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Will There Really Be a Morning? by Frances Farmer80629 by Gene Church
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,238 books — 3,853 voters
Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838–1839 by Fanny KembleThe Diary of Caroline Seabury, 1854-1863 by Caroline SeaburyThe Journal of Sarah Haynsworth Gayle, 1827-1835 by Sarah Haynsworth GayleThe Plantation Mistress by Catherine ClintonMary's World by Richard N. Côté
Antebellum Women - Scanty List Needs Your Help
148 books — 15 voters

Royal cookbook; by edited by DOHERTY Robert H.The Greedy Queen by Annie GrayDining with the Rich and Royal by Fiona RossTea Fit for a Queen by Historic Royal Palaces Ente...Dinners with Famous Women by Eugenia R. Van Vliet
Eating Like a Royal or Aristocrat - Nonfiction
277 books — 17 voters
Victor Fleming by Michael SragowConversations with Classic Film Stars by James BawdenLIFE Hidden Hollywood by LIFEThe Making of Some Like It Hot by Tony CurtisThe Star Machine by Jeanine Basinger
Best Books on Old Hollywood
124 books — 56 voters

Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
Marie-Antoinette Non-Fiction
30 books — 26 voters
Over a Hot Stove by Flo WadlowAprons and Silver Spoons by Mollie MoranPrivate Life in Britain's Stately Homes by Michael PatersonLife Below Stairs by Pamela HornServants by Lucy Lethbridge
Domestic Service (Non Fiction)
63 books — 18 voters

The Star Machine by Jeanine BasingerMake 'Em Laugh by Debbie ReynoldsYou Must Remember This by Robert J. Wagner
Books About Hollywood
245 books — 121 voters
Rat Pack Party Girl by Jane McCormickYou'll Never Make Love in This Town Again by Lois LeeThe Happy Hooker by Xaviera Hollander
Sex Worker Memoirs
196 books — 107 voters

A Darling of the Twenties by Madge BellamyLITTLE GIRL IN BIG PICTURES by Marilyn KnowldenFrom Hollywood With Love by Bessie LoveAmerican Prince by Tony CurtisAlma Rubens, Silent Snowbird by Gary Don Rhodes
Golden Hollywood Memoir
95 books — 33 voters
Adventures with D.W. Griffith by Karl Brown
Famous Friends, Family or people I worked for/with
222 books — 24 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Is It Just Me? Books You Disliked That Everyone Else Seems To Love
2,085 books — 2,694 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathI'm with the Band by Pamela Des Barres
65 Books You Need to Read in Your 20s (according to Buzzfeed)
149 books — 108 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe Godfather by Mario PuzoMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,228 books — 14,345 voters
Jane Austen and Food by Maggie LaneThe American Plate by Libby H. O'ConnellHow Carrots Won the Trojan War by Rebecca RuppThe Language of Food by Dan JurafskyFood in Time and Place by Paul Freedman
Food & Drink Histories (nonfiction)
193 books — 40 voters

The American Plate by Libby H. O'ConnellHow Carrots Won the Trojan War by Rebecca RuppTaste by Kate ColquhounAn Antebellum Plantation Household by Anne Sinkler Whaley LeclercqFood in the Civil War Era by Helen Zoe Veit
History through Food and Cooking (nonfiction)
243 books — 64 voters
The Victorian Governess by Kathryn HughesDiamonds at Dinner by Hilda NewmanCocoa at Midnight by Tom QuinnAprons and Silver Spoons by Mollie MoranOver a Hot Stove by Flo Wadlow
Nonfiction Books about Servants
143 books — 27 voters

What Was She Thinking? by Zoë Heller
Anti-Heroines
372 books — 204 voters
Diary of Miss Emma Holmes, 1861–1866 by John F. MarszalekWhen the World Ended by Emma LeConteThe Secret Eye by Ella Gertrude Thomas-ClantonThe War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865 by Eliza Frances AndrewsFrom Civility to Survival by Neal E. Wixson
American Civil War Diaries, Memoirs, and Letter Collections
118 books — 18 voters

The Hidden Girl by Louise MillarKeep Your Friends Close by Paula DalyA Single Breath by Lucy ClarkeBefore We Met by Lucie WhitehouseAs She Left It by Catriona McPherson
Psychological Chillers by Women
456 books — 606 voters
The Journal of Sarah Haynsworth Gayle, 1827-1835 by Sarah Haynsworth GayleThe Secret Eye by Ella Gertrude Thomas-ClantonA Remembrance of Eden by Margaret Jones BolsterliWomen's Diaries of the Westward Journey by Lillian SchlisselThe Diary of Caroline Seabury, 1854-1863 by Caroline Seabury
Women's Journals and Diaries in History
469 books — 213 voters

Mary Chesnut's Civil War by Mary Boykin ChesnutLiving Hell by Michael C.C. AdamsBrokenburn by Kate StoneMothers of Invention by Drew Gilpin Faust
Best American Civil War Books
998 books — 975 voters
All for the Union by Robert Hunt RhodesLucy Breckinridge of Grove Hill by Mary D. RobertsonA Remembrance of Eden by Margaret Jones BolsterliDiary of Miss Emma Holmes, 1861–1866 by John F. MarszalekWhen the World Ended by Emma LeConte
Civil War Letters and Diaries
97 books — 27 voters

Conversations With Joan Crawford by Roy Newquist
Best Interview Books
271 books — 34 voters
Ann Dvorak by Christina RiceAlma Rubens, Silent Snowbird by Gary Don RhodesGloria Swanson by Stephen Michael ShearerLana by Lana TurnerDear Cary by Dyan Cannon
movie biographies
209 books — 41 voters

Nearest Thing to Crazy by Elizabeth ForbesInto the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth HaynesUnder Your Skin by Sabine DurrantUntil You're Mine by Samantha Hayes
Female Psychological Thrillers/Suspense Written by Women
1,304 books — 3,304 voters
Hollywood Unknowns by Anthony SlideGods Like Us by Ty BurrThe Big Screen by David ThomsonBride of “Golden Images” - 42 Essays on Film Stars of the 193... by Eve GoldenHollywood by Kevin Brownlow
Classic Film Books
428 books — 109 voters

Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels by Michael G. AnkerichL.A. Despair by John GilmoreMommie Dearest by Christina CrawfordYou'll Never Make Love in This Town Again by Lois LeeHollywood Babble On by Boze Hadleigh
Hollywood,Fame,Money and Scandal
152 books — 88 voters
The Sea Sisters by Lucy Clarke
Takes you away...to the beach
380 books — 266 voters

The Sea Sisters by Lucy Clarke
Vacation Reads
352 books — 106 voters
Asking for Trouble by Kristina Lloyd
Smut for the Smart
1,590 books — 2,033 voters


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