9 must-read adult books like Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture by Hannah Ewens

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Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

By: Hannah Ewens

4.06

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

From Beatlemania in the early 1960s to the Directioners and Beyhive of today, female music fans hav…

If you liked the adult plot in Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture by Hannah Ewens , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy by Stephen Richard Witt

1. How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy

By: Stephen Richard Witt

4.24

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

What happens when an entire generation commits the same crime?How Music Got Free is a riveting stor… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Richard Witt's How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
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2. Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

By: Owen Jones

4.09

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britain… read more

Similar categories in Owen Jones's Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"High Priestess of the Slagocracy"

-Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

"Demonisation is the ideological backbone of an unequal society."

-Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

"Taken together, New Labour policies have helped to build a series of overlapping chav caricatures: the feckless, the non-aspirational, the scrounger, the dysfunctional and the disorderly. To hear thi…"

-Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

Cover of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer

3. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

By: Claire Dederer

3.79

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more

Similar categories in Claire Dederer's Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • essays
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."

-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

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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 Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • music
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
"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. Penance

By: Eliza Clark

3.90

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you li… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Clark's Penance book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • adult
"Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details…"

-Eliza Clark, Penance

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6. I'm a Fan

By: Sheena Patel

3.32

Format: 207 pages, None

In I'm A Fan, a single speaker uses the story of their experience in a seemingly unequal, unfaithfu… read more

Similar categories in Sheena Patel's I'm a Fan book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • feminism
  • adult
"It is toxic. I am familiar"

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"Happiness or safety. Or isn't that the same thing?"

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"I never came with him. I never felt safe enough to."

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"The world is made for couples. Even the unhappy ones."

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

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7. Sunburn

By: Chloe Michelle Howarth

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Selected as an Evening Standard 'one to watch in 2023' It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish vi… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Michelle Howarth's Sunburn book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

"It's a shame that you can't even come out to me."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"People say 'lesbian' sometimes, they say 'dyke' more."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"I hope your bed is warm and you sleep well. See you tomorrow, Lucy x"

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

"All I'm doing is trying to love people. All I need is the right kind of love back."

-Chloe Michelle Howarth, Sunburn

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8. 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 Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • music
  • cultural
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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9. None of This Rocks: A Memoir

By: Joe Trohman

4.06

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Lead guitarist and cofounder of Fall Out Boy shares personal stories from his youth and his experie… read more

Similar categories in Joe Trohman's None of This Rocks: A Memoir book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • music
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
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10. Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

By: Chris Payne

4.41

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An explosive oral history of emo's takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuring MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, FA… read more

Similar categories in Chris Payne's Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • music
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
" Jonathan Daniel: I mean, people knew "Sins." That song was so big everywhere. But yeah, I don't think they knew the band as much. I remember Panic! went to see Kanye in Vegas, and Pete asked Kanye i…"

-Chris Payne, Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

" Jim Adkins: ...There was a girl who wrote us, explaining how she felt like an outsider at her school because the punk rock kids wouldn't accept her, even though she liked us and a lot of the really …"

-Chris Payne, Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

Cover of Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s by Sarah Ditum

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 Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • music
  • cultural
  • pop culture
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
Cover of Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007) by Dan Ozzi

12. Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)

By: Dan Ozzi

4.40

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Ozzi's reporting is strong, balanced and well tol… read more

Similar categories in Dan Ozzi's Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007) book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • music
  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
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13. Arrangements in Blue

By: Amy Key

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Arrangements in Blue elegantly honors the life lived completely by—and for—oneself. Inspired by Jon… read more

Similar categories in Amy Key's Arrangements in Blue book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • essays
Cover of Everything I Need I Get from You by Kaitlyn Tiffany

14. Everything I Need I Get from You

By: Kaitlyn Tiffany

3.55

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A thrilling dive into the world of superfandom and the fangirls who shaped the social internet. … read more

Similar categories in Kaitlyn Tiffany's Everything I Need I Get from You book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • music
  • pop culture
  • feminism
  • fandom
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • sociology
"Infatuation is irrational but it can be a precursor to introspection. The experience of bodily joy is an invitation to reconsider the conditions that hold you away from it most of the time. Screaming…"

-Kaitlyn Tiffany, Everything I Need I Get from You

Cover of Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture by Hannah Ewens

15. Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

By: Hannah Ewens

4.06

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

From Beatlemania in the early 1960s to the Directioners and Beyhive of today, female music fans hav… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • music
  • cultural
  • pop culture
  • feminism
  • fandom
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • cultural studies
  • adult
  • sociology
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16. Mother Doll

By: Katya Apekina

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A kaleidoscopic novel about the shadow of trauma in Russian history that follows four generations o… read more

Similar categories in Katya Apekina's Mother Doll book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • adult
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17. Normal People: The Scripts

By: Sally Rooney

4.59

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Delve deeper into the Emmy- and Golden Globe–nominated Hulu series based on Sally Rooney's bestsell… read more

Similar categories in Sally Rooney's Normal People: The Scripts book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

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18. The Lonely Stories

By: Natalie Eve Garrett

3.73

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

A collection of essays about the joys and struggles of being alone by 22 literary writers including… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Eve Garrett's The Lonely Stories book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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19. Hiding Him

By: Adam Hattan

3.99

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

Are you looking for a funny, romantic and slightly spicy read this Summer? Then Adam Hattan has you… read more

Similar categories in Adam Hattan's Hiding Him book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

Cover of Girl Online: A User Manual by Joanna  Walsh

20. Girl Online: A User Manual

By: Joanna Walsh

3.15

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

What happens when a woman goes online? She becomes a girl. The unwritten contract of the interne… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Walsh's Girl Online: A User Manual book and Hannah Ewens's Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • essays

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Stephen Richard Witt

4.24

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Owen Jones

4.09

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Claire Dederer

3.79

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Anna Dorn

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Jennifer Croft

3.26

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