Box Office Poison

Box Office Poison: A Hilarious and Revealing Journey Through Hollywood's Biggest Blunders with a Surprising Lesson, Discover the Untold Stories of the Film Industry's Most Memorable Failures by Tim Robey

This book tells the story of movies that were flops at the box office, and that cost a fortune. It goes from the silent film era to the present. These are of course not every movie that bombed, but the highlights of the ones have the best stories. Entertaining but does get a bit bogged down at times. Also interesting how the movie industry has changed and how the pandemic has affected movie going. Seems that there will be less expensive flops in the future and the corporations that run the movie business become less risk averse. (Also see 'The Future Was Now' previous post)

Aflame: Learning from Silence by Pico Iyer

This chronicles Pico's 30 years of going to the catholic monistary in northern California. (see also Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire by Colleen Morton Busch)

The Tiger Slam

The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story of the Greatest Golf Ever Played (Tiger Woods in 2000–2001) by Kevin Cook

This biography/Tribute to Tiger Woods concentrates on his amazing wins in 2002-2001. His upbringing and later issues with health problems and scandals is mentioned, but this really is a love letter to Tiger. In some ways very diservingly, he was an amazing athlete and arguably the best golfer of all time, having changed the game and revitalized interest in golf during his run.