If you loved fame behind closed doors
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Taylor Jenkins Reid
Why Matchbook recommends it: Another TJR story peels back a glamorous public image to reveal ambition, relationships and competing versions of what really happened.
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If Evelyn Hugo hooked you with old Hollywood glamour, ambition, complicated love and a woman finally telling the truth about the life everyone thought they understood, start here.
If you loved fame behind closed doors
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Why Matchbook recommends it: Another TJR story peels back a glamorous public image to reveal ambition, relationships and competing versions of what really happened.
If you loved a woman unapologetically owning her life
Elizabeth Gilbert
Why Matchbook recommends it: Glamour, sexuality, mistakes and unconventional choices shape a woman's reflection on a life lived outside other people's expectations.
If you loved secrets behind Hollywood glamour
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Why Matchbook recommends it: The death of a Hollywood icon exposes a carefully guarded history involving race, identity and the compromises behind a public persona.
If you loved ambition and a larger-than-life woman
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Why Matchbook recommends it: Wealth, marriage, reinvention and determination drive a sweeping portrait of a woman navigating extraordinary public and private lives.
If you loved obsession, fame and messy relationships
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Why Matchbook recommends it: Elite competition and public fascination surround an intense relationship in a story about ambition and the narratives created around famous people.
If you want the darker side of celebrity
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Why Matchbook recommends it: A former child star confronting the industry that shaped her offers a more contemporary examination of fame, power and identity.
If you loved the complicated people around Evelyn
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Why Matchbook recommends it: Celebrity, family mythology and private pain collide as another TJR story explores the people underneath glamorous public identities.
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