Greetings fellow readers! I'm proud to introduced the newest classic film related books publishing in the second half of 2025. There is a great mix of titles here and lots of different subjects and plenty of returning authors too. And per usual you'll find new titles on Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock and John Wayne because the industry hasn't run out of ideas on books about them.
A special shout out to my friends Kim Luperi and Danny Reid who have an excellent book coming out on Pre-Code films! They are both top experts on the subject matter and I'm excited for you to all to read their new book.
Are you new to my list? Here are the details. The books include biographies, memoirs, scholarly texts, coffee table books and more from a variety of publishers. For any scholarly books I make sure the ones included are affordable. There are also some reissues and paperback editions added to the bunch. Publication dates range from July 2005 to December 2025 and these are subject to change. These are U.S. release dates. International release dates and availability may vary. Note that this is by no means a complete list.
Links go to Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Powell's (note that a lot of Powell's links will be missing as they've changed what they list and how far ahead they list). I receive a small commission if you shop through some (not all) of my buy links.
Happy reading!
JULY
9780063251021
Clint
The Man and the Movies
by Shawn Levy
Mariner Books
560 pages — July 2025
**Paperback Edition**
9780806541952
The Exorcist Legacy
50 Years of Fear
by Nat Segaloff
368 pages — July 2025
9798886742190
Hitchcock Tails
Lethal Libations Inspired by the Master of Suspense
by Laurence Masion
Weldon Owen
144 pages — July 2025
**Paperback Edition**
9781493090891
MGM Style
Cedric Gibbons and the Art of the Golden Age of Hollywood
by Howard Gutner
Lyons Press
304 pages — July 2025
9798855800630
Overhearing Film Music
Conversations with Screen Composers
by John Caps
SUNY Press
408 pages — July 2025
9781985902657
There's No Going Back
The Life and Work of Jonathan Demme
by David M. Stewart
foreword by Joseph B. Atkins
University Press of Kentucky
280 pages —July 2025
AUGUST
9781639369317
Bogart and Huston
Their Lives, Their Adventures, and the Classic Movies They Made Together
by Nat Segaloff
Pegasus Books
240 pages — August 2025
9781985902886
Cesar Romero
The Joker is Wild
by Samuel Garza Bernstein
foreword by Michael Uslan
University Press of Kentucky
288 pages — August 2025
9781350361416
Chantal Akerman
Filmmaker and Philosopher
by Andreja Novakovic
Bloomsbury Academic
288 pages — August 2025
9781684818549
Cinephile
Interviews, Essays, and Tales from the Red Carpet
by Adnan Virk
Mango
250 pages — August 2025
9781350429321
David Lean
Filmmaker and Philosopher
by Lydia Goehr
Bloomsbury Academic
304 pages — August 2025
9780806543925
Fever
The Complete History of Saturday Night Fever
by Margo Donohue
Citadel
272 pages — August 2025
9781538739297
Ready for My Closeup
The Making of Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream
by David M. Lubin
Grand Central Publishing
320 pages — August 2025
9780813571676
Steven Spielberg’s Children
by Linda Ruth Williams
Rutgers University Press
318 pages — August 2025
**Paperback Edition**
9781324110453
A Complicated Passion
The Life and Work of Agnes Varda
by Carrie Rickey
W.W. Norton & Company
304 pages — August 2025
9780300250749
The Letters of Frank Loesser
by Frank Loesser
edited by Dominic Broomfield-McHugh and Cliff Eisen
Yale University Press
672 pages — August 2025
SEPTEMBER
9781558613508
Absolute Pleasure
Queer Perspectives on Rocky Horror
edited by Margot Atwell
The Feminist Press at CUNY
272 pages — September 2025
**Second Edition**
9781839029295
BFI Classics: Grey Gardens
by Matthew Tinkcom
BFI/Bloomsbury
96 pages — September 2025
9781839025860
BFI Classics: Hanyo (The Housemaid)
by Youngmin Choe
BFI/Bloomsbury
104 pages — September 2025
9781835414095
Birds, Strangers and Psychos
