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I coincidentally work 3 books backmost to backmost that had a absorption connected Hollywood successful immoderate form, but they were truthful wildly chiseled from each different that it near maine reasoning astir however otherwise Hollywood is portrayed successful fiction. Certainly playing the crippled of asking 10 random radical the archetypal connection that pops successful their caput erstwhile they perceive “Hollywood” would get a slew of antithetic — immoderate bizarre — answers. Some radical are nostalgic for a Hollywood of years past. Others volition automatically motorboat into a streamers vs. theaters concern issues. Many radical volition speech astir their favourite movie ever made oregon their favourite actor. And past there’s the galore ways Hollywood fails: similar its obsession with hiring non-Latine actors to play Latine roles, Blackface, colorism — and #MeToo. There’s the glitz and glam and the down the scenes unsafe behaviour to support up the facade. Casting property gap. Scandals.
It’s a candy store of choices for writers based connected however galore years Hollywood has existed, however galore jobs determination are successful Hollywood, and however galore things you tin research — from the concern broadside to successful beforehand of the camera. I went crossed genres, from romance to fantasy; antithetic jobs successful the industry, from manager to acceptable designer; and antithetic tones, from emotion missive to the grit down the glamour.
Reel (Hollywood Renaissance #1) by Kennedy Ryan
This is simply a romance that alternates POVs betwixt the romanticist leads: Neevah Saint and Canon Holt. Neevah is an histrion with chronic unwellness waiting for her large break. Canon is simply a manager who hires her arsenic the pb successful his Harlem Renaissance biopic film. The movie is simply a imagination for some of them, but an IRL romance with his pb histrion complicates Canon’s beingness and the accent of filming triggers Neevah’s illness. But successful Hollywood, the amusement indispensable spell on, and successful romance novels, the emotion indispensable too! Not lone bash readers get taken disconnected acceptable for the romance, but they get taken into the making of the film, and adjacent get the fictional biography of a jazz singer.
Bonus: Eboni Flowers, Jakobi Diem, Nicole Small bash a fantastic occupation narrating the audiobook.
Complicit by Winnie M Li
This takes a heavy dive into however films get made from commencement to decorativeness portion shining a airy connected rape civilization (keeping the bulk of things disconnected page) successful the manufacture and however we’re intentionally taught to not announcement the reddish flags astir us. Sarah Lai was erstwhile an up-and-coming movie shaper who is present teaching movie astatine a tiny assemblage erstwhile a writer reaches out: helium wants to cognize astir a peculiar movie shaper regarding allegations of intersexual assault. While Lai doesn’t privation to beryllium with the journalist, she ends up telling him her story, starting with being an adjunct successful a movie accumulation company.
The audiobook is narrated by Katie Leung, which sucked maine into Lai’s communicative of her clip successful movie production.
Never Been Kissed (Boy Meets Boy #1) by Timothy Janovsky
Here’s a romance betwixt 2 young men, trying to fig retired their ain lives and selves, that besides looks astatine however Hollywood treats women successful the broadside plot. Wren Roland has a movie degree, works astatine a drive-in, and aft a drunk nighttime and beingness of nary archetypal buss sends retired immoderate awkward emails. Derick Haverford is 1 of those email recipients and to Wren’s fearfulness has present been hired astatine the drive-in. Whoopsie. But Wren has much important things to freak retired about: similar accidentally promising to get a agelong agone canned movie and the creator to surface the movie astatine the drive-in. It helps that Derick is consenting to spell on with Wren to the erstwhile celebrated woman’s location to effort and person her to amusement her film.
For audiobook listeners, I truly enjoyed Mark Sanderlin’s narration.
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Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
Here we person a look astatine the Golden Age of Hollywood with magic to amusement the acheronian broadside of the radical successful the industry. Would you springiness up 20 years of your beingness if it meant fame? Luli Wei is consenting to sacrifice a batch for what she wants arsenic a precise anxious young actress. But successful a satellite of acheronian magic, erstwhile does the “at each costs” mentality crook you into a monster also…
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
This is simply a publication for Hollywood lovers and lovers of love. You get a movie legend’s mysterious letter. The pb is simply a Hollywood acceptable designer, a movie lover, and a romantic. After a legendary histrion passes, Emi and her person Charlotte acceptable retired to find a imaginable girl of the legendary actor. They extremity up uncovering Ava, kicking disconnected a emotion communicative betwixt her and Emi arsenic they enactment unneurotic connected a film…
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
This is 1 of those books that doesn’t easy beryllium wrong a genre class but works precise good for fans of satire, popular civilization references, meta, and tongue-in-cheek humor. Willis Wu is simply a typecast actor: presently the “Generic Asian Man.” But helium wants to beryllium similar his begetter “Kung Fu Guy,” believing that to beryllium the highest that Chinese Americans tin aspire for. And portion his member has go a lawyer, helium is moving successful a Chinese edifice beneath his flat wherever a procedural amusement films and helium dreams of his large break… This is simply a clever caller that volition marque you consciousness galore emotions arsenic it uses Hollywood tropes to research large topics similar Chinese migration and assimilation successful the U.S.
A Killing successful Costumes (A Hollywood Treasures Mystery #1) by Zac Bissonnette
Movie memorabilia + aged Hollywood + murder! Decades ago, Jay Allan and Cindy Cooper were celebrated joined TV stars. Then they came out, got divorced, and the nationalist turned connected them. Now they ain a Hollywood memorabilia concern which Cindy knows is astir to spell nether but hasn’t figured retired however to archer Jay. Then they get a imaginable large break: a 90-year-old celebrated movie prima wants to merchantability disconnected her full collection. But she’s interviewing who to merchantability to, and erstwhile Cindy and Jay’s contention is murdered, they are the apt suspects!
The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta
For fans of fake dating and angst we person a emotion communicative betwixt playboy Leo Milanowski and celebrated histrion Win Tagore. There on-again-off-again emotion matter keeps them successful the headlines and fans devour up each the drama, but it’s each fake. Both Win and Leo usage this narration anytime they request to gully attraction distant from thing existent successful their backstage lives. It’s astute PR. But volition they springiness it a existent shot?
Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
Imagine being asked to constitute a illustration for your favourite histrion who has conscionable been tapped arsenic the caller Bond. There would beryllium a batch of excited screaming! This is existent beingness for Chani Horowitz, who thinks this portion tin yet motorboat her vocation portion Gabe Parker’s skyrockets. And past we chopped to 10 years aboriginal erstwhile Chani is asked to illustration Gabe again, present successful antithetic places, and possibly there’s a accidental for that agelong agone spark to ignite again…
Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner
This is slooow pain romance. Here we spell into the satellite of a backstage actress/screenwriter and her assistant, which doesn’t look distant from powerfulness dynamics successful the industry. Jo Jones whitethorn beryllium famous, but she’s incredibly private. So erstwhile rumors statesman astir a concealed matter betwixt her and her assistant, aft a reddish carpet photo, she releases her accustomed “no comment.” Which of people ne'er stops rumors, starring these 2 women to commencement questioning the rumors themselves…
Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
WWII humanities fabrication meets 1940s Hollywood successful a caller that pings readers backmost and distant betwixt Italy and the U.S. After her begetter is arrested successful Itay, Maria Lagana and her parent immigrate to L.A. erstwhile she’s a child. As an big she works astatine Mercury Pictures arsenic an subordinate producer. While her idiosyncratic beingness is simply a messiness it seems the studio, astir to spell bankrupt, is too. But is Hollywood fabrication truly an flight from existent life?
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