Hollywood Books

LA Times' best Hollywood books of all time Compiled from a survey of experts in the worlds of publishing and entertainment and written by regular contributors to The Times’ film and book coverage, it answers that question more astutely than I ever could. In fiction and non-, across genres and decades, these titles compare Hollywood to an assembly line, a criminal enterprise, a high-seas expedition, and much more — a penchant for shape-shifting that might explain its hold on the cultural imagination.