New Stories Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock
edited by Maxim Jakubowski
Titan Books
416 pages — September 2025
9781643150840
Bride of Frankenstein
(film|minutes)
by Shane Denson
Lever Press
235 pages — September 2025
9781835413869
Caligula
The Official Story of the Film
by Thomas Negovan
Titan Books
192 pages — September 2025
9780760397107
Coloring Creepy Horror Movies
An Unofficial Coloring Adventure
Walter Foster Publishing
96 pages — September 2025
9780760397091
Coloring Rom-Com Movie Magic
An Unofficial Coloring Adventure
Walter Foster Publishing
96 pages — September 2025
9780762486397
Criss-Cross
The Making of Hitchcock’s Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train
by Stephen Rebello
Running Press
320 pages — September 2025
9781836005964
David Lynch
His Work, His World
by Tom Huddleston
Frances Lincoln/Quarto Group
240 pages — September 2025
9781788843331
Dear Marilyn
The Unseen Letters and Photographs
by Sam Shaw
ACC Art Books
240 pages — September 2025
9781454960898
Dogs Are a Woman’s Best Friend
by Frances Evans
illustrated by Alissa Levy
Union Square & Co
96 pages — September 2025
9780762488506
Film Fashion Icons
A Deck and Guidebook of Style Inspiration from Classic Hollywood
by Alicia Malone
Running Press Studio/TCM
88 pages/cards — September 2025
9798886743326
The Greatest Star
Behind the Scenes of Sunset Boulevard
The Official 75th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
by Jeffrey Vance
Preface by Nancy Olson Livingston
Weldon Owen
288 pages — September 2025
**Revised and Expanded Edition**
9781803365145
The Hammer Story
by Marcus Hearn and Alan Barnes
Foreword by Christopher Lee
Titan Books
224 pages — September 2025
9780231220927
Hollywood's Others
Love and Limitation in the Star System
by Katherine Fusco
Columbia University Press
224 pages — September 2025
9798337400143
Jaws Hardcover Journal
Insight Editions
192 pages — September 2025
9780197620885
John Williams
A Composer’s Life
by Tim Greiving
Oxford University Press
640 pages — September 2025
**Reissue**
9781529446753
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
by Roger Lewis
Mobius
1024 pages — September 2025
9781802798456
Making Monsters
Inside Stories from the Creators of Hollywood's Most Iconic Creatures
by Howard Berger and Marshall Julius
Welbeck
320 pages — September 2025
9781835413890
Night of the Living Dead
The Official Novelization
by John Russo
Titan Books
208 pages — September 2025
Amazon —Barnes and Noble — Powell’s
9781835414019
Night of the Living Dead
The Official Story of the Film
by Simon Braund
Titan Books
192 pages — September 2025
9780806543888
Rear Window
The Making of a Hitchcock Masterpiece in the Hollywood Golden Age
by Jennifer O'Callaghan
Citadel
272 pages — September 2025
9781668087633
Scream with Me
Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980)
by Eleanor Johnson
Atria Books
352 pages — September 2025
9781787747562
Sergio Leone
The Revolution of the Western
by Amazing Amexiane
Titan Comics
192 pages — September 2025
9781978837669
**Fourth Edition**
A Short History of Film
by Wheeler Winston Dixon and Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
Rutgers University Press
592 pages — September 2025
9781496858665
Too Fast, Too Short
The Life of Diana Barrymore
by Jennifer Ann Redmond
University Press of Mississippi
256 pages — September 2025
9781836004813
The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki
The Influences and Inspiration Behind the Iconic Films
by Nicolas Rapold
Frances Lincoln
224 pages — September 2025
OCTOBER
9781839026522
BFI Classics: Die Hard
by Jon Lewis
BFI/Bloomsbury
104 pages — October 2025
9781839028069
BFI Classics: Hester Street
by Julia Wagner
BFI/Bloomsbury
112 pages — October 2025
9781839028946
BFI Classics: Nashville
by Heather Hendershot
BFI/Bloomsbury
104 pages — October 2025
9781538195826
Bringing Song and Dance to the Screen
Directors of Golden Age Hollywood Musicals
by Thomas S. Hischak
Bloomsbury Academic
208 pages — October 2025
9780826368324
