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Books about Music, Film, and the Entertainment Industry

Books have the power to transport you to different places. These books about music, film, and the entertainment industry will take you behind the scenes of your favorite classic movies, on stage with your rock idols, and under the flashing lights of the red carpet. 

Whether you’re one to bow down to King Elvis, you're looking to learn more about Bob Dylan, you’re searching for your new favorite artist, or you just want to know about the musical way of life, we have great books about the music industry for you. 

More of a movie fan? Here are some books about film from actors, directors, critics, and overall experts to expand your knowledge of both the history of Hollywood and cutting edge innovations in modern movie making. 

No matter what curtain you’re trying to peek behind, this list of books about the entertainment industry will give you the inside scoop on our favorite actors, musicians, albums, and films! 

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Bright Lights, Prairie Dust
Bright Lights, Prairie Dust
by Karen Grassle
The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook
The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook
by Julian Fellowes, Regula Ysewijn
Letterman
Letterman
by Jason Zinoman
Living Like a Runaway
Living Like a Runaway
by Lita Ford
Downton Abbey Script Book Season 1
Downton Abbey Script Book Season 1
by Julian Fellowes
French Exit
French Exit
by Patrick deWitt
Last Night at the Viper Room
Last Night at the Viper Room
by Gavin Edwards
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Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
by Donald Brown
Montgomery Clift
Montgomery Clift
by Patricia Bosworth
Unsinkable
Unsinkable
by Debbie Reynolds, Dorian Hannaway
The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh
The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh
by James Campbell, Minette Shepard
The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook
The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook
by Downton Abbey, Gareth Neame
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
by Gucci Mane, Neil Martinez-Belkin
Knits for Nerds
Knits for Nerds
by Toni Carr
So You Think You Know Rock and Roll?
So You Think You Know Rock and Roll?
by Peter E. Meltzer
The Purple Diaries
The Purple Diaries
by Joseph Egan
Please Kill Me
Please Kill Me
by Gillian McCain, Legs McNeil
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
by William Stillman, Jay Scarfone
Girls to the Front
Girls to the Front
by Sara Marcus
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
by Donald H. Wolfe
I'll Be There For You
I'll Be There For You
by Kelsey Miller
American Princess
American Princess
by Leslie Carroll
Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale
by Pat Shipman
Buyer & Cellar
Buyer & Cellar
by Jonathan Tolins
Aeschylus I
Aeschylus I
by David Grene, Aeschylus, Mark Griffith, Richmond Lattimore
Walking with Ghosts
Walking with Ghosts
by Gabriel Byrne
Capote
Capote
by Gerald Clarke
Charles Walters
Charles Walters
by Brent Phillips
Third Girl from the Left
Third Girl from the Left
by Christine Barker
Game of Thrones: A Guide to Westeros and Beyond
Game of Thrones: A Guide to Westeros and Beyond
by Myles McNutt
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
Candy Darling
Candy Darling
by James Rasin, Candy Darling
Orange Is the New Black Presents: The Cookbook
Orange Is the New Black Presents: The Cookbook
by Tara Hermann, Alex Regnery, Jenji Kohan, Hartley Voss
The City on the Edge of Forever
The City on the Edge of Forever
by Harlan Ellison
Five Strides on the Banked Track
Five Strides on the Banked Track
by Frank Deford, Jerry Seltzer, Frank Deford, Walter Iooss
Cloris
Cloris
by Cloris Leachman, George Englund
Women in Love
Women in Love
by Frank Rich, Larry Kramer
I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends
I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends
by Courtney Robertson, Deb Baer
The Comedians
The Comedians
by Kliph Nesteroff
Notes on a Cowardly Lion
Notes on a Cowardly Lion
by John Lahr
The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women
by Euripides
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey
by Justyn Barnes
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
by Michael Coveney
Twelve Against the Gods
Twelve Against the Gods
by William Bolitho
The Coen Brothers
The Coen Brothers
by Adam Nayman
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The Origins of Cool in Postwar America
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by Joel Dinerstein
Macbeth
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
King Lear
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story
by Caseen Gaines
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There are many different great books about music. If you’re looking to get insight into life as a rockstar, try Steven Tyler’s autobiography, Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? or Pat Benatar’s memoir, Between a Heart and a Rock Place. If you’re a classical music fan, Maynard Solomon’s Pulitzer prize finalist Mozart is a great choice. For an excellent installation of music history, reach for Andrew Grant Jackson’s historical narrative of a key year, 1965

The best books about the entertainment industry give insider secrets about how things are done in showbiz. A Star Is Found, a book by two of Hollywood’s top casting agents, explains how actors are chosen and stars are made. In I'm Your Biggest Fan, Kate Coyne, an executive editor for People magazine, dishes out stories about meeting and reporting some of the biggest stars in the business.