All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir
By: Kathy Valentine
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Runner-up, Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Non-Fiction, 2021 Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentin…
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1. Lips Unsealed: A Memoir
By: Belinda Carlisle
3.45
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
The women of the iconic eighties band the Go-Go’s will always be remembered as they appeared on the… read more
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- music
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
2. Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
By: James Baldwin
4.30
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attac… read more
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"I remembered my mother’s insistence that I always wear clean underwear because I might get knocked down by a car on the way to or from school and I and the family would be disgraced even beyond the g…"-James Baldwin, Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
3. High on Arrival
By: Mackenzie Phillips
3.82
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
The eldest daughter of John Phillips and stepdaughter of Michelle Phillips, both lead singers of th… read more
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- music
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
4. Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
By: Chrissie Hynde
3.49
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Chrissie Hynde, for nearly four decades the singer/songwriter/ undisputed leader of the Pretenders,… read more
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- music
- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- rock n roll
- audiobook
"After writing a song, there’s first a feeling of elation followed by the sinking feeling that it will never happen again, and you go back to thinking that you can't do it. It creates an ongoing feeli…"-Chrissie Hynde, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
"To address another human was one thing, but a singing voice was capable of so much more. Romance made you weak and love was about suffering. I wanted what the jazz musicians were looking for: the sup…"-Chrissie Hynde, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
"Nothing was going to compromise my freedom to walk the streets whenever, wherever and with whomever I wanted. I saw fame as being akin to living in a high-security prison and I didn’t want to go ther…"-Chrissie Hynde, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
5. Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music
By: John Fogerty
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER The long-awaited memoir from John Fogerty, the legendary singer-songwriter and … read more
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- music
- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
6. No Name in the Street
By: James Baldwin
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
This stunningly personal document and extraordinary history of the turbulent sixties and early seve… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
7. 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
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- music
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- rock n roll
8. What are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal
By: Laina Dawes , Skin
3.85
Format: None pages, Paperback
What Are You Doing Here? investigates how black women musicians and fans navigate the metal, hardco… read more
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9. Dancing With Myself
By: Billy Idol
4.09
Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition
In this bold and candid memoir, music legend Billy Idol shares his life story--from his childhood i… read more
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10. In The Pleasure Groove: Love, Death, and Duran Duran
By: Nigel John Taylor
4.00
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
John Taylor, Duran Duran's co-founder, takes the reader on a wild ride through his life. From the e… read more
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11. My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor
By: Jim Ruland , None
3.46
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Keith Morris is a true punk icon. No one else embodies the sound of Southern Californian hardcore t… read more
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12. 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
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
13. 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
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- music
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- 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
14. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
By: Lyz Lenz
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog."-Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
15. Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More
By: James Burrows
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
"Being directed by the Jimmy Burrows, while on Friends, was like hitting the jackpot. I'm delighte… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina
By: Chris Frantz
3.50
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Chris Frantz’s memoir tells the story of his life with Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and his life-lon… read more
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- music
- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Without adventures, we won’t have stories."-Chris Frantz, Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina
"...the opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is selfishness."-Chris Frantz, Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina
17. Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon
By: Kate Andersen Brower
4.16
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever auth… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. 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
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"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
19. Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir
By: Mark Lanegan
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A gritty, gripping memoir by the singer Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, Sou… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
By: Matt Singer
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more
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- history
- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir
By: Lucinda Williams
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. 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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- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. 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
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- biography
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. 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
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- art
- history
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century
By: Roseanne Montillo
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Exploring the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. So Long as It's Wild
By: Barbara Jenkins
4.11
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The story of one author's walk across America. From the untold narrative of her impoverished Ozarks… read more
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- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. Confess: The Autobiography
By: Rob Halford
4.40
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
The legendary frontman of Judas Priest, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, c… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. 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
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- music
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
By: Rebecca Traister
4.37
Format: 320 pages, ebook
From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies comes a vital… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Women's anger has been buried, over and over again. But it has seeded the ground; we are the green shoots of furies covered up long ago."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"Women's ire in any political context remains coded as chaotic, while men's is comprehensible, understood as rational and often admirable."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"As Amanda Litman... has written, 'Instead of resisting (anger) or avoiding it, let your fury push you to action. Embrace your anger and put it to work."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"When somebody manages to project a lot of strength and a lot of warmth, we say they're charismatic and magnetic, we want to be with that person, we want to be that person,' said Neffinger."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
30. All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir
By: Kathy Valentine
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Runner-up, Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Non-Fiction, 2021 Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentin… read more
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- art
- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- rock n roll
- audiobook
31. 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
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- history
- biography
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- biography memoir
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