My Rock 'n' Roll Friend
By: Tracey Thorn
4.19
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of female friendship and women in music, from the iconic singer-songwriter and bests…
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1. Lennon Remembers: The Full Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970
By: Jann S. Wenner , John Lennon
4.13
Format: 151 pages, Hardcover
Published on the twentieth anniversary of his death, this candid book reveals new information on th… read more
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- music
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- british literature
- nonfiction
2. Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
By: Chrissie Hynde
3.49
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Chrissie Hynde, for nearly four decades the singer/songwriter/ undisputed leader of the Pretenders,… read more
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- music
- history
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
"After writing a song, there’s first a feeling of elation followed by the sinking feeling that it will never happen again, and you go back to thinking that you can't do it. It creates an ongoing feeli…"-Chrissie Hynde, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
"To address another human was one thing, but a singing voice was capable of so much more. Romance made you weak and love was about suffering. I wanted what the jazz musicians were looking for: the sup…"-Chrissie Hynde, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
"Nothing was going to compromise my freedom to walk the streets whenever, wherever and with whomever I wanted. I saw fame as being akin to living in a high-security prison and I didn’t want to go ther…"-Chrissie Hynde, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
3. Telling Stories
By: Tim Burgess
4.04
Format: None pages, Paperback
Tim Burgess grew up in rural Cheshire but from his mid-teens he spent as much time as he could at t… read more
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- music
- biography
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- british literature
- nonfiction
4. Set the Boy Free
By: Johnny Marr
2.50
Format: 32 pages, ebook
The long-awaited memoir from the legendary guitarist and cofounder of the seminal British band The … read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- biography
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5. Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon
By: Peter Ames Carlin
3.68
Format: 346 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon, Paul Simon, by the bestselling roc… read more
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- music
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
6. The Confidential Agent
By: Ian Rankin , Graham Greene
3.54
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY IAN RANKIN. In a small continental country civil war is raging. Once a l… read more
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- british literature
7. The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise
By: Brix Smith Start
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The Rise, The Fall, and The Riseis the extraordinary story, in her own words, of Brix Smith Start. … read more
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- music
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- biography
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9. Beatlebone
By: Kevin Barry
3.85
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A searing, surreal novel that blends fantasy and reality--and Beatles fandom--from one of literatur… read more
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10. Dead Air
By: Iain Banks
3.62
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In this new edition, the original topics have been brought up to date, added to and elaborated upon… read more
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11. Girl in a Band
By: Kim Gordon
3.67
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
In Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of wo… read more
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- music
- biography
- memoir
- feminism
- nonfiction
"All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"I like being in a weak position, and making it strong."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"I give Iggy credit for deconstructing the very idea of entertainment."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
12. Grant & I: Inside and Outside the Go-Betweens
By: Robert Forster
4.06
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
The Go-Betweens, one of Australia's most talented and influential bands, very nearly wasn't. Grant … read more
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13. Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary
By: Nina Stibbe
3.66
Format: 346 pages, Hardcover
How do I get rid of the mosquitoes infesting the garden? Should my kids be drinking so much? And wh… read more
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- nonfiction
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14. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life
By: Anna Funder
4.13
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- feminism
- nonfiction
15. Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything
By: Julia Baird
3.89
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Phosphorescence comes a beautiful and timely exploration of that mos… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- australia
"our bodies, our misshapen, lumpy, wobbly, birth-marked, uneven, scarred, imperfect bodies are our vessels. If only we were more gracious towards them. They won't last forever, they will eventually gr…"-Julia Baird, Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything
16. Rosewater
By: Liv Little
3.67
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Queenie and Such a Fun Age comes a deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel a… read more
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- adult
17. The In-Between
By: Christos Tsiolkas
3.70
Format: 400 pages, ebook
The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap … read more
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- australia
"There was respite in history. The beligerence and intolerance of the contemporary age was of no consequence to the past. And there was no shouting."-Christos Tsiolkas, The In-Between
18. O Brother
By: John Niven
4.64
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
John Niven’s little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business …"-John Niven, O Brother
19. 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
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- music
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- british literature
- nonfiction
20. Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1)
By: Margaret Hickey
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A scintillating crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterio… read more
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- australia
21. My Rock 'n' Roll Friend
By: Tracey Thorn
4.19
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of female friendship and women in music, from the iconic singer-songwriter and bests… read more
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- music
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- british literature
- feminism
- nonfiction
- australia
- adult
22. George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle
By: Philip Norman
3.91
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From the premiere Beatles biographer—author of the New York Times bestseller John The Life and the… read more
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- biography
- british literature
- nonfiction
23. Bunnyman: A Memoir
By: Will Sergeant
4.23
Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition
The Sunday Times bestsellerGrowing up in Liverpool in the 1960s and '70s, when skinheads, football … read more
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- music
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- biography
- memoir
24. Hit Parade of Tears
By: Izumi Suzuki
3.43
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A new collection of stories from the cult author of Terminal Boredom. Izumi Suzuki had ideas abo… read more
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"Love isn't like a house you can just kick back and live in once its completed. No, it gets more worn and tattered day by day, unless you keep on making it up."-Izumi Suzuki, Hit Parade of Tears
25. 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
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- music
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"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
26. Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success
By: Miki Berenyi
4.46
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary and searingly honest personal story of musician Miki Berenyi, revealing the highs… read more
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- biography
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- british literature
- feminism
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27. Tenement Kid
By: Bobby Gillespie
4.02
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
Fizzing with an infectious passion for the magic of rock music, Gillespie’s vivid and evocative mem… read more
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- music
- biography
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- british literature
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"I kind of became a feminist from an early age, even though I wasn’t aware of the feminist movement in any way. I admired my mum a lot. In her own quiet way she was a fighter."-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"When I was a teenager I started to think about how dedicated Dad was to the struggle for working-class rights. He had devoted his life to the Labour cause fighting inequality and that’s fucking great…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"Those painful childhood memories we bury, that some of us try and drown out with sex, drugs, alcohol, gambling, all the usual crutches and distractions. These childhood experiences are going to be re…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"I began to question the world and other people from a young age. I suppose that gave me a sense of emotional distance, a lack of trust in future friendships and relationships; I would assume a friend…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
28. The Schoolhouse
By: Sophie Ward
3.29
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From the Booker Prize-longlisted author of Love and Other Thought Experiments comes a masterful and… read more
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29. Betsey: A Memoir
By: Betsey Johnson
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A memoir by the internationally famous fashion designer and style icon Mention the name "Betsey Jo… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- biography
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30. This Happy
By: Niamh Campbell
2.89
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
When Alannah was twenty-three, she met a man who was older than her - a married man - and fell in l… read more
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31. 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left
By: Robyn Hitchcock
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
The great eccentric of British psychedelia—beloved by everyone from Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. to the … read more
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- music
- history
- biography
- memoir
- british literature
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