1920s Nonfiction Books

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The Battle for Beverly Hills: A City’s Independence and the Birth of Celebrity Politics The Battle for Beverly Hills: A City’s Independence and the Birth of Celebrity Politics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.44 — 43 ratings — published
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Max Factor: The Man Who Changed the Faces of the World Max Factor: The Man Who Changed the Faces of the World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 653 ratings — published 2008
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Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.25 — 890 ratings — published 2022
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Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,008 ratings — published 2004
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Fearless and Free: A Memoir Fearless and Free: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.50 — 903 ratings — published 1949
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Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 162 ratings — published
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Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,029 ratings — published 2024
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Broadway Butterfly: Vivian Gordon, the Lady Gangster of Jazz Age New York Broadway Butterfly: Vivian Gordon, the Lady Gangster of Jazz Age New York (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.26 — 106 ratings — published
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A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,584 ratings — published 2024
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Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.56 — 1,542 ratings — published 2022
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Nothing but the Night: Leopold & Loeb and the Truth Behind the Murder That Rocked 1920s America Nothing but the Night: Leopold & Loeb and the Truth Behind the Murder That Rocked 1920s America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 625 ratings — published 2022
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Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,834 ratings — published 1988
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Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.70 — 454 ratings — published 2014
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Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.63 — 805 ratings — published 2003
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Vampires in Silent Cinema Vampires in Silent Cinema (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 2024
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Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.78 — 121 ratings — published 2016
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Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.78 — 1,210 ratings — published 2022
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Magnificent Rebel: Nancy Cunard in Jazz Age Paris Magnificent Rebel: Nancy Cunard in Jazz Age Paris (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 110 ratings — published
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Olive Borden: The Life and Films of Hollywood's "Joy Girl" Olive Borden: The Life and Films of Hollywood's "Joy Girl" (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.85 — 13 ratings — published 2010
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Mabel Mabel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.65 — 95 ratings — published 1992
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Alma Rubens, Silent Snowbird: Her Complete 1930 Memoir, with a New Biography and Filmography Alma Rubens, Silent Snowbird: Her Complete 1930 Memoir, with a New Biography and Filmography (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 18 ratings — published 2006
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The Honeycomb The Honeycomb (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 44 ratings — published 1969
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Love, Laughter, and Tears: My Hollywood Story Love, Laughter, and Tears: My Hollywood Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.54 — 28 ratings — published 1978
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The Fixers: Eddie Mannix, Howard Strickling and the MGM Publicity Machine The Fixers: Eddie Mannix, Howard Strickling and the MGM Publicity Machine (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.52 — 348 ratings — published 2004
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The Woman Who Dared: The Life and Times of Pearl White, Queen of the Serials (Screen Classics) The Woman Who Dared: The Life and Times of Pearl White, Queen of the Serials (Screen Classics)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published
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Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.85 — 550 ratings — published 2022
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Chaplin Chaplin (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 5 ratings — published
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Gangbuster: One Man's Battle Against Crime, Corruption, and the Klan Gangbuster: One Man's Battle Against Crime, Corruption, and the Klan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 307 ratings — published
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The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 147 ratings — published 2015
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Miss del Río: A Novel of Dolores del Río, the First Major Latina Star in Hollywood Miss del Río: A Novel of Dolores del Río, the First Major Latina Star in Hollywood (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.64 — 1,045 ratings — published 2022
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American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,852 ratings — published 2022
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Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips (Screen Classics) Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips (Screen Classics)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 112 ratings — published 2012
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Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.37 — 75 ratings — published 2007
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La Véritable Joséphine Baker La Véritable Joséphine Baker (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published
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Alice Diamond And The Forty Elephants: Britain's First Female Crime Syndicate Alice Diamond And The Forty Elephants: Britain's First Female Crime Syndicate (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.01 — 100 ratings — published 2015
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Silent Film Silent Film (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 15 ratings — published 1995
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French Cinema: The First Wave, 1915-1929 French Cinema: The First Wave, 1915-1929 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.71 — 7 ratings — published 1984
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Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale (Screen Classics) Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale (Screen Classics)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 2.82 — 33 ratings — published 2011
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Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 421 ratings — published 2003
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Nazimova Nazimova (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 109 ratings — published 1997
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Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.35 — 79 ratings — published
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Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,316 ratings — published 2021
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Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 363 ratings — published 2021
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Goodbye to All That Goodbye to All That (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 15,405 ratings — published 1929
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A Room of One’s Own A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 251,417 ratings — published 1929
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A Preface to Morals A Preface to Morals (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as 1920s-nonfiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 98 ratings — published 1929
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