8 best-selling biography memoir books like Only Wanna Be with You: The Inside Story of Hootie & the Blowfish by Tim Sommer

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Only Wanna Be with You: The Inside Story of Hootie & the Blowfish

By: Tim Sommer

4.19

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

In 1985, Mark Bryan heard Darius Rucker singing in a dorm shower at the University of South Carolin…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Only Wanna Be with You: The Inside Story of Hootie & the Blowfish by Tim Sommer , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Jackpot: High Times, High Seas, and the Sting That Launched the War on Drugs

By: Jason Ryan , Jason Ryan

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In a cat-and-mouse game played out in exotic locations across the globe, the smugglers sailed throu… read more

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  • nonfiction

2. The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective

By: Andy Andrews

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A new story of common wisdom from the bestselling author of The Traveler's Gift. Orange Beach, Alab… read more

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3. 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

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

4. Mike and Mike's Rules for Sports and Life

By: Mike Greenberg , Mike Golic , Andrew Chaikivsky

5.00

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

Every morning more than three million listeners tune in to Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Rad… read more

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5. Hissy Fit

By: Mary Kay Andrews

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

"Laced with humor and a sense of place that oozes the aroma of magnolia blossoms." --Atlanta Journa… read more

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6. Lucky Man

By: Michael J. Fox

4.25

Format: 512 pages,

In September 1998, Michael J. Fox stunned the world by announcing he had been diagnosed with Parkin… read more

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7. The Longest Day

By: Cornelius Ryan

4.25

Format: 131 pages,

The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpa… read more

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8. The Princess of Las Vegas

By: Chris Bohjalian

3.53

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A Princess Diana impersonator and her estranged sister find themselves drawn into a dangerous game … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam M. Grant

9. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Brat: An '80s Story

By: Andrew McCarthy

3.61

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend a… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story

By: Max Marshall

3.50

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, le… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team

By: Kara Goucher

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this unvarnished and affecting memoir, Olympian Kara Goucher reveals her experience of living th… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. An American Childhood

By: Annie Dillard

3.91

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

Annie Dillard remembers. She remembers the exhilaration of whipping a snowball at a car and having… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"I myself was both observer and observable, and so a possible object of my own humming awareness."

-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood

"Private life, book life, took place where words met imagination without passing through the world."

-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood

"Knowing you are alive is watching on every side your generation's short time falling away as fast as rivers drop through air, and feeling it hit."

-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood

"Those of us who read carried around with us like martyrs a secret knowledge, a secret joy and a secret hope: There is a life worth living where history is still taking place; there are ideas worth dy…"

-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood

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14. Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion

By: Tom Beaujour

4.07

Format: 535 pages, Hardcover

Hard rock in the 1980s was a hedonistic and often intensely creative wellspring of escapism that pe… read more

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  • music
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Beautiful Ones

By: Prince

3.78

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

From Prince himself comes the brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the gre… read more

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  • music
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Still, my soul is cast iron and not to be dented."

-Prince, The Beautiful Ones

"A lot of people have the idea that I'm a wild sexual person...I've lectured quite a few people out there. I'll say, 'Think about what you're saying. How would you react if you were me?' I ask that qu…"

-Prince, The Beautiful Ones

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16. Swimming Against the Current: Fighting for Common Sense in a World That’s Lost its Mind

By: Riley Gaines

4.49

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

America’s most sought-after voice in the fight to save female sports from woke destruction shares h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Outside Man (Matt Drake #2)

By: Don Bentley

4.28

Format: 464 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The fight for freedom has sent Matt Drake to some of the world's most dangerous spots. This time th… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Story of You: An Enneagram Journey to Becoming Your True Self by Ian Morgan Cron

18. The Story of You: An Enneagram Journey to Becoming Your True Self

By: Ian Morgan Cron

3.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

“Insightful, humorous, practical, this book will not only help you understand the story you’re tell… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Alchemist of Riddle and Ruin (An Accidental Alchemist Mystery #6) by Gigi Pandian

