and a biologist fought the Cold War with different weapons.

4.28

727

✊ French Resistance 🧠 Intellectual History 🧬 Molecular Biology 🎭 Existentialism ✍️ Dissident Intellectuals

Brave Genius 90%

Forged in the Resistance, a philosopher and a biologist fought the Cold War with different weapons.

by Sean B. Carroll 2013

4.28

727 ratings

✊ French Resistance 🧠 Intellectual History 🧬 Molecular Biology 🎭 Existentialism ✍️ Dissident Intellectuals

Albert Camus

by Robert Zaretsky • 2010

Camus wrote against the death penalty. He stayed silent on Algeria. The life between those stands.

4.10

171

🖋️ Literary Biography 🌌 Existentialism 🇫🇷 French Intellectuals ✍️ Writer As Moral Witness 🌍 Colonialism And Identity

Albert Camus 90%

Camus wrote against the death penalty. He stayed silent on Algeria. The life between those stands.

by Robert Zaretsky 2010

4.10

171 ratings

🖋️ Literary Biography 🌌 Existentialism 🇫🇷 French Intellectuals ✍️ Writer As Moral Witness 🌍 Colonialism And Identity

What's It All About

by Michael Caine • 1992

A charity ward birth, a fish-porter father, and a Cockney accent that Hollywood couldn't erase.

4.07

1k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 🎥 Hollywood Memoir 🇬🇧 British Cinema 👷 Working-Class Memoir 🎞️ Behind The Scenes

What's It All About 90%

A charity ward birth, a fish-porter father, and a Cockney accent that Hollywood couldn't erase.

by Michael Caine 1992

4.07

1k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 🎥 Hollywood Memoir 🇬🇧 British Cinema 👷 Working-Class Memoir 🎞️ Behind The Scenes

Wright Brothers, Wrong Story

by William Elliott azelgrove • 2018

Wilbur Wright solved flight alone. Orville Wright spent decades burying that fact.

3.66

130

🛩️ Aviation History 🔍 Revisionist Biography 🔧 Inventor Biography ⚖️ Patent Wars 🌟 Unsung Genius

Wright Brothers, Wrong Story 90%

Wilbur Wright solved flight alone. Orville Wright spent decades burying that fact.

by William Elliott azelgrove 2018

3.66

130 ratings

🛩️ Aviation History 🔍 Revisionist Biography 🔧 Inventor Biography ⚖️ Patent Wars 🌟 Unsung Genius

Albert Camus

by Olivier Todd • 1996

The Nobel laureate who preached justice but found none for his own homeland.

4.03

837

📖 Literary Biography 🌍 Colonial Violence 🧠 Existentialist Thought 🗞️ Political Journalism 🎭 French Intellectual History

Albert Camus 90%

The Nobel laureate who preached justice but found none for his own homeland.

by Olivier Todd 1996

4.03

837 ratings

📖 Literary Biography 🌍 Colonial Violence 🧠 Existentialist Thought 🗞️ Political Journalism 🎭 French Intellectual History

Personal History

by Katharine Graham • 1997

Her husband's suicide left her publisher of The Washington Post. The board expected her to sell.

4.09

25k+

📰 Media Industry 🏢 Family Business ✍️ Editorial Integrity 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🏛️ Political Journalism

Personal History 90%

Her husband's suicide left her publisher of The Washington Post. The board expected her to sell.

by Katharine Graham 1997

4.09

25k+ ratings

📰 Media Industry 🏢 Family Business ✍️ Editorial Integrity 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🏛️ Political Journalism

LET IT GO

by Stephanie Shirley • 2012

A Kindertransport child grows up to build a women-only tech empire, then gives it all away.

4.26

827

👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🧳 Refugee Stories 🚂 Kindertransport Stories 🧩 Autism Advocacy 👩‍👧 Working Mothers

LET IT GO 90%

A Kindertransport child grows up to build a women-only tech empire, then gives it all away.

by Stephanie Shirley 2012

4.26

827 ratings

👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🧳 Refugee Stories 🚂 Kindertransport Stories 🧩 Autism Advocacy 👩‍👧 Working Mothers

Papa Hemingway

by A.E. Hotchner • 1955

From Paris to Cuba, a trusted friend documents the fourteen-year unmaking of a literary giant.

4.20

3k+

🖋️ Literary Biography 🥂 Lost Generation ✍️ Writing Craft 🌑 Depression And Creativity 🤝 Literary Friendships

Papa Hemingway 90%

From Paris to Cuba, a trusted friend documents the fourteen-year unmaking of a literary giant.

by A.E. Hotchner 1955

4.20

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Biography 🥂 Lost Generation ✍️ Writing Craft 🌑 Depression And Creativity 🤝 Literary Friendships

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