24 Top biography books like Bob Dylan: Mixing up the Medicine by Mark Davidson

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Bob Dylan: Mixing up the Medicine

By: Mark Davidson

4.63

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

Several years ago, a treasure trove containing some 6,000 original Bob Dylan manuscripts was reveal…

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1. Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year

By: Steve Turner

4.26

Format: 464 pages, ebook

A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose gr… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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2. How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

By: Sarah Bakewell

4.02

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

How to get on well with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"It is epokhe all the way."

-Sarah Bakewell, How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

"As history has repeatedly suggested, nothing is more effective for demolishing traditional legal protections than the combined claims that a crime is uniquely dangerous, and that those behind it have…"

-Sarah Bakewell, How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

"Some might question whether there is still any need for an essayist such as Montaigne. Twenty-first century people, in the developed world, are already individualistic to excess, as well as entwined …"

-Sarah Bakewell, How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

"The trick is to maintain a kind of naïve amazement at each instant of experience - but, as Montaigne learned, one of the best techniques for doing this is to write about everything. Simply describing…"

-Sarah Bakewell, How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

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3. Chronicles, Volume One

By: Bob Dylan

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manif… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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"People were people."

-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One

"My big fear was that my guitar would go out of tune."

-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One

"Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on."

-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One

"Sebuah lagu laksana mimpi, dan kita berusaha untuk membuatnya jadi kenyataan."

-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One

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4. God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

From Slapstick's "Turkey Farm" to Slaughterhouse-Five's eternity in a Tralfamadorean zoo cage with … read more

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5. We Are What We Pretend To Be: The First and Last Works

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Called "our finest black-humorist" by The Atlantic Monthly, Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most influ… read more

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Cover of A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks by Andy Gill, Kevin Odegard

6. A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks

By: Andy Gill , Kevin Odegard

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1974 Bob Dylan wrote, recorded, reconsidered, and then re-recorded the best-selling studio album… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

7. The Complete Stories

By: Flannery O'Connor

5.00

Format: 144 pages,

The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental cont… read more

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8. Letters

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , Dan Wakefield

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This extraordinary collection of personal correspondence has all the hallmarks of Kurt Vonnegut's f… read more

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9. Rolling Thunder Logbook

By: Sam Shepard , None

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the autumn of 1975, when "New England is festering with Bicentennial madness," Bob Dylan and his… read more

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10. 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
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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11. 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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12. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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13. 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

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

-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song

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14. Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs

By: Greil Marcus

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed cultural critic Greil Marcus tells the story of Bob Dylan through the lens of seven penet… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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15. 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
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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16. America Fantastica

By: Tim O'Brien

3.45

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

At 11:34 a.m. one Saturday in August 2019, Boyd Halverson strode into Community National Bank in No… read more

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Cover of Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska by Warren Zanes

17. 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
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"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

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18. 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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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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19. Faith, Hope and Carnage

By: Nick Cave

4.44

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life. Created from more than forty hou… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I think people can do both terrible things and wonderful things when faced with the true understanding of their own powerlessness, vulnerability and lack of control."

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"Vulnerability is essential to spiritual and creative growth. Finding enormous strength through vulnerability. You're being open to whatever happens, including failure and shame. The two are connected…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"I guess not, but who says creativity it the be all and end all? Who says that our accomplishments are the only true measure of what is important in our lives? Perhaps there are other lives worth livi…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"The usual precepts collapse under the weight of the calamity: the terrible demands that we place upon ourselves; our own internal judging voice; the endless expectations and opinions of others. They …"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

Cover of Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975 by Richard      Thompson

20. Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975

By: Richard Thompson

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“Thompson is a master showman . . .  [ Beeswing is] everything you’d hope a Richard Thompson autobi… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir by Lucinda Williams

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

22. 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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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

23. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New Yor… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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24. All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles

By: Peter Brown

3.53

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The Beatles in their own words: unpublished, unvarnished, and told by The Beatles and their inner c… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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25. Entrances and Exits

By: Michael Richards

4.12

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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

26. 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
  • biography
Cover of Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon by Joel Selvin

27. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Double Life of Bob Dylan: A Restless, Hungry Feeling, 1941-1966 by Clinton Heylin

28. The Double Life of Bob Dylan: A Restless, Hungry Feeling, 1941-1966

By: Clinton Heylin

3.79

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

From the world's leading authority on Bob Dylan comes the definitive biography that promises to tra… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Bob Dylan: Mixing up the Medicine by Mark Davidson

29. Bob Dylan: Mixing up the Medicine

By: Mark Davidson

4.63

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

Several years ago, a treasure trove containing some 6,000 original Bob Dylan manuscripts was reveal… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left by Robyn Hitchcock

30. 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left

By: Robyn Hitchcock

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

The great eccentric of British psychedelia—beloved by everyone from Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. to the … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Double Life of Bob Dylan Volume 2: 1966-2021 by Clinton Heylin

31. The Double Life of Bob Dylan Volume 2: 1966-2021

By: Clinton Heylin

3.67

Format: 834 pages, Hardcover

The second volume of Clinton Heylin's magisterial biography takes us from Dylan's 1966 motorcycle a… read more

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23 Best nonfiction books like Bob Dylan: Mixing up the Medicine by Mark Davidson

Transform Your Habits

Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year

Steve Turner

4.26

Transform Your Habits

How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

Sarah Bakewell

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Chronicles, Volume One

Bob Dylan

3.97

Transform Your Habits

A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks

Andy Gill , Kevin Odegard

3.83

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18 Top music books like World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

Transform Your Habits

Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It

Bob Boilen

3.78

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My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

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

James Kaplan

4.35

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