2019 Disney Books in Review

2019 has represented a fantastic year for dozens of new Disney books. On this episode of Notably Disney, host Brett Nachman walks you through more than 40 titles that have been released by, or are centered on, The Walt Disney Company.

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BOOKS COVERED

GUESTS ON NOTABLY DISNEY

Christopher Lucas: Top Disney: 100 Top Ten Lists of the Best of Disney, From the Man to the Mouse and Beyond (Episode 8)

James Mason: Disney Connections & Collections: Volume One: Movies (Episode 13)

Amy Osatinski: Disney Theatrical Productions: Producing Broadway Musicals the Disney Way (Episode 5)

Ken Pellman and Lynn Barron: Cleaning The Kingdom: Night, Day, Past and Present (Episode 22; interviewed Lynn)

Bob Sehligner and Len Testa: The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2020 (Episode 14; interviewed Len)

Aaron Wallace: The Thinking Fan’s Guide to Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom 2020 (Episode 25 and others) 

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES

Julie Andrews, with Emma Walton Hamilton: Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

Jack Couffer: My Boss, Walt: Making the Disney Wildlife Shows

Anthony Daniels: I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story

Bob Gurr: Bob Gurr: Legendary Imagineer: Life and Times - Disney and Beyond 

Robert Iger: The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company 

Kevin Rafferty: Magic Journey: My Fantastical Walt Disney Imagineering Career 

Marty Sklar: Travels with Figment: On the Road in Search of Disney Dreams 

BIOGRAPHIES

Nathalia Holt: The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History 

Don Iwerks: Walt Disney’s Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of Ub Iwerks (debuts Dec 10)

Todd James Pierce: The Life and Times of Ward Kimball: Maverick of Disney Animation 

FILM & TELEVISION

David Bossert: Oswald The Lucky Rabbit: The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons (Revised Special Edition)

Steven Clark & Rebecca Cline: The Walt Disney Studios: A Lot to Remember

Didier Ghez: They Drew As They Pleased Vol 5: The Hidden Art of Disney’s Early Renaissance (The 1970s and 1980s)

Jeff Kurtti: The Art of Disney Costuming: Heroes, Villains, and Spaces Between 

Ramin Setoodeh: Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of The View

THEME PARKS

Andrew Kiste: Walt Disney and the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair: Great Moments 

David Koenig: The 55ers - The Pioneers Who Settled Disneyland 

Jim Korkis: Secret Stories of Extinct Disneyland: Memories of the Original Park 

Christopher Merritt and Pete Docter: Marc Davis In His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks 

Richard Snow: Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World 

ART/MAKING OF (INSERT FILM) BOOKS

Rob Bredow: Industrial Light & Magic Presents Making Solo: A Star Wars Story

Josh Cooley: The Art of Toy Story 4 

Leah Gallo: The Art and Making of Dumbo

Michael Goldman: The Art and Making of The Lion King

Jessica Julius: The Art of Frozen 2 

Eleni Roussos: Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame: The Art of the Movie

Eleni Roussos: Marvel’s Captain Marvel: The Art of the Movie

Eleni Roussos: Spider-Man: Far From Home: The Art of the Movie

Phil Szostak: The Art or Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Dec 20)

Emily Zemler: The Art and Making of Aladdin

MISCELLANEOUS

Amy Croushorn: Entertaining with Disney: Exceptional Events from Mickey Mouse to Moana

Jim Korkis: Disney Never Lands: Things Disney Never Made 

Bruce Steele: One Day At Disney: Meet the People Who Make the Magic Across the Globe