15 must-read history books like You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

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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…

"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

If you liked the history plot in You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year

By: Steve Turner

4.26

Format: 464 pages, ebook

A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose gr… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Down Below by Leonora Carrington, Debra Taub

2. Down Below

By: Leonora Carrington , Debra Taub

3.84

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Black Swan Press 1983 Surrealist Editions Paperback. read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"I think she was mistaken when she said I was torturing myself. I think that she interpreted me fragmentarily, which is worse than not to interpret at all."

-Leonora Carrington, Down Below

"I am afraid I am going to drift into fiction, truthful but incomplete, for lack of some details which I cannot conjure up today and which might have enlightened us. This morning, the idea of the egg …"

-Leonora Carrington, Down Below

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3. The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith

By: Joan Schenkar

3.70

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

Patricia Highsmith, one of the great writers of 20th Century American fiction, had a life as darkly… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
Cover of Lou Reed: A Life by Anthony DeCurtis

4. Lou Reed: A Life

By: Anthony DeCurtis

4.39

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou Reed As lead singer and songw… read more

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  • music
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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5. Art Sex Music

By: Cosey Fanni Tutti

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Art Sex Musicis the autobiography of a musician who, as a founding member of the avant-garde group … read more

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  • music
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Michael Tolliver Lives (Tales of the City, #7) by Armistead Maupin

6. Michael Tolliver Lives (Tales of the City, #7)

By: Armistead Maupin

2.78

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Michael Tolliver, the sweet-spirited Southerner in Armistead Maupin's classic Tales of the Cityseri… read more

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7. Ghost in the Shell (Ghost in the Shell, #1)

By: Masamune Shirow

4.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the rapidly converging landscape of the 21st century Major Kusanagi is charged to track down the… read more

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8. Nico: Songs They Never Play on the Radio

By: James Edward Young

3.86

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

The story of Nico, former model, film actress, singer with the Velvet Underground and darling of An… read more

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9. The Weird and the Eerie

By: Mark Fisher

3.69

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

What exactly are the Weird and the Eerie? In this new essay, Mark Fisher argues that some of the mo… read more

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10. Lords of Chaos

By: Michael Moynihan , None

3.68

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

The book focuses on the scene surrounding the extreme heavy metal subgenre black metal in Norway in… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Nationalism is the political manifestation of a folk's collective unconscious; heathenism/ satanism is the spiritual manifestation. Both ascend from the same source. Its therefore no coincidence that…"

-Michael Moynihan, Lords of Chaos

"Heavy Metal has been forced to create its own underworld. It plays by its own rules, follows its own aesthetic prerogatives… Metal is no longer a staple of FM radio, nor are record labels publishing …"

-Michael Moynihan, Lords of Chaos

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11. Glamorama

By: Bret Easton Ellis

3.54

Format: 546 pages, Paperback

“Impeccable . . . cold and pitiless and modern.” —The Village Voice “Compelling and scary. A pol… read more

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"How is your father?"

-Bret Easton Ellis, Glamorama

"The better you look, the more you see"

-Bret Easton Ellis, Glamorama

"The better you look, the more you see."

-Bret Easton Ellis, Glamorama

"The Dave Matthews Band’s “Crash into Me"

-Bret Easton Ellis, Glamorama

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12. Girl in a Band

By: Kim Gordon

3.67

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

In Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of wo… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"I like being in a weak position, and making it strong."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"I give Iggy credit for deconstructing the very idea of entertainment."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

13. El olor a sangre humana no se me quita de los ojos: Conversaciones con Francis Bacon

By: Franck Maubert

4.47

Format: 907 pages, Paperback

Las <>que siguen se mantuvieron en frances y reunen la mayoria de los grandes temas que el artista … read more

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14. I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen

By: Sylvie Simmons

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Leonard Cohen, one of the most important and influential artists of our era, is a man of powerful e… read more

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15. La llamada: Un retrato

By: Leila Guerriero

4.49

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Esta es una historia real, llena de aristas y sombras, sobre la condición humana. A fines de los s… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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16. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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17. 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

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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18. 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

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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19. Faith, Hope and Carnage

By: Nick Cave

4.44

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life. Created from more than forty hou… read more

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  • music
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"I think people can do both terrible things and wonderful things when faced with the true understanding of their own powerlessness, vulnerability and lack of control."

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"Vulnerability is essential to spiritual and creative growth. Finding enormous strength through vulnerability. You're being open to whatever happens, including failure and shame. The two are connected…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"I guess not, but who says creativity it the be all and end all? Who says that our accomplishments are the only true measure of what is important in our lives? Perhaps there are other lives worth livi…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"The usual precepts collapse under the weight of the calamity: the terrible demands that we place upon ourselves; our own internal judging voice; the endless expectations and opinions of others. They …"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

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20. 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

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  • music
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • 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

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21. Be My Baby

By: Ronnie Spector

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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22. Good Pop, Bad Pop

By: Jarvis Cocker

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display? We all have a … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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23. 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

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars by Nick Duerden

24. Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars

By: Nick Duerden

3.77

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For fans of music books from David Hepworth, Pete Paphides, Bob Stanley and Craig Brown, as well as… read more

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

25. 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

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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26. 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

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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27. La alegre vida del triste perro Cornelius

By: Marc Torices

4.43

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

El perro Cornelius es un pobre diablo. Siempre es cabeza de turco y objeto de toda crítica. ¡Es el … read more

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28. 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

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • 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

Cover of Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany by Uwe Schütte

29. Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany

By: Uwe Schütte

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

'Highly stimulating ... Kraftwerk is a pleasure to read' Jon Savage, New StatesmanThe story of the … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of El murmullo del agua: Fuentes, jardines y divinidades acuáticas by María Belmonte

30. El murmullo del agua: Fuentes, jardines y divinidades acuáticas

By: María Belmonte

4.25

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

«Con los años he llegado a descubrir que las fuentes son lugares mágicos y liminales a los que hay … read more

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  • history
Cover of A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enríquez

31. A Sunny Place for Shady People

By: Mariana Enríquez

3.81

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with … read more

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