In a time of increasing competition from mega-chains and online retailers, many local businesses are fighting for survival. Through the tumultuous story of two beloved Bay Area booksellers, Cody's and Kepler's, PAPERBACK DREAMS captures the David and Goliath struggle faced by countless independents around the country.

Circus of Books
2019
6.9/10

Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
2018
7.5/10

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
2017
7.3/10

Seduced and Abandoned
2013
6.2/10

Making 'The Shining'
1980
7.1/10

Downloaded
2013
6.5/10

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
7.7/10

Salinger
2013
6.4/10

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
6.9/10

The Crash Reel
2013
7.3/10

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017
6.4/10

I Am Ali
2014
6.7/10

Hawking
2013
7.6/10

Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
2025
6.3/10

Love, Gilda
2018
7.2/10

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
2012
7.3/10

Love, Marilyn
2013
6.6/10

Frida
2024
6.7/10

The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014
7.4/10

To Be Takei
2014
7.2/10
Cold Refuge
2023
0/10