Pop Culture Fanatics

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The Beautiful Ones

By Prince

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We don’t need to say much to sell this book to you. Any fan of Prince, or of music in general, will love the opportunity to look into the intimate life and creative process of this icon. Heavy with personal letters, childhood artifacts, and other ephemera, The Beautiful Ones makes the perfect gift for anyone who can’t believe Prince is gone.
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Intelligence for Dummies

By Glenn O'Brien

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The late, great Glenn O’Brien gets a compendium of his work, finally, with Intelligence for Dummies. O’Brien was a fixture of New York cool for decades through his urbane writing for various publications, covering subjects ranging from style to music. He hated phonies, and this book keeps it real. Perfect for fans of timeless, razor-sharp nonfiction.

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Little Weirds

By Jenny Slate

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Highly anticipated and perfectly weird, comedian Slate puts language to the inner machinations of our minds with her unfiltered and refreshingly optimistic thoughts on love, life, and the state of the world today. Whimsical and in the now, this is a wonderful travel read, gift, or nightcap
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Me

By Elton John

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Elton John, one of the world’s greatest rock-and-roll icons, tells his own story in Me. But this is no mere music memoir: John’s life intersected with so many events that his story winds up feeling like a history of the last several decades. He writes beautifully about show business, and his book will speak to fans of tell-all memoirs and also pop culture fanatics.

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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

By Fred Rogers Productions

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This visual history of the world of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood takes you behind the scenes of the iconic children’s TV show. The book contains exclusive interviews with famous guests of the show, such as Yo Yo Ma, along with insight into the creative process behind the sets, scripts, and puppets. If you loved the documentary, Will You Be My Neighbor?, this book is for you!
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Sontag

By Benjamin Moser

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Famed biographer Benjamin Moser takes a plunge into the life of Susan Sontag, much imitated and endlessly influential. As a subject, Sontag is a biographer’s dream, with a life rich with drama and intrigue, and Moser tackles this life with grace and authenticity. Anyone interested in literary history will love this smart, insightful book.

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Trick Mirror

By Jia Tolentino

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Yeah, it’s that good. Incisive and addictive. Tolentino FTW! She essays on the tyranny of the ideal woman, the moxie of beloved young literary heroines, how self-delusion often masquerades as self-knowledge, athleisure wait what why?, and much, much more. If you know a person who wants to have someone lay bare the perils of social media and late stage capitalism while also managing to offer a profound sense of companionship and levity, then look no further—this is for them!