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Screen Classics Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Screen Classics books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Screen Classics series? Start with "Hawks on Hawks (By: Joseph McBride)" (1982) and follow publication order through all 34 books.
The complete Screen Classics reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Hawks on Hawks (By: Joseph McBride)
1982

Intrepid Laughter: Preston Sturges and the Movies (By: Andrew Dickos)
1985

Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice (By: David Skal,Jessica Rains)
2008

Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel (By: Nick Dawson)
2009

Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder (By: Gene D. Phillips)
2010

Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film (By: Ruth Barton)
2010

Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley (By: )
2010

Jack Nicholson: The Early Years (By: Robert David Crane)
2012

Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet (By: Jan Wahl)
2012

My Life as a Mankiewicz: An Insider's Journey Through Hollywood (By: Robert David Crane,Tom Mankiewicz)
2012

Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips (By: Michael G. Ankerich)
2012

John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars (By: Eve Golden)
2013

Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (By: Christina Rice)
2013

Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master (By: Michael Sragow)
2013

Hitchcock's Partner in Suspense: The Life of Screenwriter Charles Bennett (By: Charles Henry Bennett,John Charles Bennett)
2014

Bruce Dern: A Memoir (By: Robert David Crane,Bruce Dern,Christopher Fryer)
2014

Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance (By: BrentPhillips)
2014

Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical (By: Larry Ceplair,Christopher Trumbo)
2015

Hitchcock Lost & Found: The Forgotten Films (By: Philip French,Charles Barr,Alain Kerzoncuf)
2015

Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder (By: Robert David Crane)
2015

Hollywood Presents Jules Verne: The Father of Science Fiction on Screen (By: )
2015

Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (By: Mollie Gregory)
2015

Hollywood Divided: The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist (By: Kevin Brianton)
2016

Ridley Scott: A Biography (By: Vincent Lobrutto)
2019

Olivia de Havilland: Lady Triumphant (By: Victoria Amador)
2019

Hitchcock and the Censors
2019

Conversations with Legendary Television Stars: Interviews from the First Fifty Years (By: Ron Miller)
2019

Film's First Family: The Untold Story of the Costellos (By: Terry Chester Shulman)
2019

Lewis Milestone: Life and Films (By: Harlow Robinson)
2019

Mean...Moody...Magnificent! (By: Christina Rice)
2021

Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn't Help It (By: Eve Golden)
2021

Strictly Dynamite: The Sensational Life of Lupe Velez (By: Eve Golden)
2023

The Herridge Style: The Life and Work of a Television Revolutionary (By: Robert Herridge,John Sorensen)
2025

June Mathis: The Rise and Fall of a Silent Film Visionary (By: Thomas J. Slater)
2025
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