And the Oscar for Best Conversation Starter Goes To… These 6 Books
An Academy Awards-night reading list that takes you inside Hollywood.
Between the suspenseful thrills of winner reveals during The Oscars, entertain your watch party with some thought-provoking discourse about Hollywood.
Check out these six books so that you can light up the room with conversation as brightly as the stars shine onscreen.
Who Better Than You?: The Art of Healthy Arrogance & Dreaming Big
By Will Packer
Trailblazing filmmaker and powerhouse CEO Will Packer presents powerful and illuminating stories from the front lines of Hollywood to offer a clear vision on how to manifest your own success—by believing there is no one more deserving of it than you. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Will Packer, in the Next Big Idea App or View on Amazon
Box Office Poison: Hollywood’s Story in a Century of Flops
By Tim Robey
A riotous and revealing story of Hollywood’s most spectacular flops and how they ended careers, bankrupted studios and changed film history. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Tim Robey, in the Next Big Idea App or View on Amazon
Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
By Emily Nussbaum
The rollicking saga of reality television—an ambitious cultural history of America’s most influential, most divisive artistic phenomenon, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning New Yorker writer. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Emily Nussbaum, in the Next Big Idea App or View on Amazon
Yesterday: A New History of Nostalgia
By Tobias Becker
A sweeping reassessment of our longing for the past, from the rise of “retro” to the rhetoric of Brexit and Trump. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Tobias Becker, in the Next Big Idea App or View on Amazon
MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
By Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales & Gavin Edwards
The unauthorized, behind-the-scenes story of the stunning rise―and suddenly uncertain reign―of the most transformative cultural phenomenon of our time: the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by co-author Joanna Robinson, in the Next Big Idea App or View on Amazon
Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop
By Martin Puchner
Witty, erudite, and full of wonder, Puchner argues that the humanities are (and always have been) essential to the transmission of knowledge that drives the efforts of human civilization. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Martin Puchner, in the Next Big Idea App or View on Amazon
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