List of Hollywood novels

This is a list of Hollywood novels i.e., notable fiction about the American film and television industry and associated culture. The Hollywood novel is not to be confused with the Los Angeles novel, which is a novel set in Los Angeles and environs but not overtly about the movie business and its effect on the lives of industry participants and moviegoers.

Author Title Year
Katherine AlbertRemember Valerie March1939
Kate AlcottThe Hollywood Daughter2017
Kate AlcottA Touch of Stardust2016
Clive BarkerColdheart Canyon2001
Cal R. BarnesTrue Grandeur2017
William BoydThe New Confessions1987
Ray BradburyA Graveyard for Lunatics1990
Christopher BramFather of Frankenstein1996
Gwen BristowTomorrow Is Forever1943
Brock BrowerThe Late Great Creature1971
Charles BukowskiHollywood1989
Edgar Rice BurroughsThe Girl from Hollywood1922
James M. CainSerenade1937
Don CarpenterA Couple of Comedians1979
Don CarpenterThe True Life Story of Jody McKeegan1975
Don CarpenterTurnaround1981
Robert CarsonLove Affair1958
Raymond ChandlerThe Little Sister1949
Jackie CollinsHollywood Wives1983
Ray ConnollyShadows on a Wall1995
Robert CraisLullaby Town1992
Charles DennisThe Dealmakers1981
Joan DidionPlay It as It Lays1970
John Gregory DunneTrue Confessions1977
Robert P. EatonThe Body Brokers1970
James EllroyThe Black Dahlia1987
James EllroyThe Big Nowhere1988
James EllroyL.A. Confidential1990
James EllroyWhite Jazz1992
Henry FarrellWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?1960
Peter FarrellyThe Comedy Writer1998
Steve FisherI Wake Up Screaming1941
Carrie FisherPostcards From the Edge1987
F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Last Tycoon1941
F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Pat Hobby Stories1962
Paula FoxThe Western Coast1972
Daniel FuchsThe Golden West1989
Anne GirardPlatinum Doll2016
C.W. GortnerMarlene2016
Garrett & Carroll GrahamQueer People1930
Richard GrenierThe Marrakesh One-Two1983
Doris GrumbachThe Missing Person1981
Richard Hallas (Eric Knight)You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up1938
MacDonald HarrisScreenplay1982
Alfred HayesMy Face for the World to See1958
Tom E. HuffMarabelle1980
Aldous HuxleyAfter Many a Summer1939
Clive JamesThe Silver Castle1996
Cheryl JordanOur Gal Cal2011
Jay Richard KennedyPrince Bart1952
Amanda Lee KoeDelayed Rays of a Star2019
Michael KordaQueenie1985
Gavin LambertThe Slide Area1959
Gavin LambertInside Daisy Clover1963
Gavin LambertThe Goodbye People1971
Gavin LambertRunning Time1982
Janet LeighHouse of Destiny1995
Janet LeighThe Dream Factory2002
Elmore LeonardGet Shorty1990
Anita LoosNo Mother to Guide Her1961
Anita LoosA Mouse is Born1951
Norman MailerThe Deer Park1955
Alan MarcusOf Streets and Stars1960
Armistead MaupinMaybe the Moon1992
James McCourtKaye Warfaring in "Avenged"1985
Horace McCoyThey Shoot Horses, Don't They?1935
Horace McCoyI Should Have Stayed Home1938
Mary McCoyDead to Me2015
Larry McMurtrySomebody's Darling1978
Mary MileySilent Murders2014
Jennifer NivenHollywood Blonde2014
Joyce Carol OatesBlonde2000
Darcy O'BrienA Way of Life, Like Any Other1977
John O'HaraHope of Heaven1938
Stewart O'NanWest of Sunset2015
James PattersonMary, Mary2006
Tim PowersMedusa's Web2016
Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo2017
Harold RobbinsThe Dream Merchants1949
Harold RobbinsThe Carpetbaggers1961
Theodore RoszakFlicker1991
Thomas SanchezThe Zoot Suit murders1978
Budd SchulbergThe Disenchanted1950
Budd SchulbergWhat Makes Sammy Run?1941
Pat Silver-LaskyRide The Tiger2010
Amy SohnThe Actress2014
Martha SouthgateThird Girl from the Left2006
Matthew SpecktorAmerican Dream Machine2014
C.K. SteadSister Hollywood1989
Robert StoneChildren of Light1986
Jacqueline SusannValley of the Dolls1966
Adriana TrigianiAll the Stars in the Heavens2016
Martin TurnbullChasing Salome2019
Martin TurnbullThe Garden of Allah series2012–2018
Martin TurnbullThe Heart of the Lion2020
Gore VidalHollywood1990
Peter ViertelWhite Hunter Black Heart1953
Bruce WagnerI'm Losing You1996
Bruce WagnerDead Stars2012
Nathanael WestThe Day of the Locust1939
Harry Leon WilsonMerton of the Movies1922
Gary K. WolfWho Censored Roger Rabbit?1981

Novels set in satires of Hollywood

Author Title Year
James Robert BakerBoy Wonder1988
Steve EricksonZeroville2007
Michael FriedmanMartian Dawn2006
Michael GrothausEpiphany Jones2016
Rupert HughesCity of Angels1941
Brandie Knight,Hollywood Under the Covers2010
James LeverMe Cheeta2009
Geoff NicholsonThe Hollywood Dodo2004
Rachel PineThe Twins of TriBeCa2005
Terry SouthernBlue Movie1970
Michael TolkinThe Player1988
Gore VidalMyra Breckinridge1968
Gore VidalMyron1974
Bruce WagnerForce Majeure1991
Bruce WagnerI'll Let You Go2002
Bruce WagnerStill Holding2003
Evelyn WaughThe Loved One1948
P.G. WodehouseLaughing Gas1936
Charles YuInterior Chinatown2020

See also

References/further reading

    • Brooker-Bowers, N.: The Hollywood Novel and Other Novels About Film, 1912–1982: An Annotated Bibliography, Garland, 1985.
    • Slide, A.: The Hollywood Novel: A Critical Guide to Over 1200 Works with Film-Related Themes or Characters, 1912 through 1994, McFarland & Co., 1995.
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