Recommended
Bombshell: The Life and Death of Jean Harlow by David Stenn (1993)
Harlow in Hollywood: The Blonde Bombshell in the Glamour Capitol 1928-1937 by Darrell Rooney and Mark A. Vieira (2011)
Platinum Girl by Eve Golden (1991) *There are some minor biographical errors in this book, but it is overall recommended.
The Films of Jean Harlow by Michael Conway and Mark Ricci (1965)
The Jean Harlow Films by James L. Neibaur (2019)
Today is Tonight by Jean Harlow (written 1934, published 1965)
Jean Harlow’s Life Story by Louella O. Parsons (magazine; published 1937, reissued 1964)
Not great, but eye-opening to rumors:
Harlow: An Intimate Biography by Irving Shulman (1964)
The Jean Harlow Story by John Pascal (1964)
Gable & Lombard & Powell & Harlow by Jon Morella (1975)
Other Useful Books with Harlow Information:
Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming by James Kotsilibas-Davis and Myrna Loy (1987)
Life is a Banquet by Rosalind Russell (1937)
The Faces of Hollywood by Clarence Sinclair Bull (1968)
MGM: Hollywood’s Greatest Backlot by Steven Bingen, Steven X. Sylvester, and Michael Troyan (2011)
Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master by Michael Sragow (2008)
Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild by David Stenn (1988)
Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood by Mick LaSalle (2000)
Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood by Mark A. Vieira (1999)
Harlow Heaven 