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Books like Valley of the dolls
A glittering, pill-popping descent into the glamorous and ruthless underbelly of mid-century show business. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Valley of the dolls.
- feverish
- glitzy
- claustrophobic
- seductive
- 01
Hollywood Wives
Jackie Collins · 1983
A deliciously decadent, gossip-fueled romp through the sun-drenched, scandal-ridden mansions of 1980s Los Angeles.
- 02
Postcards from the Edge
Carrie Fisher · 1991
A razor-sharp, darkly hilarious plunge into the glittering, toxic deep end of Hollywood and the messy work of getting sober.
- 03
Once Is Not Enough
Jacqueline Susann · 1973
A glittering, tragic plunge into the decadent and destructive world of 1970s high society.
- 04
Play It as It Lays
Joan Didion
A sun-bleached, razor-sharp descent into the hollow core of 1960s Hollywood and the fractured psyche of a woman with nothing left to lose.
- 05
The Day of the Locust
Nathanael West · 1983
A feverish, apocalyptic descent into the rotting, desperate underbelly of Hollywood's golden age.
- 06
Hollywood Babylon
Kenneth Anger
A lurid, gleefully wicked tour through the rotting foundations of the world's most glamorous company town.
- 07
Delta of Venus
Anaïs Nin · 1977
A lush, dreamlike descent into bohemian decadence and the unapologetic depths of female desire.
- 08
Mommie Dearest
Christina Crawford · 1978
A harrowing, claustrophobic descent behind the velvet ropes of Old Hollywood glamour into a nightmare of maternal cruelty.
- 09
Dream Of Love
Kay Clifford
A glamorous but emotionally tangled romance where a fake engagement paves the way for real heartache.
- 10
Out of the Attic
Virginia C. Andrews
A breathless, soapy descent into the gilded but rotting core of a deeply twisted family tree.
- 11
Sisters
Danielle Steel · 2007
A sweeping, glamorous family drama that wraps you in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood as tragedy forces four women to redefine their lives.
- 12
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath · 2006
A sharp, darkly funny, and suffocatingly intimate portrait of a young woman's mind turning against itself.
