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Books like My story
An intimate, haunting glimpse behind the most famous smile in the world, revealing a sharp mind and a deeply bruised heart. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with My story.
- intimate
- melancholic
- haunting
- glamorous
- 01
Blonde
Joyce Carol Oates
A feverish, hallucinatory descent into the crushing machinery of American fame and the fractured soul of its greatest icon.
- 02
Ava
Ava Gardner
A smoky, late-night conversation with a screen legend who has nothing left to hide and a lifetime of stories to tell.
- 03
Frida
Hayden Herrera
An immersive, deeply empathetic portrait of a life lived at the bleeding edge of physical pain and artistic brilliance.
- 04
Love, Lucy
Lucille Ball · 1996
An intimate, bittersweet backstage pass to the life of a comedy legend, told with the warmth and grit of a woman who built her own empire.
- 05
Pornography
Andrea Dworkin · 1981
A relentless, fiery polemic that forces the reader to confront the brutal mechanics of patriarchal power and sexual subjugation.
- 06
Valley of the dolls
Jacqueline Susann · 1966
A glittering, pill-popping descent into the glamorous and ruthless underbelly of mid-century show business.
- 07
Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher · 2008
A razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud survival guide to Hollywood royalty, addiction, and the absurdity of being a human action figure.
- 08
The Diary of Anais Nin, Volume Seven, 1966-1974
Anaïs Nin · 1969
A sun-warmed, intimate glimpse into the quiet moments of a writer's life.
- 09
Henry and June
Anais Nin · 1986
An uncensored, deeply intimate plunge into a year of bohemian passion, sexual awakening, and tangled desires.
- 10
The killing of the unicorn
Peter Bogdanovich
A grief-stricken, deeply personal indictment of the Hollywood machine and the exploitation of innocence.
- 11
Gentlemen prefer blondes
Anita Loos · 1925
A sparkling, razor-sharp diary of a faux-naive flapper who knows exactly how to manipulate the men who think they are manipulating her.
- 12
Sexus
Henry Miller · 1993
A torrential, unapologetic plunge into the bohemian grit and ecstatic lust of a writer discovering his voice.
