18 must-read music books like Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis

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Nina Simone's Gum

By: Warren Ellis

4.26

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

I hadn't opened the towel that contained her gum since 2013. The last person to touch it was Nina S…

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1. The Death of Bunny Munro

By: Nick Cave

3.80

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

Set adrift by his wife's sudden death and struggling to keep a grip on reality, Bunny Munro does th… read more

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  • music
  • audiobook
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2. The Sick Bag Song

By: Nick Cave

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Sick Bag Song is an exploration of love, inspiration and memory shaped around the events of Cav… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cave's The Sick Bag Song book and Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

3. And the Ass Saw the Angel

By: Nick Cave

4.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

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4. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Hanna's Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk book and Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."

-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

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5. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

By: Werner Herzog

4.25

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more

Similar categories in Werner Herzog's Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir book and Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum

  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Spaceships Over Glasgow

By: Stuart Braithwaite

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Born the son of Scotland's last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Sonic Life: A Memoir

By: Thurston Moore

3.81

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Faith, Hope and Carnage

By: Nick Cave

4.44

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life. Created from more than forty hou… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I think people can do both terrible things and wonderful things when faced with the true understanding of their own powerlessness, vulnerability and lack of control."

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"Vulnerability is essential to spiritual and creative growth. Finding enormous strength through vulnerability. You're being open to whatever happens, including failure and shame. The two are connected…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"I guess not, but who says creativity it the be all and end all? Who says that our accomplishments are the only true measure of what is important in our lives? Perhaps there are other lives worth livi…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"The usual precepts collapse under the weight of the calamity: the terrible demands that we place upon ourselves; our own internal judging voice; the endless expectations and opinions of others. They …"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

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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 Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum

  • music
  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Nina Simone's Gum by Warren  Ellis

11. Nina Simone's Gum

By: Warren Ellis

4.26

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

I hadn't opened the towel that contained her gum since 2013. The last person to touch it was Nina S… read more

Similar categories in Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum book and Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum

  • music
  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • material culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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12. Beneden in het dal

By: Paolo Cognetti

3.43

Format: 105 pages, ebook

Fredo en Luigi zijn broers, opgegroeid in Valsesia, een bergdal in Noord-Italië. Ze lijken op elkaa… read more

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13. Some New Kind of Kick: A Memoir

By: Kid Congo Powers

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experience… read more

Similar categories in Kid Congo Powers's Some New Kind of Kick: A Memoir book and Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Devil in a Coma

By: Mark Lanegan

3.92

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

One morning in March 2021 with the second wave of infections ripping through Ireland where he was n… read more

Similar categories in Mark Lanegan's Devil in a Coma book and Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"I didn't leave a trace of myself with them, but they stained me."

-Mark Lanegan, Devil in a Coma

"I've never gone to bed with any monsters, I only woke up with a few dozen or so."

-Mark Lanegan, Devil in a Coma

"To avoid paying debts is to ask for trouble, I've learned that much in my time here."

-Mark Lanegan, Devil in a Coma

"Each and every time I walked out into the dark, I only ever came part of the way back."

-Mark Lanegan, Devil in a Coma

Cover of The History of Bones: A Memoir by John Lurie

15. The History of Bones: A Memoir

By: John Lurie

4.20

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The quintessential depiction of 1980s New York and the downtown scene from the artist, actor, music… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion

By: Harry Sword

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Monolithic Undertow alights a crooked path across musical, religious, and subcultural frontiers, ex… read more

Similar categories in Harry Sword's Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion book and Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum

  • music
  • art
  • nonfiction
"Think of a power cut and how it brings into focus the eerie quiet that befalls a house when the various mechanical drones that our brains are so adept at tuning out - the low hum of central heating, …"

-Harry Sword, Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion

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17. Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure

By: Adelle Stripe

4.40

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOO… read more

Similar categories in Adelle Stripe's Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure book and Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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18. Stranger Than Kindness

By: Nick Cave

4.21

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Stranger Than Kindness is a journey in images and words into the creativ… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
Cover of Wayward: Just Another Life to Live by Vashti Bunyan

19. Wayward: Just Another Life to Live

By: Vashti Bunyan

4.27

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In 1968, Vashti Bunyan gave up everything and everybody she knew in London to take to the road with… read more

Similar categories in Vashti Bunyan's Wayward: Just Another Life to Live book and Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave by Mark Mordue

20. Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave

By: Mark Mordue

3.98

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling, award-winning and critically acclaimed biography of the young Nick Cave, by award-… read more

Similar categories in Mark Mordue's Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave book and Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum

  • music
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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21. Rare Singles

By: Benjamin Myers

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul mu… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Myers's Rare Singles book and Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum

  • music

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The Death of Bunny Munro

Nick Cave

3.80

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4.46

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Mark Yarm

4.27

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4.46

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Stuart Braithwaite

3.88

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