6 must-read music books like Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party by Michael Cragg

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Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party

By: Michael Cragg

4.28

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Using the arrival of the Spice Girls as a jumping-off point, this fascinating new narrative will ex…

If you liked the music plot in Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party by Michael Cragg , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Close to Home

By: Michael Magee

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does every­thing he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more

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2. Keanu Reeves is Not in Love With You: The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud

By: Becky Holmes

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

One woman's hilarious and fascinating quest to expose the truth behind fraudulent Twitter romance … read more

Similar categories in Becky Holmes's Keanu Reeves is Not in Love With You: The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud book and Michael Cragg's Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party

  • adult
  • nonfiction
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3. One Love

By: Matt Cain

3.76

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

Two men. Twenty years of friendship. One love. 2002. Danny arrives at Manchester University dete… read more

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  • adult
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4. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

By: Nick de Semlyen

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more

Similar categories in Nick de Semlyen's The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage book and Michael Cragg's Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party

  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
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5. Strong Female Character

By: Fern Brady

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

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6. Four Stars: A Life, Reviewed

By: Joel Golby

4.10

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

The second book from acclaimed writer and journalist Joel Golby ‘There’s no one funnier than Joe… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party

By: Michael Cragg

4.28

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Using the arrival of the Spice Girls as a jumping-off point, this fascinating new narrative will ex… read more

Similar categories in Michael Cragg's Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party book and Michael Cragg's Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party

  • music
  • cultural
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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8. Attack Warning Red!

By: Julie McDowall

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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9. Good Pop, Bad Pop

By: Jarvis Cocker

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display? We all have a … read more

Similar categories in Jarvis Cocker's Good Pop, Bad Pop book and Michael Cragg's Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
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10. T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen

By: Peter Kay

4.23

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

*The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure*Blockbusters, Baywatch … Mastermind, Moonl… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s

By: Sarah Ditum

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000s, and the sexist, expl… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ditum's Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s book and Michael Cragg's Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party

  • music
  • cultural
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
Cover of Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV by Rob Burley

12. Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV

By: Rob Burley

4.23

Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition

A deliciously irreverent and humorous insider account of 25 years working at the very top of Britis… read more

Similar categories in Rob Burley's Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV book and Michael Cragg's Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZZT by Trevor Horn

13. Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZZT

By: Trevor Horn

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As a renowned recording-studio maven, Trevor Horn has been dubbed 'the man who invented the '80s'. … read more

Similar categories in Trevor Horn's Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZZT book and Michael Cragg's Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party

  • music
  • nonfiction
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14. Glasgow Boys

By: Margaret McDonald

4.39

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

A striking debut exploring the power of identity, community and the Scottish working class. This co… read more

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  • adult
Cover of Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars by Nick Duerden

15. Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars

By: Nick Duerden

3.77

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For fans of music books from David Hepworth, Pete Paphides, Bob Stanley and Craig Brown, as well as… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Mortification: Eight Deaths and Life After Them by Mark Watson

16. Mortification: Eight Deaths and Life After Them

By: Mark Watson

3.89

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Mark Watson is generally accepted to be alive. And yet he's died many times. Not just on stage - th… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of I Love You, I Love You, I Love You by Laura Dockrill

17. I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

By: Laura Dockrill

4.06

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Ella and Lowe are teenagers when they first meet. For her, it’s love at first sight. But it’s safes… read more

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  • adult
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18. The Examiner

By: Janice Hallett

4.06

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this innovative pause-resister follows a group of studen… read more

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  • adult
Cover of Finding My Voice: The new 2024 autobiography from the star of pop music legends S Club by Rachel Stevens

19. Finding My Voice: The new 2024 autobiography from the star of pop music legends S Club

By: Rachel Stevens

3.36

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspirational first book from S Club 7 legend Rachel Stevens Whether as part of the iconic S Cl… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Freak Like Me: Confessions of a 90s pop groupie by Malcolm   McLean

20. Freak Like Me: Confessions of a 90s pop groupie

By: Malcolm McLean

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In nineties small-town Surrey, watching Top of the Pops was Malcolm's only escape from boredom and … read more

Similar categories in Malcolm McLean's Freak Like Me: Confessions of a 90s pop groupie book and Michael Cragg's Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party

  • music
  • nonfiction

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Becky Holmes

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