19 Top nonfiction books like Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation by Steven Hyden

Cover of Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation by Steven Hyden

Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

By: Steven Hyden

4.14

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A leading music journalist’s riveting chronicle of how beloved band Pearl Jam shaped the times, and…

"One of the many musical distinctions of my lifetime that used to seem important and now is completely forgotten is the difference between “alternative"

-Steven Hyden, Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation by Steven Hyden , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge by Mark Yarm

1. Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge

By: Mark Yarm

4.27

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Twenty years after the release of Nirvana’s landmark album Nevermind comes Everybody Loves Our Town… read more

Similar categories in Mark Yarm's Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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2. Five Against One

By: Kim Neely

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

More than any other band, Pearl Jam embodies the alternative style that dominates rock today. From … read more

Similar categories in Kim Neely's Five Against One book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Pearl Jam Twenty by Mark Wilkerson, Pearl Jam, Cameron Crowe

3. Pearl Jam Twenty

By: Mark Wilkerson , Pearl Jam , Cameron Crowe

3.99

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Pearl Jam Twenty is an intimate and lavishly illustrated portrait of one of the world's most influe… read more

Similar categories in Mark Wilkerson's Pearl Jam Twenty book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

4. Alice in Chains: The Untold Story

By: None

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Alice in Chains were among the loudest voices out of Seattle. They were iconic pioneers who mixed g… read more

Similar categories in None's Alice in Chains: The Untold Story book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

5. Petty: The Biography

By: Warren Zanes

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Petty, by an accomplished writ… read more

Similar categories in Warren Zanes's Petty: The Biography book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

Cover of My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee

6. My Effin' Life

By: Geddy Lee

4.58

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more

Similar categories in Geddy Lee's My Effin' Life book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season by Rich Cohen

7. When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season

By: Rich Cohen

3.90

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

The gritty, no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a thrilling year of fierce battles and … read more

Similar categories in Rich Cohen's When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

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

8. 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 Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • 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

Cover of 60 Songs That Explain the '90s by Rob Harvilla

9. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

By: Rob Harvilla

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more

Similar categories in Rob Harvilla's 60 Songs That Explain the '90s book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."

-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

Cover of Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurston Moore

10. 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

Similar categories in Thurston Moore's Sonic Life: A Memoir book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer

11. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

Similar categories in Matt Singer's Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation by Steven Hyden

12. Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

By: Steven Hyden

4.14

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A leading music journalist’s riveting chronicle of how beloved band Pearl Jam shaped the times, and… read more

Similar categories in Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • collections
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • 20th century
  • audiobook
"One of the many musical distinctions of my lifetime that used to seem important and now is completely forgotten is the difference between “alternative"

-Steven Hyden, Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

Cover of The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman

13. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Pearlman's The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

14. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New Yor… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Tweedy's World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell by Corbin Reiff

15. Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell

By: Corbin Reiff

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"The new Chris Cornell biography is the book his legacy deserves." — Kerrang! "Reiff unearths pl… read more

Similar categories in Corbin Reiff's Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • biography
  • collections
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir by Steve Gorman

16. Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir

By: Steve Gorman

4.32

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

Black Crowes drummer and cofounder Steve Gorman shares the band's inside story in this behind-the-s… read more

Similar categories in Steve Gorman's Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music by Tom Breihan

17. The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music

By: Tom Breihan

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through th… read more

Similar categories in Tom Breihan's The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion by Steve Turner

18. Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion

By: Steve Turner

3.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A down-and-dirty chronicle of the birth and evolution of the Seattle grunge scene—from backyard ska… read more

Similar categories in Steve Turner's Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Punk Paradox: A Memoir by Greg Graffin

19. Punk Paradox: A Memoir

By: Greg Graffin

4.12

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A historical memoir and cultural criticism of punk rock’s evolution, by the legendary singer-songwr… read more

Similar categories in Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox: A Memoir book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s by John Ganz

20. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

Similar categories in John Ganz's When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense by Ronen Givony

21. Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense

By: Ronen Givony

3.66

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

There has never been a band like Pearl Jam. The Seattle quintet has recorded eleven studio albums; … read more

Similar categories in Ronen Givony's Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense book and Steven Hyden's Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

8 Best biography memoir books like Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation by Steven Hyden

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Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge

Mark Yarm

4.27

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My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

Matt Singer

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

Steven Hyden

4.14

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18 Top music books like World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

Transform Your Habits

Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It

Bob Boilen

3.78

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My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan

4.35

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