26 Best nonfiction books like Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics by Dylan Jones

Cover of Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics by Dylan  Jones

Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

By: Dylan Jones

3.84

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

David Bowie. Culture Club. Wham!. Soft Cell. Duran Duran. Sade. Spandau Ballet. The Eurythmics... …

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Cover of The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life by Andy Miller

1. The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life

By: Andy Miller

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

A working father whose life no longer feels like his own discovers the transforming powers of great… read more

Similar categories in Andy Miller's The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys by Lol Tolhurst

2. Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys

By: Lol Tolhurst

4.16

Format: 1342 pages, Hardcover

"On our first day of school, Robert and I stood at the designated stop at Hevers Avenue with our mo… read more

Similar categories in Lol Tolhurst's Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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3. 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

Similar categories in Cosey Fanni Tutti's Art Sex Music book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Set the Boy Free by Johnny Marr

4. Set the Boy Free

By: Johnny Marr

2.50

Format: 32 pages, ebook

The long-awaited memoir from the legendary guitarist and cofounder of the seminal British band The … read more

Similar categories in Johnny Marr's Set the Boy Free book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 by Lizzy Goodman

5. Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011

By: Lizzy Goodman

4.16

Format: 622 pages, Hardcover

An intriguing oral history of the post-9/11 decline of the old-guard music industry and rebirth of … read more

Similar categories in Lizzy Goodman's Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

6. Goodnight Lady

By: Martina Cole

3.26

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A tour-de-force thriller of corruption and violence. In the sixties, Briony Cavanagh ran a string o… read more

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7. Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

By: Viv Albertine

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

The guitarist for seminal female punk group The Slits recounts playing with Sid Vicious, touring wi… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"It’s true the good die young."

-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

"I grew up with John Lennon at my side, like a big brother."

-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

"Anyone who writes an autobiography is either a twat or broke."

-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

"I think most people in long marriages have a touch of Stockholm Syndrome"

-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

8. Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s

By: Moby , Jonathan Bernstein , None , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mad Worldis a highly entertaining oral history that celebrates the New Wave music phenomenon of the… read more

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9. Fantastic Four: Full Circle

By: Alex Ross

3.79

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

An all-new Marvel Comics graphic novel starring the Fantastic Four, written and illustrated by reno… read more

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10. 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

Similar categories in Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"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

11. 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 Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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12. 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 Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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

Cover of 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan

13. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

By: James Kaplan

4.35

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the … read more

Similar categories in James Kaplan's 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan

14. The Philosophy of Modern Song

By: Bob Dylan

3.80

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Vol… read more

Similar categories in Bob Dylan's The Philosophy of Modern Song book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"

-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song

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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 Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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16. Greatest Hits

By: Harlan Ellison

4.18

Format: 468 pages, Paperback

How to summarize the psychedelic, witty, helter-skelter mind of Harlan Ellison? A mind that refu… read more

Similar categories in Harlan Ellison's Greatest Hits book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • collections
Cover of Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir by Sly Stone

17. 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

Similar categories in Sly Stone's Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Goth: A History by Lol Tolhurst

18. Goth: A History

By: Lol Tolhurst

3.68

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Following his memoir  Cured , a fascinating deep dive into the dark Romanticism of Goth music, a mi… read more

Similar categories in Lol Tolhurst's Goth: A History book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Don't Look Back In Anger: The Rise and Fall of Cool Britannia by Daniel Rachel

19. Don't Look Back In Anger: The Rise and Fall of Cool Britannia

By: Daniel Rachel

3.91

Format: 495 pages, Hardcover

The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of t… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Rachel's Don't Look Back In Anger: The Rise and Fall of Cool Britannia book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden

20. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland

By: Steven Hyden

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album,  Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more

Similar categories in Steven Hyden's There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success by Miki Berenyi

21. 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 Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Long Players: Writers on the Albums that Shaped Them by Tom Gatti

22. Long Players: Writers on the Albums that Shaped Them

By: Tom Gatti

3.46

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Fifty great writers reflect on the albums that shaped them in this captivating collection curated b… read more

Similar categories in Tom Gatti's Long Players: Writers on the Albums that Shaped Them book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Hip-Hop Is History by Questlove

23. Hip-Hop Is History

By: Questlove

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Hip-Hop is History, Questlove, one of the major and most revolutionary figures of that genre, un… read more

Similar categories in Questlove's Hip-Hop Is History book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?: An Oral History of the ’60s Girl Groups by Laura Flam

24. But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?: An Oral History of the ’60s Girl Groups

By: Laura Flam

4.02

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Featuring over 300 hours of new interviews with 100+ subjects, an oral history of the girl groups (… read more

Similar categories in Laura Flam's But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?: An Oral History of the ’60s Girl Groups book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • 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

Similar categories in Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Shiny and New: Ten Moments of Pop Genius that Defined the '80s by Dylan Jones

26. Shiny and New: Ten Moments of Pop Genius that Defined the '80s

By: Dylan Jones

3.78

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

'A wholly successful endeavour carried along by waves of infectious enthusiasm' Mojo'Fascinating' N… read more

Similar categories in Dylan Jones's Shiny and New: Ten Moments of Pop Genius that Defined the '80s book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics by Dylan  Jones

27. Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

By: Dylan Jones

3.84

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

David Bowie. Culture Club. Wham!. Soft Cell. Duran Duran. Sade. Spandau Ballet. The Eurythmics... … read more

Similar categories in Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • collections
  • nonfiction
Cover of Under a Rock: A Memoir by Chris Stein

28. Under a Rock: A Memoir

By: Chris Stein

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

At its heart, Under A Rock is a love story. The codependent bond between Chris Stein and Debbie Har… read more

Similar categories in Chris Stein's Under a Rock: A Memoir book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock by David Weigel

29. The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock

By: David Weigel

3.50

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Show That Never Ends is the definitive story of the extraordinary rise and fall of progressive … read more

Similar categories in David Weigel's The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony by Nick Corasaniti

30. I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony

By: Nick Corasaniti

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A captivating oral history of the iconic music venue the Stone Pony and of the rise, fall, and rebi… read more

Similar categories in Nick Corasaniti's I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of the Stone Pony book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Started Out Just Drinking Beer: The Mental As Anything Story by Stuart Lloyd

31. Started Out Just Drinking Beer: The Mental As Anything Story

By: Stuart Lloyd

4.21

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

The riotous rollercoaster ride of Mental as Anything, one of Australia’s greatest bands from 1976-2… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Lloyd's Started Out Just Drinking Beer: The Mental As Anything Story book and Dylan Jones's Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics

  • music
  • biography

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Lizzy Goodman

4.16

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Quentin Tarantino

4.06

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Geddy Lee

4.58

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James Kaplan

4.35

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Alex James

3.73

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Stuart Braithwaite

3.88

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Alan Partridge

4.27

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Nick Cave

4.44

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