19. The Alchemist of Riddle and Ruin (An Accidental Alchemist Mystery #6)

By: Gigi Pandian

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

When Zoe Faust sees the ghost of a murdered young woman, is it really a spirit—or a flesh and blood… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Life's Too Short: A Memoir by Darius Rucker

20. Life's Too Short: A Memoir

By: Darius Rucker

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the three-time Grammy Award–winning, Diamond-selling le… read more

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  • music
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. LeBron, Inc.: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete

By: Brian Windhorst

3.85

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Return of the King comes the story of LeBron James's… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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22. The Miranda Obsession

By: Jen Silverman

3.61

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length 2 hours and 40 minutes Emmy Award-winning actress Rachel Brosnahan brings to li… read more

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  • audiobook
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23. The Method

By: James Patterson

3.50

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Please note: This audio drama is for mature audiences only. It contains strong language, violence, … read more

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  • audiobook
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24. Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television

By: Thea Glassman

3.84

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The untold stories of seven revolutionary teen shows (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, My So-Called Lif… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Make Something Good Today: A Memoir by Ben Napier

25. Make Something Good Today: A Memoir

By: Ben Napier

4.48

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

From Ben and Erin Napier, the stars of the hit HGTV show Home Town, comes Make Something Good Today… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Faith was a permanent and unquestioned part of my life. My family-- everyone around me, really-- was cut the same cloth. We were churchgoers and Methodists, and those facts permeated just about every…"

-Ben Napier, Make Something Good Today: A Memoir

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26. Holy Unhappiness: God, Goodness, and the Myth of the Blessed Life

By: Amanda Held Opelt

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Discover what it means to be blessed and challenge the false beliefs many in the church hold about … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Logic doesn't always hold up against the complexity of real life. Our equations fail us. Our formulas break down and reasons escape us. We carry blessing, and we carry curse. Life is paradox. It cann…"

-Amanda Held Opelt, Holy Unhappiness: God, Goodness, and the Myth of the Blessed Life

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27. The Power Couple

By: Alex Berenson

3.77

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award winner Alex Berenson comes a supercharged… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Only Wanna Be with You: The Inside Story of Hootie & the Blowfish by Tim Sommer

28. Only Wanna Be with You: The Inside Story of Hootie & the Blowfish

By: Tim Sommer

4.19

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

In 1985, Mark Bryan heard Darius Rucker singing in a dorm shower at the University of South Carolin… read more

Similar categories in Tim Sommer's Only Wanna Be with You: The Inside Story of Hootie & the Blowfish book and Tim Sommer's Only Wanna Be with You: The Inside Story of Hootie & the Blowfish

  • music
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Swimming with the Blowfish: Hootie, Healing, and One Hell of a Ride: A Story of Redemption by Jim Sonefeld

29. Swimming with the Blowfish: Hootie, Healing, and One Hell of a Ride: A Story of Redemption

By: Jim Sonefeld

4.18

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

Hootie & the Blowfish’s drummer chronicles the band’s rise, fall, and rebirth, as well as his path … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Little Book of Gratitude: Create a life of happiness and wellbeing by giving thanks (The Little Book Series) by Robert Emmons

30. The Little Book of Gratitude: Create a life of happiness and wellbeing by giving thanks (The Little Book Series)

By: Robert Emmons

4.06

Format: 99 pages, Kindle Edition

Gratitude is the simple, scientifically proven way to increase happiness and encourage greater joy,… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of When They Win, You Win: Being a Great Manager Is Simpler Than You Think by Russ Laraway

31. When They Win, You Win: Being a Great Manager Is Simpler Than You Think

By: Russ Laraway

4.24

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary Silicon Valley manager who inspired Radical Candor , the three simple rules for … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Chuck's prescription for expectation setting is (1) make sure you know what you expect, (2) make sure your people know what you expect, (3) have a way to measure it, and (4) manage to those expectati…"

-Russ Laraway, When They Win, You Win: Being a Great Manager Is Simpler Than You Think

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Adam M. Grant

4.12

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