22 Top biography books like George Michael: A Life by James Gavin

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George Michael: A Life

By: James Gavin

3.76

Format: 528 pages, ebook

The definitive biography of George Michael, offering an expansive look at the troubled life of the …

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Cover of Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury by Lesley-Ann Jones

1. Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury

By: Lesley-Ann Jones

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Revealing and intimate, based on more than 100 interviews with key figures in his life, this is the… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Fuck them, darling, if they just don’t get it,"

-Lesley-Ann Jones, Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury

Cover of Henry and Beezus (Henry Huggins, #2) by Tracy Dockray, Beverly Cleary

2. Henry and Beezus (Henry Huggins, #2)

By: Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

All Henry Huggins wants is his very own bicycle, a shiny red one to ride up and down Klickitat Stre… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Olive Oil in the South of France by Carol Drinkwater

3. The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Olive Oil in the South of France

By: Carol Drinkwater

4.00

Format: 32 pages,

When Carol Drinkwater and her fiance, cute Michel, are given the opportunity to purchase ten acres … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter by Randy L. Schmidt, Dionne Warwick

4. Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter

By: Randy L. Schmidt , Dionne Warwick

4.10

Format: 668 pages, Hardcover

Little Girl Blue is an intimate profile of Karen Carpenter, a girl from a modest Connecticut upbrin… read more

Similar categories in Randy L. Schmidt's Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter book and James Gavin's George Michael: A Life

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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5. Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words

By: Malka Marom , Joni Mitchell

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

When singer, musician, and broadcast journalist Malka Marom had the opportunity to interview Joni M… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

6. Who I Am

By: Pete Townshend

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Hardcover

From the voice of a generation: The most highly anticipated autobiography of the year, and the stor… read more

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7. Henry and Ribsy (Henry, #3)

By: Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary

3.48

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

Henry's father promises to take him salmon fishing if he can keep Ribsy out of trouble for the next… read more

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8. Storms: My Life with Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac

By: Carol Ann Harris

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

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Cover of Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me by Bernie Taupin

9. Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

By: Bernie Taupin

3.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** An evocative, clear-eyed, and revealing memoir by Bernie Taupin, th… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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11. Wham! George & Me

By: Andrew Ridgeley

4.04

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

Celebrate 40 years of WHAM! with the Sunday Times bestseller from one half of the world's most famo… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon by Kate Andersen Brower

12. Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

By: Kate Andersen Brower

4.16

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever auth… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Karma: My Autobiography

By: Boy George

3.62

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'In what mig… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. The House of Hidden Meanings

By: RuPaul

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and persona… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We all have that magic within us - But it's the faculty to harness it - to turn something seemingly meaningless into something special, to be loose and spontaneous with it - that makes life most wort…"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

"But in that time the RuPaul idea was born, and people outside of my world were inspired to talk about me and androgyny and drag in a way that was unprecedented. Not long after that, the questions cam…"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

"Life is full of dualities: night and day, black and white, yin and yang, good and evil, birth and death, love and fear. You can't have one without the other. It takes two to create the magnetic pull …"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

"There are ideological precepts that people will fight or even kill for. But those things are never really what they seem to be. As much as people will claim a hard moral line, that line becomes very …"

-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

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15. Brutally Honest

By: Melanie Brown

4.06

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

The tell-all memoir from the loudest, proudest Spice Girl – and the truth behind the headlines   … read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania by Brad Balukjian

16. The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania

By: Brad Balukjian

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

They say to never meet your heroes. Brad Balukjian doesn’t listen.   From the bestselling author of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Madonna: A Rebel Life by Mary Gabriel

17. Madonna: A Rebel Life

By: Mary Gabriel

4.03

Format: 1782 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Editors’ Choice, One of NPR’s Best Books of the YearIn this “infinitely readable” bi… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Nirwana by Tommy Wieringa

18. Nirwana

By: Tommy Wieringa

4.07

Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition

De geschiedenis van een grootvader bepaalt het heden van een samen vertellen ze het verhaal van ee… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain by Charles Leerhsen

19. Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain

By: Charles Leerhsen

3.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling, “unvarnished” ( The New York Times ), “engrossing” ( The Guardian ), “gritty, well… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

20. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Cover of Barkley: A Biography by Timothy Bella

21. Barkley: A Biography

By: Timothy Bella

4.07

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

* A Good Morning America Buzz Book* *A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2022* The definitive biogra… read more

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

22. 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

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
  • audiobook
Cover of George Michael: A Life by James       Gavin

23. George Michael: A Life

By: James Gavin

3.76

Format: 528 pages, ebook

The definitive biography of George Michael, offering an expansive look at the troubled life of the … read more

Similar categories in James Gavin's George Michael: A Life book and James Gavin's George Michael: A Life

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • pop culture
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of It's a Love Story by Shirlie Kemp

24. It's a Love Story

By: Shirlie Kemp

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

'From Wham! to Spandau Ballet, from success to chaos in the blink of an eye – Martin and I are two … read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Stories I Might Regret Telling You: A Memoir by Martha Wainwright

25. Stories I Might Regret Telling You: A Memoir

By: Martha Wainwright

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A singer-songwriter's heartfelt memoir about growing up in a bohemian musical family and her experi… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"If you're an artist, your kids are bound to end up artists, too. To put it another way, once you're in the circus, it's hard to get out."

-Martha Wainwright, Stories I Might Regret Telling You: A Memoir

Cover of All Signs Point To Paris: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Destiny by Natasha Sizlo

26. All Signs Point To Paris: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Destiny

By: Natasha Sizlo

3.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“This one brims with magic... An absolute page-turner and joy to read!— Jane Green, New York Times … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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27. Mellencamp

By: Paul Rees

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of John Mellencamp, the iconic American rock and roll original, featuring … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of A Winter's Earl by Annabelle Greene

28. A Winter's Earl

By: Annabelle Greene

3.76

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

A secret baby puts a wrench in holiday plans in this charming, snowbound Regency romance from Annab… read more

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  • historical
  • lgbt
Cover of The House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power by Tom Bower

29. The House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power

By: Tom Bower

3.01

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans and watchers of the Beckham Netflix documentary who want the rest of the story—an explosiv… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year by Michaelangelo Matos

30. Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year

By: Michaelangelo Matos

3.65

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A Rolling Stone-Kirkus Best Music Book of 2020 The definitive account of pop music in the mid-eigh… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
  • audiobook
Cover of George Michael: The Life: 1963-2016 by Emily Herbert

31. George Michael: The Life: 1963-2016

By: Emily Herbert

3.55

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

He withdrew, lay low for long periods, only to emerge, blinking, back into the headlines, for all t… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • lgbt

22 best-selling audiobook books like George Michael: A Life by James Gavin

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Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury

Lesley-Ann Jones

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Henry and Beezus (Henry Huggins, #2)

Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

Bernie Taupin

3.58

Transform Your Habits

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Barbra Streisand

4.20

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18 Top audiobook books like Madonna: A Rebel Life by Mary Gabriel

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A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime

Casey Sherman

3.71

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My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

4.20

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Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Henry Winkler

4.14

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Armistead Maupin

4.11

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