27 Top nonfiction books like Hip-Hop (And Other Things) by Shea Serrano

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Hip-Hop (And Other Things)

By: Shea Serrano

4.32

Format: None pages, Audiobook

HIP-HOP (AND OTHER THINGS) is the third book in the (And Other Things) series. The first two—Basket…

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Cover of Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas by Chuck Klosterman

1. Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

By: Chuck Klosterman

3.85

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

A collection by the pop culture commentator includes some of his most noteworthy profiles and trend… read more

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  • music
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
"Crazy things seem normal, normal things seem crazy."

-Chuck Klosterman, Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

"If I were an adult, I would be drinking coffee; as it is, I'm drinking Mountain Dew."

-Chuck Klosterman, Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

"However, I suppose VH1 *is* selling me something; they're selling nostalgia, which means they're selling my own memories back to me, which means they're selling me to me."

-Chuck Klosterman, Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

"Women intrinsically understand human dynamics, and that makes them unstoppable. Unfortunately, the average man is less adroit at fostering such rivalries, which is why most men remain average; males …"

-Chuck Klosterman, Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

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2. The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

By: Bill Simmons

4.20

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

There is only one writer on the planet who possesses enough basketball knowledge and passion to wri… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
"But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper."

-Bill Simmons, The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

"If you don't agree with me, I have two words for you: shut the fuck up."

-Bill Simmons, The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

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3. One Day It'll All Make Sense

By: Common , Adam Bradley

4.03

Format: 96 pages,

Common has earned a reputation in the hip hop world as a conscious artist by embracing themes of lo… read more

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  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
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4. Deadpool, by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection, Volume 1

By: Paco Medina , Steve Dillon , Andy Diggle , None , Daniel Way , Bong Dazo

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Daniel Way's hilarious, action-packed run begins here! When the Merc with a Mouth is hired to rub o… read more

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  • humor
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5. Ali: A Life

By: Jonathan Eig

4.55

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Timesbest-selling author with unique … read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

By: Chuck Klosterman

3.70

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

Building on the national bestselling success of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, preeminent pop culture… read more

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  • music
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays

7. Eating the Dinosaur

By: Chuck Klosterman

3.33

Format: 161 pages,

Chuck Klosterman has chronicled rock music, film, and sports for almost fifteen years. He's covered… read more

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8. The Nineties

By: Chuck Klosterman

3.87

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
  • essays
"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."

-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties

"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"

-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties

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9. When the Game Was Ours

By: Larry Bird

4.23

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

From the moment these two players took the court on opposing sides, they engaged in a fierce physic… read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. Music Is History

By: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller, Music Is History combines multi-Grammy Award winner Questlove’s deep m… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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11. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios

By: Joanna Robinson

4.22

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood…. T… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
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12. Batman the Imposter

By: Mattson Tomlin

3.89

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

A unique new vision of Gotham, built to be the logical next step for fans of the 2022 film THE BATM… read more

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13. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

By: Rob Harvilla

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more

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  • music
  • pop culture
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."

-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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14. The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop

By: Jonathan Abrams

4.21

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The essential oral history of hip-hop, from its origins on the playgrounds of the Bronx to its reig… read more

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  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
Cover of Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen by Brian Raftery

15. Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen

By: Brian Raftery

4.07

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
  • essays
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16. There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE

By: Brian Gewirtz

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz brings readers behind the scenes for an unprecedented look at … read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Harley Quinn, Vol. 1: No Good Deed

By: Stephanie Phillips

3.81

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Harley Quinn returns to Gotham City after The Joker War and has decided to turn over a new leaf and… read more

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18. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • essays
"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Cover of Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series) by Hanif Abdurraqib

19. Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.47

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre,… read more

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  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • essays
"The things we do to stay close to the people we think will carry us through an entire lifetime..."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

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20. Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

By: Dan Charnas

4.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy … read more

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  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
"The Yanceys were not a family that expressed love by saying “I love you."

-Dan Charnas, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

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21. Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks

By: Chris Herring

4.30

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive history of the 1990s New York Knicks, illustrat… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood by Dave Parker

22. Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood

By: Dave Parker

4.40

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Finalist for the 2021 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year “For that period of time, he … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music by Tom Breihan

23. The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music

By: Tom Breihan

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through th… read more

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  • music
  • pop culture
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • essays
Cover of Sprawlball: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA by Kirk Goldsberry

24. Sprawlball: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA

By: Kirk Goldsberry

4.10

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the leading expert in the exploding field of basketball analytics, a stunning infographic deco… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. A Fortune for Your Disaster

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.47

Format: None pages, None

In his much-anticipated follow-up to The Crown Ain't Worth Much, poet, essayist, biographer, and mu… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him by Justin Tinsley

26. It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him

By: Justin Tinsley

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Culture journalist Justin Tinsley’s It Was All a Dream is “a deeply reported saga of the ephemeral,… read more

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  • music
  • hip hop
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
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27. Creative Quest

By: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A unique new guide to creativity from Questlove—inspirations, stories, and lessons on how to live y… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
"[Creativity] is about finding your own unique way of fitting into the continually repeating human experience."

-Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Creative Quest

"There's species-wide programming and then there's individuality. The overlap between those two opens up a space for creativity. Live in that space. I'm here too. Maybe I'll see you around sometime."

-Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Creative Quest

"Collaborations work best this way; when there's a mutual desire to see what the other side adds. You know that what you're making on your own has value but the sum is more than the parts and every pa…"

-Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Creative Quest

Cover of God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx by Desus

28. God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx

By: Desus

4.06

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A wild, hilarious guide to life from the hosts of the hit late-night show Desus & Mero and the #1 p… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
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29. Hip-Hop (And Other Things)

By: Shea Serrano

4.32

Format: None pages, Audiobook

HIP-HOP (AND OTHER THINGS) is the third book in the (And Other Things) series. The first two—Basket… read more

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  • music
  • pop culture
  • hip hop
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • comedy
Cover of This Bright Future: A Memoir by Bobby Hall

30. This Bright Future: A Memoir

By: Bobby Hall

4.41

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

An explosive memoir from Bobby Hall, the multiplatinum recording artist known as Logic and the #1 b… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Hoop Atlas: Mapping the Remarkable Transformation of the Modern NBA by Kirk Goldsberry

31. Hoop Atlas: Mapping the Remarkable Transformation of the Modern NBA

By: Kirk Goldsberry

4.28

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of  Sprawlball , Kirk Goldsberry returns with a visual feast of a book—equal… read more

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  • nonfiction

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Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas

Chuck Klosterman

3.85

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The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

Bill Simmons

4.20

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Deadpool, by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection, Volume 1

Paco Medina , Steve Dillon , Andy Diggle , None , Daniel Way , Bong Dazo

4.20

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3.70

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Mariko Tamaki

3.57

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Chip Zdarsky

3.79

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Stjepan Šejić

4.53

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G. Willow Wilson

4.29

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