The most popular film & Hollywood books of 2024

Books about film and Hollywood go behind the camera. Stars, directors, studio bosses and hopefuls chase fame in a world of glamour and ruthless ambition. Novels set in the golden age and today sit beside memoirs and true tales of how films get made. This list shows the ones first published in 2024.

Cover of Table For Two

Table For Two

Amor Towles

2024 · 2025 edition

464 pages

Cover of Lucky

Lucky

Louise Thompson

2024 · 2025 edition

304 pages

Cover of The Ballad of Speedball Baby

The Ballad of Speedball Baby

Ali Smith

Published 2024

336 pages

Cover of A Murder in Hollywood

A Murder in Hollywood

Casey Sherman

2024 · 2025 edition

336 pages

Cover of Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Ed Zwick

2024 · 2025 edition

320 pages

Cover of And Then We Rise

And Then We Rise

Anon9780063215177

2024 · 2025 edition

224 pages

Cover of The House of Hidden Meanings A Memoir

The House of Hidden Meanings A Memoir

RuPaul

2024 · 2025 edition

256 pages

Cover of Dinner on Monster Island Essays

Dinner on Monster Island Essays

Tania De Rozario

Published 2024

179 pages

Cover of The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults) Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults) Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

Karen Valby

2024 · 2025 edition

288 pages

Cover of The Rulebreaker The Life and Times of Barbara Walters

The Rulebreaker The Life and Times of Barbara Walters

Susan Page

2024 · 2025 edition

464 pages

Cover of Bury Your Gays

Bury Your Gays

Chuck Tingle

2024 · 2025 edition

320 pages

Cover of What Have We Here?

What Have We Here?

Billy Dee Williams

Published 2024

336 pages

Cover of The Book of Mothers

The Book of Mothers

Carrie Mullins

Published 2024

304 pages

Cover of On Locations Lessons Learned from My Life On Set with The Sopranos and in the Film Industry

On Locations Lessons Learned from My Life On Set with The Sopranos and in the Film Industry

Mark Kamine, Mike White

2024 · 2025 edition

208 pages

Cover of From Britain to Bunny

From Britain to Bunny

Zoë Gregory

Published 2024

112 pages

Cover of Errand Into the Maze The Life and Works of Martha Graham

Errand Into the Maze The Life and Works of Martha Graham

Deborah Jowitt

2024 · 2025 edition

496 pages

Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club A Family Memoir

The Friday Afternoon Club A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne

2024 · 2025 edition

400 pages

Cover of Dogland Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show

Dogland Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show

Tommy Tomlinson

2024 · 2025 edition

256 pages

Cover of Candy Darling Dreamer, Icon, Superstar

Candy Darling Dreamer, Icon, Superstar

Cynthia Carr

2024 · 2025 edition

432 pages

Cover of Reckless

Reckless

Mike Rothmiller, Douglas Thompson

Published 2024

256 pages

Cover of Wild Places

Wild Places

Hayley Rocco

Published 2024

336 pages

Cover of A Good Bad Boy Luke Perry and How a Generation Grew Up

A Good Bad Boy Luke Perry and How a Generation Grew Up

Margaret Wappler

2024 · 2025 edition

336 pages

Cover of The Third Gilmore Girl

The Third Gilmore Girl

Kelly Bishop, Amy Sherman-Palladino

Published 2024

256 pages

Cover of Looking for Andy Griffith A Father's Journey

Looking for Andy Griffith A Father's Journey

Evan Dalton Smith

Published 2024

224 pages