Broken Arrow
Reel West
by Angela Aleiss
University of New Mexico Press
168 pages — October 2025
**Paperback Edition**
9781982185800
Dorothy Parker in Hollywood
by Gail Crowther
Gallery Books
304 pages — October 2025
9788862088480
Douglas Kirkland: Romance
by Douglas Kirkland
Damiani
112 pages — October 2025
9781840919806
Fifty Dresses that Changed the World
by Design Museum
Conran
112 pages — October 2025
9780197681282
Hitchcock and Herrmann
The Friendship and Film Scores that Changed Cinema
by Steven C. Smith
Oxford University Press
312 pages — October 2025
9780956648785
The Hollywood History of Art
by Christopher Frayling
Reel Art Press
368 pages — October 2025
9780826368386
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Reel West
by Chris Yogerst
University of New Mexico Press
160 pages — October 2025
9781837996070
The Movie Lover's Quiz Book
Over 900 Questions on Your Favourite Films, Movie Stars and Directors
by Gary Wigglesworth
Summersdale
240 pages — October 2025
9798894140551
Pre-Code Essentials
Must-See Cinema from Hollywood’s Untamed Era, 1930-1934
by Kim Luperi and Danny Reid
TCM and Running Press
256 pages — October 2025
9781496859136
Ray Milland
Identity, Stardom, and the Long Climb to The Lost Weekend
Gillian Kelly
University Press of Mississippi
288 pages — October 2025
9780762489664
Rewinding The ’80s
Cinema Under the Influence of Music Videos, Action Stars, and a Cold War
by John Malahy
Running Press/TCM
288 pages — October 2025
NOVEMBER
9781476696300
Assembly-Line Auteur
The Pre-Code Films of William Wellman
by David Meuel
McFarland
173 pages — November 2025
9781839028021
BFI Classics: The Before Trilogy
by Lucas Hilderbrand
BFI/Bloomsbury
112 pages — November 2025
9781839027802
BFI Classics: Billy Elliot
by James Leggott
BFI/Bloomsbury
104 pages — November 2025
9781839027062
BFI Classics: Kaagaz Ke Phool (Paper Flowers)
by Lalitha Gopalan
BFI/Bloomsbury
104 pages — November 2025
9781839027765
BFI Classics: Rebel Without a Cause
by Glyn Davis
BFI/Bloomsbury
96 pages — November 2025
**Reissue**
9781592115006
Clara Bow
My Story
by Clara Bow
Histria A&E/IPG
150 pages — November 2025
9781668047309
Joan Crawford
A Woman’s Face
by Scott Eyman
Simon & Schuster
480 pages — November 2025
9798894140421
Lucy & Desi
The Love Letters
by Lucie Arnaz with Elisabeth Edwards
Running Press Adult
240 pages — November 2025
9781324111078
Making Mary Poppins
The Sherman Brothers, Walt Disney, and the Creation of a Classic Film
by Todd James Pierce
W.W. Norton
240 pages — November 2025
9781836006435
Martin Scorsese
The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work
by Ian Nathan
176 pages — November 2025
9781964487182
The Official John Wayne Handy Book Library for Men
by Various
Media Lab Books
Boxed set — November 2025
9780253073914
Sound and Horror in the Giallo Film
by Damien Pollard
Indiana University Press
186 pages — November 2025
9781668075500
We Did OK, Kid
A Memoir
by Anthony Hopkins
Summit Books
368 pages — November 2025
DECEMBER
9781839028328
BFI Classics: Dilwale Dulhania le Jayenge
by Anupama Chopra
BFI/Bloomsbury
104 pages — December 2025
9781476694405
Billy Wilder and Some Like It Hot
The Genesis of America's Greatest Screen Comedy
by Wes D. Gehring
McFarland
191 pages — December 2025
**Paperback Edition**
9781496859976
Claudette Colbert
She Walked in Beauty
by Bernard F. Dick
University Press of Mississippi
304 pages — December 2025
9780814350621
Comebacks
The Return of the Aging Film Star
edited by Gloria Monti and Martin Shingler
Wayne State University Press
256 pages — December 2025
9798895652848
The Hollywood Fix
by Richard Kirshenbaum
Post Hill Press
400 pages — December 2025
9781476695334
King of the Action Thriller
Films from the Mind of Alistair MacLean
by Brian Hannan
McFarland
195 pages — December 2025
9780316580519
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
A True Crime Thriller
by James Patterson and Imogen Edwards-Jones
Little, Brown and Company
416 pages — December 2025
Which books caught your eye?
