There are countless Marilyn Monroe courses, tutorials, articles available online, but for some, having a book is still a necessity to learn. This is an up-to-date list of recommended books.
- Marilyn Monroe: The Biography (2001)
- Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe (2013)
- The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe (2012)
- Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters (2012)
- The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2010)
- Marilyn Monroe: The Heartbreaker (Great Biographies) (2018)
- Marilyn Monroe: A Case for Murder (2011)
- Marilyn: A Biography [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] Norman Mailer (2012)
- My Story: Memorias de Marilyn Monroe (Spanish Edition) by Marilyn Monroe (2012-09-01) ()
- The Murder of Marilyn Monroe: Case Closed (2016)
Marilyn Monroe: The Biography (2001)
Spoto’s biography of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe makes use of over 150 interviews and more than 35,000 pages of previously sealed files, including Monroe’s diaries, letters, and other personal and revealing documents. The book reveals new details of every aspect of her life, from her guarded childhood, and her relationships with men and marriages, to her mysterious death.
Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe (2013)
Marilyn Monroe, born in obscurity and deprivation, became an actress and legend of the twentieth century, romantically linked to famous men from Joe DiMaggio to Arthur Miller to John F. Kennedy. But her tragic death at a young age, under suspicious circumstances, left behind a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Anthony Summers interviewed more than six hundred people, laying bare the truths—sometimes funny, often sad—about this brilliant, troubled woman.
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe (2012)
“Donald Wolfe has written one of the most absorbing accounts of Marilyn’s life to date.”—Fred Lawrence Guiles, author of Norma Jean“Admirable!Wolfe takes us very close indeed to the dark truth about Monroe, the Kennedys, and that lonely death in the California night.”—Anthony Summers, author of Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn MonroeFifty years after her death, the Marilyn Monroe mystique remains as strong and alluring as ever—as evidenced b…
Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters (2012)
Fragments is an event―an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe’s humanity.Marilyn’s image is so universal that we can’t help but believe we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy.
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2010)
From New York Times bestselling author J. Randy Taraborrelli comes the definitive biography of the most enduring icon in popular American culture. When Marilyn Monroe became famous in the 1950s, the world was told that her mother was either dead or simply not a part of her life. However, that was not true.
Marilyn Monroe: The Heartbreaker (Great Biographies) (2018)
In this book, you will learn a lot about Norma Jeane (aka Marilyn Monroe) and what a horrible childhood she had, in and out of foster homes. Why she married at such a young age. You will find how she was ‘discovered’ as a movie star and how hard she worked to climb her way up a glass wall in the Hollywood scene. You will also find what an insecure person she was and how she turned to alcohol and drugs to bolster her insecurities.
Marilyn Monroe: A Case for Murder (2011)
It is one of the greatest mysteries of the twentieth century. How did Marilyn Monroe die? Although no pills were found in her stomach during the autopsy, it was still documented in the Los Angeles coroner’s report that she had swallowed sixty-four sleeping pills prior to her demise.
Marilyn: A Biography [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] Norman Mailer (2012)
‘Genius’ The New York Times In 1973, Norman Mailer published Marilyn, his celebrated in-depth account of the life of Marilyn Monroe, as a glossy, fully illustrated coffee-table tome. His work was immediately acclaimed – and an enduring bestseller, rumoured to have sold more copies than any of his other works except The Naked and the Dead. Yet, until now, it has never been made available in paperback edition.
My Story: Memorias de Marilyn Monroe (Spanish Edition) by Marilyn Monroe (2012-09-01) ()
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The Murder of Marilyn Monroe: Case Closed (2016)
The New York Times Bestseller Accepted into The National Press Club Marilyn Monroe died under suspicious circumstances on the night of August 4, 1962. Now, New York Times bestselling authors Jay Margolis and Richard Buskin finally lay to rest more than fifty years of wild speculation and misguided assertions by actually naming the screen goddess’s killer.
Best Marilyn Monroe Books to Read
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Diary of Secrets: UFO Conspiracies and the Mysterious Death of Marilyn Monroe
Author(s): Nick Redfern
ID: 3067119, Publisher: , Year: 2021, Size: 1 Mb, Format: epub
Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe
Author(s): Douglas Thompson, Mike Rothmiller
ID: 3119860, Publisher: Palazzo Editions, Year: 2021, Size: 752 Kb, Format: epub
The little book of Marilyn: inspiration from the goddess of glam
Author(s): Monroe, Marilyn;Morgan, Michelle
ID: 2726266, Publisher: Running Press, Year: 2019, Size: 52 Mb, Format: epub
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