Tom Huddleston’s The Worlds of George R.R. Martin is a well-researched, engagingly written and visually immersive experience.
Steven Spielberg is an upbeat, photo-packed tribute to the famous filmmaker, written with wit and warmth by British film critic Ian Nathan.
Tim Robey’s gleefully snarky Box Office Poison reveals what went wrong, and what we might learn from 26 infamous cinematic flops.
Part oral history, part cultural analysis, Believe is an entertaining and insightful examination of Ted Lasso.
The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge is a sunny Gilmore Girls retrospective and a buoyant tribute to the reading life.
The exuberant American Diva celebrates “extraordinary, unruly, fabulous” women who earned their diva status and stood the test of time.
Bethonie Butler’s glossy coffee table book Black TV highlights the impact of Black creators on the entertainment industry.
Pulitzer Prize winner Walt Hickey champions pop culture with a cornucopia of studies, experiments and visuals in You Are What You Watch.
This survey of seven teen shows explores how they broke ground with creativity, heart and hard work, paving the way for the genre’s progressive and diverse oeuvre today.
Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key’s The History of Sketch Comedy is a wonderful soup-to-nuts compendium of everything sketch.
When Aisha Harris applies her journalistic scrutiny to the subversive pop culture icons who shaped her millennial upbringing and worldview, the magic of Wannabe comes alive.
The existence of ghosts, aliens and cryptids will seem like tame notions by the time you finish Dan Schreiber’s hilarious book about life’s greatest mysteries and most peculiar theories.
Emily Nussbaum delivers a shrewd overview of the modern TV landscape with her dazzling collection of essays.
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