18 best-selling biography books like Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground by Dylan Jones

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Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

By: Dylan Jones

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, filmmakers, an…

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1. Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements

By: Bob Mehr

4.55

Format: 488 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBased on a decade of research and reporting--as well as access to the Repl… read more

Similar categories in Bob Mehr's Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements book and Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. The Instant Enemy (Lew Archer, #14)

By: Ross Macdonald

4.04

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Lew Archer is back, careening down the bloody trail of women who were beaten to death, a murdered c… read more

Similar categories in Ross Macdonald's The Instant Enemy (Lew Archer, #14) book and Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

"The past was filling the room like a tide of whispers."

-Ross Macdonald, The Instant Enemy (Lew Archer, #14)

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3. 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

Similar categories in Johnny Marr's Set the Boy Free book and Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • biography
  • 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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6. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

By: James Kaplan

4.35

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the … read more

Similar categories in James Kaplan's 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool book and Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar

By: Cynthia Carr

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol su… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Carr's Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar book and Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Lou Reed: The King of New York

By: Will Hermes

4.23

Format: 529 pages, Hardcover

"The only Lou Reed bio you need to read." ― The Washington Post "There have been many biographie… read more

Similar categories in Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York book and Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

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

9. 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 Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • 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

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10. 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 Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • 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

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11. 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 Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Goth: A History by Lol Tolhurst

13. Goth: A History

By: Lol Tolhurst

3.68

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Following his memoir  Cured , a fascinating deep dive into the dark Romanticism of Goth music, a mi… read more

Similar categories in Lol Tolhurst's Goth: A History book and Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic by Daniel de Visé

14. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

By: Daniel de Visé

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more

Similar categories in Daniel de Visé's The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic book and Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Limits

By: Nell Freudenberger

3.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The most thrilling work yet from the best-selling, prize-winning author of The Newlyweds and Lost a… read more

Similar categories in Nell Freudenberger's The Limits book and Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

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

16. 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 Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • art
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground by Dylan Jones

17. Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

By: Dylan Jones

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, filmmakers, an… read more

Similar categories in Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground book and Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon

By: Joel Selvin

4.27

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

The blazing rock opera of the greatest drummer of all-time, Jim Gordon, from the legendary Wrecking… read more

Similar categories in Joel Selvin's Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon book and Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Soundtrack of Silence: Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life by Matt       Hay

19. Soundtrack of Silence: Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life

By: Matt Hay

4.18

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring memoir of a young man who discovered he was going completely deaf just at the moment h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Hay's Soundtrack of Silence: Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life book and Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

20. You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico

By: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

3.93

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL AND YOU ARE ALONE is a new biography of Nico, the mysterious singer best known fo… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Otter Bickerdike's You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico book and Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Always have an onion. - Nico"

-Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico

"You don't have to be you to be you. - Nico"

-Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico

"A twenty-two room castle can be awfully lonely place for just one person. - Nico"

-Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico

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21. 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 Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

19 best-selling audiobook books like Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground by Dylan Jones

Transform Your Habits

Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements

Bob Mehr

4.55

Transform Your Habits

Set the Boy Free

Johnny Marr

2.50

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

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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

Transform Your Habits

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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