50. Orientalism by Edward W. Said

49. Making Movies by Sidney Lumet
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48. Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson

47. Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents by Louise Levison
 
46. Kuleshov on Film: Writings of Lev Kuleshov by Lev Kuleshov

45. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

44. Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones

43. The 'Star Wars' Heresies: Interpreting the Themes, Symbols and Philosophies of Episodes I, II and III by Paul F. McDonald

42. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan

41. On Writing by Stephen King
 
40. Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament
by Kay Redfield Jamison

39. Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's by Ray Kroc

38. The Vibrational Actor: A Heart-Centered Approach to Acting by Shaun Grant

37. Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifen and Gregory White Smith

36. Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts by Terry Burnham, Ph.D. and Jay Phelan, Ph.D.

35. Sergei Eisenstein: A Life in Conflict by Ronald Bergan

34. Richard Wagner: A Life in Music by Martin Geck

33. The Road Ahead: Completely Revised and Up-to-Date by Bill Gates

32. Murder in Deer Park: An Historical Mystery Novella by Gary Alan Ruse

31. The Iliad by Homer

30. The Frying Pan by David Bush

29. Rebel Without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez

28. Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

27. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

26. The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

25. Scribbles on the World and Me: A Collection of Poetry by Christopher Sanchez

24. Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths by Bernard Evslin

23. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph by T.E. Lawrence

22. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Dr. Ed Catmull

21. The Sociology of a Miami Girl by Kelsey Milian Lopez

20. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

19. The Film Sense by Sergei Eisenstein

18. The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron by Rebecca Keegan

17. Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows

16. On Anarchism by Noam Chomsky

15. Isaac Newton by James Gleick

14. Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician by Christoph Wolff

13. Film Form: Essays in Film Theory by Sergei Eisenstein

12. Howard Kazanjian: A Producer's Life by J.W. Rinzler

11. The Art of Pure Cinema: Hitchcock and His Imitators by Bruce Isaacs

10. Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Janaway

09. Process: The Writing Lives of Great Authors by Sarah Stodola

08. Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Tanner

07. The Odyssey by Homer

06. Jung: A Very Short Introduction by Anthony Stevens

05. How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

04. Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece by Michael Benson

03. Freud: A Very Short Introduction by Anthony Storr

02. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

01. Solitude: A Return to the Self by Anthony Storr