Hollywood Books
LA Times' best Hollywood books of all time Compiled from a survey of experts in the worlds of publishing and entertainment and written by regular contributors to The Times’ film and book coverage, it answers that question more astutely than I ever could. In fiction and non-, across genres and decades, these titles compare Hollywood to an assembly line, a criminal enterprise, a high-seas expedition, and much more — a penchant for shape-shifting that might explain its hold on the cultural imagination.
 Hitchcock
| 4.57 | 21 reads | |
 Interior Chinatown
| 3.85 | 198 reads | |
 Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
| 4.03 | 46 reads | |
 Play It as It Lays
| 3.7 | 86 reads | |
 The Conversations : Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film
| 4 | 3 reads | |
 The Day of the Locust
| 3.48 | 35 reads | |
 The Deer Park
| 3 | 2 reads | |
 The Devil's Candy The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy Of A Hollywood Fiasco
| 2 | 1 read | |
 The studio
| 4 | 3 reads | |
 West of Eden: An American Place
| 4 | 1 read | |
 What Makes Sammy Run?
| 3.63 | 11 reads | |
 You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again
| 0 | 2 reads |