21 Top music books like Limelight: Rush in the ’80s by Martin Popoff

Cover of Limelight: Rush in the ’80s by Martin Popoff

Limelight: Rush in the ’80s

By: Martin Popoff

4.40

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Part two of the definitive biography of the rock 'n' roll kings of the North In the follow-up to …

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Cover of Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road by Neil Peart

1. Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road

By: Neil Peart

4.11

Format: 460 pages, Paperback

This bold narrative written by the drummer and lyricist for the band Rush shows how Peart tried to … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life and Times by Neil Peart

2. Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life and Times

By: Neil Peart

4.13

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Neil Peart decided to drive his BMW Z-8 automobile from L.A. to Big Bend National Park, in Southwes… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1) by Stephen R. Donaldson

3. Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1)

By: Stephen R. Donaldson

3.72

Format: 480 pages, Mass Market Paperback

He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever because he dared not believe in the strange altern… read more

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"Dreams never forgive."

-Stephen R. Donaldson, Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1)

"Where do you get dreams like this?"

-Stephen R. Donaldson, Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1)

"Ah, it is hard to take pride in human history."

-Stephen R. Donaldson, Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1)

"Take heart. Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world."

-Stephen R. Donaldson, Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1)

Cover of Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal by Greg Renoff

4. Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal

By: Greg Renoff

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

A vivid and energetic history of Van Halen's legendary early years After years of playing gigs ever… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen by None

5. Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen

By: None

3.84

Format: 352 pages,

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Far and Away: A Prize Every Time by Neil Peart

6. Far and Away: A Prize Every Time

By: Neil Peart

3.62

Format: 128 pages,

Following in the tradition of Ghost Riderand Traveling Music, Rush drummer Neil Peart relates nearl… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of What Does This Button Do?: An Autobiography by Bruce Dickinson

7. What Does This Button Do?: An Autobiography

By: Bruce Dickinson

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER A long-awaited memoir from the larger-than-life, multifaceted lead vocalis… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Heaven And Hell: My Life In The Eagles (1974 2001) by Don Felder

8. Heaven And Hell: My Life In The Eagles (1974 2001)

By: Don Felder

4.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

Don Felder was just a poor boy from Florida, but when he joined the Eagles he soared into the strat… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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9. Snapshot

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.15

Format: None pages, Leather Bound

Snapshot is a Science Fiction detective story following Anthony Davis, a cop assigned to Snapshot D… read more

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10. The Lives of John Lennon

By: Albert Goldman

3.77

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

The result of six years of research and some 1,200 interviews, this book takes fans deep into Lenno… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

11. The Inverted World

By: Christopher Priest

4.07

Format: 213 pages,

The city is winched along tracks through a devastated land full of hostile tribes. Rails must be fr… read more

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Cover of The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa by Neil Peart

12. The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa

By: Neil Peart

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Accompanied by literary and artistic sidekicks such as Aristotle, Dante, and van Gogh, the author o… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock by Sammy Hagar

13. Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock

By: Sammy Hagar

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sammy Hagar--legendary lead singer of Van Halen, founder of the Cabo Wabo Tequila brand, and one of… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

14. Roadshow: Landscape With Drums

By: Neil Peart

2.00

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Neil Peart is a legendary drummer and lyricist for the band, Rush. For decades, Neil prepared and w… read more

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15. The Lions of Al-Rassan

By: Guy Gavriel Kay

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

The ruling Asharites of Al-Rassan have come from the desert sands, but over centuries, seduced by t… read more

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16. Clockwork Angels (Clockwork Angels, #1)

By: Kevin J. Anderson , Neil Peart

4.60

Format: None pages,

A remarkable collaboration that is unprecedented in its scope and realization, this exquisitely wro… read more

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17. AC/DC: Maximum Rock Roll: The Ultimate Story of the World’s Greatest Rock-and-Roll Band

By: Murray Engleheart , None

2.00

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

Over three decades and more than 150 million albums, AC/DC has established itself as much more than… read more

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Cover of Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

18. Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

Cover of My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee

19. 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

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Slowhand: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton by Philip Norman

20. Slowhand: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton

By: Philip Norman

3.91

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Shout!, comes the definitive biography of Eric Clapton, a Rock legen… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan

21. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road

By: Kyle Buchanan

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max:… read more

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

22. 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

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  • 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

Cover of Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond by Geezer Butler

23. Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

By: Geezer Butler

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Being in Black Sabbath felt like being an actor in a soap opera. It’s a minor miracle all four of the original lineup survived beyond the 1970s, let alone that we’re all still here. Along the way, we…"

-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

"Writing was my godsend, my treatment, my way of digging myself out of a depressive hole. That’s not an outlet a lot of working-class kids had. But because I’d been exposed to books from an early age,…"

-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

Cover of Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir by Steve Gorman

24. Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir

By: Steve Gorman

4.32

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

Black Crowes drummer and cofounder Steve Gorman shares the band's inside story in this behind-the-s… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Rainbow in the Dark: The Autobiography by Ronnie James Dio

25. Rainbow in the Dark: The Autobiography

By: Ronnie James Dio

4.15

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Instant National Bestseller The long-awaited autobiography by one of heavy metal’s most revered ic… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Limelight: Rush in the ’80s by Martin Popoff

26. Limelight: Rush in the ’80s

By: Martin Popoff

4.40

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Part two of the definitive biography of the rock 'n' roll kings of the North In the follow-up to … read more

Similar categories in Martin Popoff's Limelight: Rush in the ’80s book and Martin Popoff's Limelight: Rush in the ’80s

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Clockwork Destiny by Kevin J. Anderson

27. Clockwork Destiny

By: Kevin J. Anderson

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Leather Bound

The final volume in the New York Times–bestselling, award-winning steampunk trilogy by Kevin J. And… read more

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Cover of Far and Wide: Bring That Horizon to Me! by Neil Peart

28. Far and Wide: Bring That Horizon to Me!

By: Neil Peart

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

35 concerts. 17,000 motorcycle miles. Three months. One lifetime. Now in paperback In May 2015, … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Far and Near: On Days Like These by Neil Peart

29. Far and Near: On Days Like These

By: Neil Peart

4.39

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Whether navigating the backroads of Louisiana or Thuringia, exploring the snowy Quebec woods, or pe… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax by Frank Bello

30. Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax

By: Frank Bello

4.05

Format: None pages, None

Frank Bello is an American musician, most notable as bassist for the legendary thrash metal band An… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Twisted Business: Lessons from My Life in Rock 'n Roll by Jay Jay French

31. Twisted Business: Lessons from My Life in Rock 'n Roll

By: Jay Jay French

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Jay Jay French—founder, guitarist, and manager of the world-famous heavy metal band Twisted Sister—… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction

16 best-selling audiobook books like Limelight: Rush in the ’80s by Martin Popoff

Transform Your Habits

Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road

Neil Peart

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life and Times

Neil Peart

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal

Greg Renoff

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen

None

3.84

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16 best-selling nonfiction books like Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock by Sammy Hagar

Transform Your Habits

Slash

Anthony Bozza , Slash

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal

Greg Renoff

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen

None

3.84

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I Am Ozzy

Ozzy Osbourne , Chris Ayres

4.11

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