5 best-selling race books like It Takes Blood and Guts by Skin

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It Takes Blood and Guts

By: Skin

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Skin, the trail-blazing lead singer of multi-million-selling rock band Skunk Anansie, is a global f…

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-Skin, It Takes Blood and Guts

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1. Slash

By: Anthony Bozza , Slash

4.00

Format: 458 pages, Hardcover

From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and r… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Bozza's Slash book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
"Restlessness is a fickle catalyst; it can drive you to achieve or it can coax your demise, and sometimes the choice isn't yours"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

"Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails me. The guitar is my conscience, too - whenever I've lost my way, i…"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

"Once you’ve lived a little you will find that whatever you send out into the world comes back to you in one way or another. It may be today, tomorrow, or years from now, but it happens; usually when …"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

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2. The Death of Bunny Munro

By: Nick Cave

3.80

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

Set adrift by his wife's sudden death and struggling to keep a grip on reality, Bunny Munro does th… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cave's The Death of Bunny Munro book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • audiobook
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3. I Am Ozzy

By: Ozzy Osbourne , Chris Ayres

4.11

Format: 176 pages,

read more

Similar categories in Ozzy Osbourne's I Am Ozzy book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

4. Playing to the Gallery

By: Grayson Perry

3.91

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Grayson Perry's book will overturn everything you thought you knew about "art" Now Grayson Perry is… read more

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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 Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • autobiography
  • 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. Keanu Reeves is Not in Love With You: The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud

By: Becky Holmes

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

One woman's hilarious and fascinating quest to expose the truth behind fraudulent Twitter romance … read more

Similar categories in Becky Holmes's Keanu Reeves is Not in Love With You: The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Why We Kneel, How We Rise

By: Michael Holding

4.47

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Through the prism of sport and conversations with its legends, including Usain Bolt, Adam Goodes, T… read more

Similar categories in Michael Holding's Why We Kneel, How We Rise book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • race
  • biography
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8. Strong Female Character

By: Fern Brady

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more

Similar categories in Fern Brady's Strong Female Character book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

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9. Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party

By: Michael Cragg

4.28

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Using the arrival of the Spice Girls as a jumping-off point, this fascinating new narrative will ex… read more

Similar categories in Michael Cragg's Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • nonfiction
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10. 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

Similar categories in Boy George's Karma: My Autobiography book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was

By: Ruby Wax

3.76

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Checking into a psychiatric institution wasn't exactly on Ruby Wax's agenda for 2022 - writing abou… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Wax's I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Let the Light Pour In

By: Lemn Sissay

3.67

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARA SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE BOOK TO G… read more

Similar categories in Lemn Sissay's Let the Light Pour In book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Berserker!

By: Adrian Edmondson

4.32

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Edmondson's Berserker! book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Paper Cuts

By: Ted Kessler

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

'A great writer' Paul Weller 'A music journalist of integrity' Billy Childish ' There's only one … read more

Similar categories in Ted Kessler's Paper Cuts book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. 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

Similar categories in Jarvis Cocker's Good Pop, Bad Pop book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter

By: Angela Hui

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening memoir revealing the stories behind living in and running a Chinese takeaway. Gro… read more

Similar categories in Angela Hui's Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. The God Desire

By: David Baddiel

3.69

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Jews Don’t Count ‘ A hugely heartfelt, funny, kind, fascinating, hum… read more

Similar categories in David Baddiel's The God Desire book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"But also, the cynic may have to accept something else. That he, as a human, is not exceptional. He might have to accept that perhaps, when you look at how animals, certainly mammals, behave – how the…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

"Martin Amis once said, of death, that ‘after forty, it’s a full-time job looking the other way’. I sometimes wonder if, at any adult age, it’s also a full-time job – although a less conscious one – l…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

"Some religious ideas may be on the decline, but not, I would say, human exceptionalism. Fewer people might believe in God than they used to, yet, although veganism is on the rise, most of us are stil…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

"Because another thing we look away from, in the killing of animals, is just how much they are like us. One of the things the internet has done is circulate, on a vast scale, short films of animals be…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

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18. Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)

By: Serj Tankian

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead… read more

Similar categories in Serj Tankian's Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts) book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. As Good As It Gets: Life Lessons from a Reluctant Adult

By: Romesh Ranganathan

3.91

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Confronted by the realities of adulthood, Romesh Ranganathan must face an uncomfortable this is no… read more

