3.95 avg rating — 72,756 ratings

"A surprisingly moving story of a traveling side show family of freaks. "

3.49 avg rating — 5,434 ratings

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3.98 avg rating — 2,000 ratings

"I try to read this book once a year, but is to film junkies what "High Fidelity" is to Music lovers."

3.94 avg rating — 47,970 ratings

"A dark tale of four women working at a boxes lunch factory, so soon find themselves mixed up in a much darker trade."

3.62 avg rating — 414 ratings

"A year spent watching nothing but bad movies. Funny and a shopping list for bad cinema lovers"

3.71 avg rating — 975 ratings

"A great collection of essays on subjects as diverse as anarchists to traveling with Motley Crue."

4.29 avg rating — 102,192 ratings

"The definitive account of the high school shooting which shocked the world"

3.82 avg rating — 242 ratings

"Irrelevant reviews of porn films, by the former "Bizarre" Columnist which are frequently more focused on amusing stories from his life than the films themselves"

3.79 avg rating — 2,094 ratings

"A great collection of articles written by Kevin Smith when he was still at the height of his powers."

3.57 avg rating — 13,719 ratings

"Before she became an oscar winning screenwriter, Diablo Cody worked as a stripper. This is the story of those years told in her always unique style."

4.18 avg rating — 136,886 ratings

"Who'd have thought the game of Chess could be as gripping as portrayed here"

3.77 avg rating — 352 ratings

"A great book on one man's obsession with a giant radioactive lizard."

3.96 avg rating — 57,278 ratings

"Collection of random stories from Augusten's life"

4.08 avg rating — 217,321 ratings

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4.06 avg rating — 239,436 ratings

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3.54 avg rating — 28 ratings

"A mixed collection of stories inspired by the music of "Sonic Youth""

3.77 avg rating — 25,343 ratings

"It's the book you would have expected "Jaws" to have been after seeing the film. Still the first in Alten's Meg series about killer giant sharks!"

3.42 avg rating — 510 ratings

"Who would have guessed the bad guy from "Under Siege 2" would also be a bad ass writer :)"

4.09 avg rating — 54 ratings

"Devil chickens, Satquatch and an other misadventures with incredibly Strange Wrestling"

3.92 avg rating — 1,659 ratings

"Possibly the most authentic prison novel ever written, by Ex con and Pulp crime writer, who was also "Mr Blue" in "Reservoir Dogs" "

3.90 avg rating — 1,279 ratings

"The fictional autobiography of Fatty Arbuckle which provides a fascinating insight into the early years of cinema and one of it's first big scandals."

3.72 avg rating — 51,582 ratings

"While he might be best known for "American Psycho" this is still his best book to date"

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"He might be best known for "Fight Club" but this is his most essential book to read."