10 Top music books like Hip-Hop Is History by Questlove

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Hip-Hop Is History

By: Questlove

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Hip-Hop is History, Questlove, one of the major and most revolutionary figures of that genre, un…

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1. 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 Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • 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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2. Music Is History

By: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller, Music Is History combines multi-Grammy Award winner Questlove’s deep m… read more

Similar categories in Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's Music Is History book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By: Zoë Schlanger

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more

Similar categories in Zoë Schlanger's The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. Birds Aren't Real: The True Story of Mass Avian Murder and the Largest Surveillance Campaign in U.S. History

By: Peter McIndoe

3.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The true story of the greatest conspiracy in US history―and how to fight back. Have you ever see… read more

Similar categories in Peter McIndoe's Birds Aren't Real: The True Story of Mass Avian Murder and the Largest Surveillance Campaign in U.S. History book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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5. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more

Similar categories in Hanif Abdurraqib's There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

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6. 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 Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • music
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are

By: Tariq Trotter

4.20

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

“Tariq Trotter . . . could be hip-hop’s Dostoyevsky. Like the Russian novelist, Mr. Trotter has ref… read more

Similar categories in Tariq Trotter's The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland

By: Steven Hyden

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album,  Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more

Similar categories in Steven Hyden's There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Hip-Hop Is History by Questlove

10. Hip-Hop Is History

By: Questlove

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Hip-Hop is History, Questlove, one of the major and most revolutionary figures of that genre, un… read more

Similar categories in Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • music
  • art
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

By: Emily Nussbaum

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more

Similar categories in Emily Nussbaum's Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • history
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Creative Quest

By: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A unique new guide to creativity from Questlove—inspirations, stories, and lessons on how to live y… read more

Similar categories in Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's Creative Quest book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • music
  • art
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"[Creativity] is about finding your own unique way of fitting into the continually repeating human experience."

-Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Creative Quest

"There's species-wide programming and then there's individuality. The overlap between those two opens up a space for creativity. Live in that space. I'm here too. Maybe I'll see you around sometime."

-Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Creative Quest

"Collaborations work best this way; when there's a mutual desire to see what the other side adds. You know that what you're making on your own has value but the sum is more than the parts and every pa…"

-Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Creative Quest

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13. 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 Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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14. Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs

By: Mo Rocca

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca, author of New York Times bestseller Mobitua… read more

Similar categories in Mo Rocca's Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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15. Under a Rock: A Memoir

By: Chris Stein

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

At its heart, Under A Rock is a love story. The codependent bond between Chris Stein and Debbie Har… read more

Similar categories in Chris Stein's Under a Rock: A Memoir book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony

By: Nick Corasaniti

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A captivating oral history of the iconic music venue the Stone Pony and of the rise, fall, and rebi… read more

Similar categories in Nick Corasaniti's I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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17. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

By: Rachelle Bergstein

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her mos… read more

Similar categories in Rachelle Bergstein's The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable by Sarah Gerard

18. Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable

By: Sarah Gerard

3.44

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed author Sarah Gerard turns her keen observational eye and cutting yet compassionate prose … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gerard's Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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19. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

Similar categories in Anne Applebaum's Autocracy, Inc. book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

Cover of The Hidden History of the White House: Power Struggles, Scandals, and Defining Moments by Corey Mead

20. The Hidden History of the White House: Power Struggles, Scandals, and Defining Moments

By: Corey Mead

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Presented by the hit podcast American History Tellers, The Hidden History of the White House reveal… read more

Similar categories in Corey Mead's The Hidden History of the White House: Power Struggles, Scandals, and Defining Moments book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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21. Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership

By: Brea Baker

4.58

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A powerful history of the impact of land theft and violent displacement on Black communities in the… read more

Similar categories in Brea Baker's Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership book and Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • history

5 Best pop culture books like Hip-Hop Is History by Questlove

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

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

Sly Stone

3.56

Transform Your Habits

There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland

Steven Hyden

4.21

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Questlove

4.00

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Shannon Reed

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

3.75

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That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

Amanda Jones

4.14

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Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

Kirsten Miller

4.19

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