Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith
By: John F. Szwed
4.29
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Gospel Singer
By: Harry Crews
3.57
Format: 307 pages,
To the dirt poor town of Enigma, Georgia, a local farm boy returns as a prosperous faith healer. Th… read more
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2. The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double Life
By: Clare Carlisle
4.13
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A startling new portrait of George Eliot, the beloved novelist and a rare philosophical mind who ex… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- biography memoir
3. 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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- 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
4. Monica
By: Daniel Clowes
3.95
Format: 106 pages, Hardcover
Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more
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5. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
By: Werner Herzog
4.25
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more
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- art
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- film
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- audiobook
6. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
By: Keith O'Brien
4.43
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. 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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- art
- history
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- film
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
By: Lucy Sante
3.70
Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition
“Reading this book is a joy... much to say about the trans journey and will undoubtedly become a st… read more
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"(Although it is extremely exciting to have tits.)"-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
"I wanted to so badly to be a woman that I could not really understand anyone wanting anything else"-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
"It appeared that transitioning did not involve piling on additional stuff; rather it was a process of removal, dismantling the carapace of maleness that had kept me in its grip for so long."-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
"My secret poisoned my entire experience of life. There was never a moment when I didn't feel the acute shame of being me, even as I denied to myself that my secret had anything to do with it."-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
9. 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
- art
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- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
By: Warren Zanes
4.42
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, rev… read more
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- music
- history
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- audiobook
"Nineteen eighty-two is as good a year as any to mark the threshold of a future we're still negotiating. It's been called the information age, the digital age, the new media age. It was the beginning …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
"Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
"Guitar Town was out, and it was doing okay," [Steve] Earle recalled. "But the label didn't want it to happen. Jimmy [Bowen] certainly didn't. He didn't like the record. He didn't like me. But it was …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
11. Brooklyn Crime Novel
By: Jonathan Lethem
3.52
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping story of community, crime, and gentrification, tracing over fifty years of life in one B… read more
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12. The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
By: Dwight Garner
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal … read more
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- audiobook
"There's no verb for traveling while hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Perhaps "cheevering" would suffice."-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
"A friend once told her that he had seen graffiti in a restaurant's men's room that read, "Gael Greene uses a thesaurus."-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
13. 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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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History
By: Bill Janovitz
4.29
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller The definitive biography of legendary musician, composer, and perform… read more
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- music
- history
- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. The Heart in Winter
By: Kevin Barry
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more
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"... the morning was starkly lit under a migraine - white and vast opening sky."-Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter
16. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers
By: Frank Figliuzzi
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
17. The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture
By: Tricia Romano
4.28
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A rollicking history of America's most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legen… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. 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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- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Madonna: A Rebel Life
By: Mary Gabriel
4.03
Format: 1782 pages, Kindle Edition
New York Times Editors’ Choice, One of NPR’s Best Books of the YearIn this “infinitely readable” bi… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
By: Philip Gefter
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning writer reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the provocative play, the groundbrea… read more
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- biography
- film
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey
By: Robert Mack McCormick
3.97
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
The drama of In Cold Blood meets the stylings of a Coen brothers film in this long-lost manuscript … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. 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
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
By: Kevin Fedarko
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more
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- audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
24. The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press
By: Calvin Trillin
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, opinionated portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces c… read more
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- biography
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- audiobook
25. 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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26. William Blake vs the World
By: John Higgs
4.17
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
Poet, artist, visionary and author of the unofficial English national anthem 'Jerusalem', William B… read more
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- audiobook
27. Agents of Chaos: Thomas King Forçade, High Times, and the Paranoid End of the 1970s
By: Sean Howe
3.82
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The life and times of High Times ’ enigmatic founder Thomas King Forçade, an underground newspaper… read more
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- nonfiction
- 20th century
28. Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith
By: John F. Szwed
4.29
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
“The first comprehensive biography of this hipster magus . . . [John Szwed] allows different sides … read more
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- 20th century
- anthropology
29. To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse
By: Howard Fishman
4.35
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The mysterious true story of Connie Converse—a mid-century New York City songwriter, singer, and co… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell
By: Ann Powers
3.51
Format: 443 pages, Kindle Edition
For decades Joni Mitchell’s life and music have enraptured listeners. One of the most celebrated ar… read more
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31. Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1)
By: Nathan Ballingrud
4.18
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Crypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into th… read more
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