29 Best nonfiction books like Like a Rolling Stone by Jann S. Wenner

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Like a Rolling Stone

By: Jann S. Wenner

3.84

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

In this New York Times bestseller, Rolling Stone founder, co-editor, and publisher Jann Wenner offe…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Like a Rolling Stone by Jann S. Wenner , here is a list of 29 books like this:

1. This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band

By: Stephen Davis , Levon Helm

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Band, who backed Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965 and then turned out a half-dozen album… read more

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2. Sound Man

By: Glyn Johns

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

A memoir of a remarkable rock-and-roll career from Glyn Johns, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame produce… read more

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3. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

By: Ed Zwick

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more

Similar categories in Ed Zwick's Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

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4. Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

By: Bernie Taupin

3.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** An evocative, clear-eyed, and revealing memoir by Bernie Taupin, th… read more

Similar categories in Bernie Taupin's Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

Similar categories in Barbra Streisand's My Name Is Barbra book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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6. The Philosophy of Modern Song

By: Bob Dylan

3.80

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Vol… read more

Similar categories in Bob Dylan's The Philosophy of Modern Song book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"

-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song

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7. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

By: Bono

4.20

Format: 564 pages, Hardcover

Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more

Similar categories in Bono's Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

Cover of Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More by James Burrows

8. Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More

By: James Burrows

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"Being directed by the Jimmy Burrows, while on Friends, was like hitting the jackpot. I'm delighte… read more

Similar categories in James Burrows's Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska by Warren Zanes

9. Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

By: Warren Zanes

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, rev… read more

Similar categories in Warren Zanes's Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Nineteen eighty-two is as good a year as any to mark the threshold of a future we're still negotiating. It's been called the information age, the digital age, the new media age. It was the beginning …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Guitar Town was out, and it was doing okay," [Steve] Earle recalled. "But the label didn't want it to happen. Jimmy [Bowen] certainly didn't. He didn't like the record. He didn't like me. But it was …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

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10. To the Temple of Tranquility...And Step On It!: A Memoir

By: Ed Begley Jr.

3.59

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Beloved actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. shares hilarious and poignant stories of his… read more

Similar categories in Ed Begley Jr.'s To the Temple of Tranquility...And Step On It!: A Memoir book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History by Bill Janovitz

11. Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History

By: Bill Janovitz

4.29

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  Bestseller The definitive biography of legendary musician, composer, and perform… read more

Similar categories in Bill Janovitz's Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans by Kenneth Womack

12. Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans

By: Kenneth Womack

4.16

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The first full-length biography of Mal Evans, the Beatles’ beloved friend, confidant, and roadie.  … read more

Similar categories in Kenneth Womack's Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

By: Paul Newman

3.89

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest … read more

Similar categories in Paul Newman's The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir by Lucinda Williams

14. Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir

By: Lucinda Williams

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in… read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Williams's Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman

15. Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

By: Maggie Haberman

4.09

Format: 597 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidenc… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Haberman's Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
"Trump is to business what professional wrestling is to sports: part of it, certainly, but also a cartoonish parody of it."

-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

"[White House Chief of Staff and Four-Star General John] Kelly shared with [Mick} Mulvaney {who was appointed when Kelly resigned] his view that Trump was the most flawed person he had ever met."

-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

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16. Like a Rolling Stone

By: Jann S. Wenner

3.84

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

In this New York Times bestseller, Rolling Stone founder, co-editor, and publisher Jann Wenner offe… read more

Similar categories in Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir by Sly Stone

17. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir

By: Sly Stone

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses … read more

Similar categories in Sly Stone's Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful by Paulina Porizkova

18. No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful

By: Paulina Porizkova

3.61

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“A book about a rare life, profound love, profound grief, anxiety, self-assurance, empowerment, agi… read more

Similar categories in Paulina Porizkova's No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy by James B. Stewart

19. Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy

By: James B. Stewart

3.76

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The shocking inside story of the struggle for power and control at Paramount Global, the multibilli… read more

Similar categories in James B. Stewart's Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
Cover of What This Comedian Said Will Shock You by Bill Maher

20. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

Similar categories in Bill Maher's What This Comedian Said Will Shock You book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic by Daniel de Visé

21. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

By: Daniel de Visé

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more

Similar categories in Daniel de Visé's The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain by Charles Leerhsen

22. Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain

By: Charles Leerhsen

3.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling, “unvarnished” ( The New York Times ), “engrossing” ( The Guardian ), “gritty, well… read more

Similar categories in Charles Leerhsen's Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine by Joe Hagan

23. Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine

By: Joe Hagan

3.76

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

A delicious romp through the heyday of rock and roll and a revealing portrait of the man at the hel… read more

Similar categories in Joe Hagan's Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • journalism
  • audiobook
"They’re very similar people,"

-Joe Hagan, Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine

"Wenner began a campaign to get his parents back together. Sim told her son she wanted him to call only every other week to reduce her phone bills. “Your demand that Dad and I be something to each oth…"

-Joe Hagan, Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine

"Wenner’s unabashed idol worship had so often embarrassed them—starfucker, they grumbled behind his back—but now here he was with an actual Beatle. And Yoko! Who could deny this? The hirsute supercoup…"

-Joe Hagan, Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine

"Everything was falling apart—the 1960s, rock and roll, the Wenners’ marriage. When Wenner gave Jane an ultimatum over the phone—come back from Europe or don’t ever come back—she returned to San Franc…"

-Joe Hagan, Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine

Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

24. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

Similar categories in Griffin Dunne's The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Cover of What a Fool Believes: A Memoir by Michael McDonald

25. What a Fool Believes: A Memoir

By: Michael McDonald

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum … read more

Similar categories in Michael McDonald's What a Fool Believes: A Memoir book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s by Alan Paul

26. Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s

By: Alan Paul

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author Alan Paul's in-depth narra… read more

Similar categories in Alan Paul's Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Charlie's Good Tonight by Paul Sexton

27. Charlie's Good Tonight

By: Paul Sexton

4.12

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The fully authorized and official biography of legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, one … read more

Similar categories in Paul Sexton's Charlie's Good Tonight book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond by Chris Blackwell

28. The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond

By: Chris Blackwell

3.98

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Sound Man and The Soundtrack of My Life , a lyrical, warmhearted, and inspirational … read more

Similar categories in Chris Blackwell's The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Chuck Berry: An American Life by R.J. Smith

29. Chuck Berry: An American Life

By: R.J. Smith

4.11

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Chuck Berry, legendary performer and inventor of rock and roll Best kn… read more

Similar categories in R.J. Smith's Chuck Berry: An American Life book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of From Saturday Night to Sunday Night: My Forty Years of Laughter, Tears, and Touchdowns in TV by Dick Ebersol

30. From Saturday Night to Sunday Night: My Forty Years of Laughter, Tears, and Touchdowns in TV

By: Dick Ebersol

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A memoir by the legendary television executive detailing his pioneering work on Saturday Night Live… read more

Similar categories in Dick Ebersol's From Saturday Night to Sunday Night: My Forty Years of Laughter, Tears, and Touchdowns in TV book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Long Train Runnin': Our Story of The Doobie Brothers by Tom  Johnston

31. Long Train Runnin': Our Story of The Doobie Brothers

By: Tom Johnston

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

For the first time, the incredible true story of the legendary band, the Doobie Brothers, written b… read more

Similar categories in Tom Johnston's Long Train Runnin': Our Story of The Doobie Brothers book and Jann S. Wenner's Like a Rolling Stone

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

28 Top audiobook books like Like a Rolling Stone by Jann S. Wenner

Transform Your Habits

Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Ed Zwick

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

Bernie Taupin

3.58

Transform Your Habits

My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The Philosophy of Modern Song

Bob Dylan

3.80

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20 Best audiobook books like Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History by Bill Janovitz

Transform Your Habits

Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

Bernie Taupin

3.58

Transform Your Habits

The Philosophy of Modern Song

Bob Dylan

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Lou Reed: The King of New York

Will Hermes

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

Warren Zanes

4.42

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