22 must-read nonfiction books like Backstage Pass by Paul Stanley

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Backstage Pass

By: Paul Stanley

3.38

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author and front man and rhythm guitarist of KISS grants fans an all…

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1. I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

By: Martin Short

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this engaging memoir, written with heart, wisdom, and a huge helping of hilarity, Martin Short s… read more

Similar categories in Martin Short's I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"To my beloved friends, there’s simply no life without you guys. Thanks for the advice and the love and the billion dinners and laughs. Without you all . . . I’d look for new friends and get them."

-Martin Short, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

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2. Nothin' to Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975)

By: Gene Simmons , Ken Sharp , Paul Stanley

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Nothin' to Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975)chronicles, for the first time, the crucial formativ… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Neil Strauss, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, None

3. The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

By: Tommy Lee , Neil Strauss , Vince Neil , Nikki Sixx , None

4.31

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Whiskey and porn stars, hot reds and car crashes, black leather and high heels, overdoses and death… read more

Similar categories in Tommy Lee's The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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4. This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx

By: Nikki Sixx

4.08

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

Few of us have experienced life with the intensity, fury, and reckless abandon of Nikki Sixx, the w… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Sixx's This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss by Peter Criss, Larry Sloman

5. Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss

By: Peter Criss , Larry Sloman

3.62

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Founding KISS drummer Peter "Catman" Criss delivers a riveting and candid account of his incredible… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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6. Demon

By: Mikhail Lermontov , Dennis Ward

4.08

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

This book contains the Russian text of Lermontov's Demon, edited with an English language introduct… read more

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7. Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone

By: Marky Ramone

4.00

Format: 240 pages,

The “entertaining and enlightening” (Stephen King) final word on the genius and mischie… read more

Similar categories in Marky Ramone's Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction

8. The Time Between

By: Karen White

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A stunning new novel of betrayal and forgiveness from The New York Timesbestselling author. Thirty-… read more

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9. KISS and Make-up

By: Gene Simmons

4.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You wanted the truth, you got the truth--the hottest book in the world! Fueled by an explosive mix … read more

Similar categories in Gene Simmons's KISS and Make-up book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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10. Personal (Jack Reacher, #19)

By: Lee Child

3.72

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You can leave the army, but the army doesn't leave you. Not always. Not completely, notes Jack Reac… read more

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Cover of My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses by None, Steven Adler, Lawrence J. Spagnola

11. My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses

By: None , Steven Adler , Lawrence J. Spagnola

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Steven Adler, the original drummer for Guns N' Roses, comes My Appetite for Destruction, the i… read more

Similar categories in None's My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction

12. Sex Money Kiss

By: Gene Simmons

3.47

Format: 185 pages,

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction

13. 18 and Life on Skid Row

By: Sebastian Bach

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

In this uncensored, unfiltered memoir, the musician and former front man for Skid Row tells the sto… read more

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14. A Life in Parts

By: Bryan Cranston

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir--both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creat… read more

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15. The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star

By: Nikki Sixx

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Set against the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom, the co-founder of Motley Crue offers an… read more

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16. No Regrets: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir

By: Joe Layden , Ace Frehley , John Ostrosky

4.29

Format: None pages,

From the former lead guitarist of the legendary rock band KISS-a funny, truthful, candid memoir abo… read more

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17. 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 Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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18. The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx

By: Nikki Sixx

4.13

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Rock-and-roll icon and three-time bestselling author Nikki Sixx tells his origin story: how Frank F… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Sixx's The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
"Vince Neil once told me 'You look down on people.' My wife once told me something along the same lines, 'You look down on people who were born with silver spoons.' She's right. I DO look down on thos…"

-Nikki Sixx, The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx

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19. Brat: An '80s Story

By: Andrew McCarthy

3.61

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend a… read more

Similar categories in Andrew McCarthy's Brat: An '80s Story book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough

20. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

By: David McCullough

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more

Similar categories in David McCullough's The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Face It by Debbie Harry

21. Face It

By: Debbie Harry

3.61

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I was saying things in songs that female singers didn’t really say back then. I wasn’t submissive … read more

Similar categories in Debbie Harry's Face It book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
"To this day, when the band separates at the airport and we all go our different ways, I still get that gut reaction. Separation. I hate parting with people and i hate goodbyes."

-Debbie Harry, Face It

"I would just walk around, not looking for anything particular, looking for everything really, and ingesting and digesting it all. Art, music, theater, poetry, and the sense that everything was up for…"

-Debbie Harry, Face It

"Coincidence: it's supposed to mean just these random, disconnected events that concur or collide. But coincidence is not that at all. It's the stuff that's meant to be. Things that are supposed to be…"

-Debbie Harry, Face It

"I wanted to be platinum blond. On our black-and-white television and at the theater where they screened technicolor movies, there was something about platinum hair that was so luminescent and excitin…"

-Debbie Harry, Face It

Cover of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker

22. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

Similar categories in David Zucker's Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl by Rebecca Quin

23. Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

By: Rebecca Quin

4.51

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

This compelling and deeply personal memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin—a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. B… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Quin's Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will complete you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will destroy you"

-Rebecca Quin, Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

"Then and there, I vowed to lose weight so I might have a chance of actually being like my mom when I grew up. But then I got hungry and sad and just wanted pizza. Beauty was my mom's domain. Pizza wa…"

-Rebecca Quin, Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

Cover of Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming

24. Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life

By: Alan Cumming

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An intimate look at the making of a man, an actor, an advocate--and most importantly--a happy human… read more

Similar categories in Alan Cumming's Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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25. Rakkausshokkihoito

By: Henriikka Rönkkönen

3.17

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Ex-sinkun parisuhdetykitystä kaikille rakkausshokkihoitoa tarvitseville. Kymmenen sinkkuvuoden, … read more

Similar categories in Henriikka Rönkkönen's Rakkausshokkihoito book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • nonfiction
Cover of My Love Story by Tina   Turner

26. My Love Story

By: Tina Turner

4.16

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Tina Turner—the long-reigning queen of rock & roll and living legend—sets the record straight about… read more

Similar categories in Tina Turner's My Love Story book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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27. Backstage Pass

By: Paul Stanley

3.38

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author and front man and rhythm guitarist of KISS grants fans an all… read more

Similar categories in Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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28. 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

Similar categories in Paul Rees's Mellencamp book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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29. Kiss at 50

By: Martin Popoff

4.38

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

With this beautifully produced book, relive the extraordinary history of the of the hottest band in… read more

Similar categories in Martin Popoff's Kiss at 50 book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • music
Cover of Silly Boobies: A Love Story by Ame Dyckman

30. Silly Boobies: A Love Story

By: Ame Dyckman

4.58

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From a New York Times bestselling author and a Theodor Seuss Geisel Award–winning illustrator, a pl… read more

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31. Born to Fly

By: Sara Evans

3.35

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover country music star Sara Evans’s inspirational story about her rise to stardom, her roundab… read more

Similar categories in Sara Evans's Born to Fly book and Paul Stanley's Backstage Pass

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction

21 Best biography books like Backstage Pass by Paul Stanley

Transform Your Habits

I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

Martin Short

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Nothin' to Lose: The Making of KISS (1972-1975)

Gene Simmons , Ken Sharp , Paul Stanley

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

Tommy Lee , Neil Strauss , Vince Neil , Nikki Sixx , None

4.31

Transform Your Habits

This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx

Nikki Sixx

4.08

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Tommyland

Tommy Lee , Anthony Bozza

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Slash

Anthony Bozza , Slash

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen

Vince Neil , Mike Sager

3.41

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Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991

Michael Azerrad

4.22

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