Similar categories in Romesh Ranganathan's As Good As It Gets: Life Lessons from a Reluctant Adult book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZZT

By: Trevor Horn

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As a renowned recording-studio maven, Trevor Horn has been dubbed 'the man who invented the '80s'. … read more

Similar categories in Trevor Horn's Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZZT book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Let Love Rule

By: Lenny Kravitz

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“I see my story as a suite of songs that have a magical connection. I never understood that connect… read more

Similar categories in Lenny Kravitz's Let Love Rule book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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22. Hot Stew

By: Fiona Mozley

3.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

London has changed a lot over the years. The Soho that Precious and Tabitha live and work in is bar… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Mozley's Hot Stew book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • audiobook
  • feminism
  • lgbt
  • queer
Cover of Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success by Miki Berenyi

23. Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success

By: Miki Berenyi

4.46

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary and searingly honest personal story of musician Miki Berenyi, revealing the highs… read more

Similar categories in Miki Berenyi's Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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24. Just Ignore Him

By: Alan Davies

4.36

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

The story of a life built on sand. In the rain. In this compelling memoir, comedian and actor Al… read more

Similar categories in Alan Davies's Just Ignore Him book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"This is the true inheritance tax of life. Behaviours and habits, ingrained, your own but not your own, a duty on your existence, a tariff to be levied on those who try to love you."

-Alan Davies, Just Ignore Him

"Later, I imagined that the past is not behind us at all, but unseen beneath our feet. We are supported by it as we walk, sometimes balanced, sometimes not, and if we tried we could reach below to gra…"

-Alan Davies, Just Ignore Him

"I don't see the point of leukaemia. Some diseases are using you as the host for a time and then they transfer to someone else, they survive that way, those pathogens, airborne or waterborne, jumping …"

-Alan Davies, Just Ignore Him

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25. Bodies

By: Ian Winwood

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Money, freedom, adoring fans: professional musicians seem to have it all. But beneath the surface l… read more

Similar categories in Ian Winwood's Bodies book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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26. I Love This Game

By: Patrice Evra

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

1 read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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27. Black and British: A Short, Essential History

By: David Olusoga

4.52

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

A short, essential introduction to Black British history When did Africans first come to Britain… read more

Similar categories in David Olusoga's Black and British: A Short, Essential History book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • race
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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28. Maybe I Don't Belong Here: A Memoir of Race, Identity, Breakdown and Recovery

By: David Harewood

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S BEST MEMOIRS OF 2021 AND THE TIMES' BEST FILM AND THEATRE BOOKS OF THE YEAR.'… read more

Similar categories in David Harewood's Maybe I Don't Belong Here: A Memoir of Race, Identity, Breakdown and Recovery book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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29. Ticket to the World: My 80s Story

By: Martin Kemp

3.96

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Ticket to the World is a joyous, nostalgic celebration of 80s culture from one man at the centre of… read more

Similar categories in Martin Kemp's Ticket to the World: My 80s Story book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. It Takes Blood and Guts

By: Skin

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Skin, the trail-blazing lead singer of multi-million-selling rock band Skunk Anansie, is a global f… read more

Similar categories in Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • music
  • audiobook
  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Visage Pur Cream Your Path To Raised Skin Easily And Care Quickly What can cause lines? This issue was previously prevented because individuals somehow got used-to the very fact that getting old is c…"

-Skin, It Takes Blood and Guts

Cover of Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You by Sofie Hagen

31. Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You

By: Sofie Hagen

4.24

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

In Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fatphobic influences from her daily life … read more

Similar categories in Sofie Hagen's Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You book and Skin's It Takes Blood and Guts

  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We constantly have to reach an impossible standard in order to just be taken a little bit seriously, and you can't help but wonder if it's all a trick. If we are meant to be too busy applying lipstic…"

-Sofie Hagen, Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You

26 must-read audiobook books like It Takes Blood and Guts by Skin

Transform Your Habits

The Death of Bunny Munro

Nick Cave

3.80

Transform Your Habits

I Am Ozzy

Ozzy Osbourne , Chris Ayres

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Keanu Reeves is Not in Love With You: The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud

Becky Holmes

3.88

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9 Best music books like Karma: My Autobiography by Boy George

Transform Your Habits

Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

Bernie Taupin

3.58

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My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

4.20

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Karma: My Autobiography

Boy George

3.62

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Mary Gabriel

4.03

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