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1. American Titan: Searching for John Wayne by Marc Eliot
2. Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel by Christina Rice
3. Anne Bancroft: A Life by Douglass K. Daniel
4. Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations by by Peter Evans and Ava Gardner
5. Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
6. Cagney by Cagney by James Cagney
7. Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic by Cecilia de Mille Presley and Mark A. Vieira
8. Charles Walters: The Director Who Could Make Hollywood Dance by Brent Phillips
9. Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life by Peter Ackroyd
10. Christmas in the Movies: 30 Classics to Celebrate the Season by Jeremy Arnold
11. Classic Hollywood Style by Caroline Young
12. Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era by by James Bawden and Ron Miller
13. Dangerous Rhythm: Why Movie Musicals Matter by Richard Barrios (Interview)
14. The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935 by James Layton and David Pierce
15. The Disenchanted by Budd Schulberg
16. Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome by Shawn Levy
17. Dynamic Dames: 50 Leading Ladies Who Made History by Sloan De Forest (written and video review) (Interview)
18. Elizabeth Taylor: A Passion for Life by Joseph Papa (interview)
19. The Entertainer: Movies, Magic, and My Father's Twentieth Century by Margaret Talbot (Interview)
20. Ernie: The Autobiography by Ernest Borgnine
21. Errol & Olivia: Ego and Obsession in Golden Era Hollywood by Robert Matzen
22. Every Frenchman Has One by Olivia de Havilland
23. Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir by Victoria Riskin (video review)
24. The Female Gaze: Essential Movies Made by Women by Alicia Malone
25. Finding Zsa Zsa by Sam Staggs
26. The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks by Tracey Goessel
27. Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by Mark Harris
28. Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934) When Sin Ruled the Movies by Mark A. Vieira (written and video review)
29. Frank: The Voice by James Kaplan (about Frank Sinatra)
30. The Genius of the System by Thomas Schatz
31. George Sanders, Zsa Zsa and Me by David R. Slavitt
32. The Girl on the Balcony: Olivia Hussey Finds Life After Romeo & Juliet by Olivia Hussey with Alexander Martin
33. The Good, the Bad and Me: In My Anecdotage by Eli Wallach
34. Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales edited by Robert S. Bader (Interview)
35. Hail, Hail, Euphoria!: Presenting the Marx Brother sin Duck Soup, The Greatest War Movie Ever Made by Roy Blount Jr.
36. Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart by Scott Eyman
37. Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes
38. Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut
39. Hollywood Beach Beauties by David Wills
40. Hollywood Black: The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers by Donald Bogle (video)
41. Hollywood Digs: An Archaeology of Shadows by Ken LaZebnik
42. Hollywood Divided: The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist by Kevin Brianton 
43. Hollywood Godfather: The Life and Crimes of Billy Wilkerson by W.R. Wilkerson III
44. Hollywood Hates Hitler! by Chris Yogerst
45. Hollywood in Kodachrome: 1940-1949
46. Hope: Entertainer of the Century by Richard Zoglin
47. The Ice Cream Blonde: The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of  Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd by Michelle Morgan (Interview)
48. I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies by Jeanine Basinger
49. I Loved Her In the Movies: Working with Legendary Actresses of Hollywood by Robert J. Wagner Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950 by Mark A. Vieira
50. John Huston: Courage and Art by Jeffrey Meyers
51. Keep Moving by Dick Van Dyke
52. King of Jazz: Paul Whiteman's Technicolor Revue by James Layton and David Pierce
53. Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood by Kirk and Anne Douglas
54. Leading Couples: The Most Unforgettable Screen Romances of the Studio Era
55. by Frank Miller
56. Learning to Live Out Loud by Piper Laurie
57. Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking by Rocky Lang and Barbara Hall
58. Life Beyond Measures: Letters to My Great Grandaughter by Sidney Poitier
59. A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 by Victoria Wilson
60. The Lives of Robert Ryan by J.R. Jones
61. M: A Graphic Novel based on the film by Fritz Lang illustrated by Jon J Muth
62. The Man Who Seduced Hollywood: The Life and Loves of Greg Bautzer, Tinseltown's Most Powerful Lawyer by B. James Gladstone (interview)
63. The Many Faces of Josephine Baker by Peggy Caravantes
64. Mary Astor's Purple Diary by Edward Sorel 
65. Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before by Steve Taravella
66. Maureen O'Hara: The Biography by Aubrey Malone
67. Memoirs of a Professional Cad by George Sanders
68. Missing Reels by Farran Smith Nehme
69. Must See Sci-Fi: 50 Movies That are Out of This World by Sloan De Forest (Interview)
70. My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt
71. A Mysterious Something in the Light: The Life of Raymond Chandler by Tom Williams
72. Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director by Patrick McGilligan
73. The Night of the Hunter - A Biography of a Film by Jeffrey Couchman
74. Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, The Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane
75. Photo by Sammy Davis Jr. by Burt Boyar
76. The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic by Richard Sandomir
77. The Real James Dean edited by Peter L. Winkler
78. Rex Ingram: Visionary Director of the Silent Screen by Ruth Barton
79. Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal That Changed Hollywood by Greg Merritt (Interview)
80. Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design by Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham
81. Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How The Graduate Became the Touchstone of a Generation by Beverly Gray
82. Seduction: Sex, Lies and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood by Karina Longworth (podcast episode)
83. Showman of the Screen: Joseph E. Levine and His Revolutions in Film Promotion by A.T. McKenna
84. The Silent Screen and My Talking Heart by Nell Shipman
85. A Song in the Dark: The Birth of Musical Film by Richard Barrios
86. Son of Harpo Speaks by Bill Marx (Interview)
87. Spencer Tracy by James Curtis
88. A Star is Born: Judy Garland and the Film That Got Away by Lorna Luft and Jeffrey Vance
89. Stella!: Mother of Modern Acting by Sheana Ochoa (Interview)
90. Stepin Fetchit: The Life and Times of Lincoln Perry by Mel Watkins
91. Sterling Hayden's Wars by Lee Mandel
92. Steve McQueen: A Biography by Marc Eliot
93. Steve McQueen: A Passion for Speed by Frederic Brun
94. Tony and Me: A Story of Friendship by Jack Klugman
95. Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart by Stefan Kanfer
96. Trumbo by Bruce Cook
97. The Unconscious Actor: Out of Control, In Full Command by Darryl Hickman
98. Unsinkable: A Memoir by Debbie Reynolds
99. Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio by David Thomson
100. Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood by John Stangeland (Interview)
101. Weddings and Movie Stars
102. West Side Story: The Jets, the Sharks, and the Making of a Classic by Richard Barrios
103. William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come by James Curtis
104. Young Man with a Horn by Dorothy Baker

Features:
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton by Matt Phelan (Interview)
Film Noir: Light and Shadow edited by Alain Silver and James Ursini
Miss D & Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis by Kathryn Sermak and Danelle Morton

Guest Reviews: 
James Bond FAQ by Tom DeMichael (Interview)
Michael Douglas: A Biography by Marc Eliot

Currently reading:


Next up:

Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film by Don Graham
Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a Lifetime of Filmdom by Leonard Maltin

Reviews coming (eventually):

We'll Always Have Casablanca by Noah Isenberg
Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast by Patrick McGilligan

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