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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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