18 must-read biography books like Chaise Longue by Baxter Dury

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Chaise Longue

By: Baxter Dury

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Audiobook

Methods of parenting and education have progressed in recent years, especially compared to some of …

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1. 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

Similar categories in Lizzy Goodman's Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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2. Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

By: Viv Albertine

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

The guitarist for seminal female punk group The Slits recounts playing with Sid Vicious, touring wi… read more

Similar categories in Viv Albertine's Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"It’s true the good die young."

-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

"I grew up with John Lennon at my side, like a big brother."

-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

"Anyone who writes an autobiography is either a twat or broke."

-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

"… maybe you can tell how much pain someone is in by watching them laugh."

-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

3. The Story of The Streets

By: None

3.97

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

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4. And Away...

By: Bob Mortimer

4.33

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a hear… read more

Similar categories in Bob Mortimer's And Away... book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Always enter your shoes before wearing them."

-Bob Mortimer, And Away...

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5. Spaceships Over Glasgow

By: Stuart Braithwaite

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Born the son of Scotland's last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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6. Cuddy

By: Benjamin Myers

4.33

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

Cuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patr… read more

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"Some say owls carry within them the souls of those who in life never had a name, a place or a purpose, and were cast out to wander alone. Some say their stained-glass eyes are windows into other worl…"

-Benjamin Myers, Cuddy

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7. 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

Similar categories in Nick Cave's Faith, Hope and Carnage book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • 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

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8. 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

Similar categories in Mark Lanegan's Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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9. A Book of Days

By: Patti Smith

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winnin… read more

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  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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10. Good Pop, Bad Pop

By: Jarvis Cocker

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display? We all have a … read more

Similar categories in Jarvis Cocker's Good Pop, Bad Pop book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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11. Nina Simone's Gum

By: Warren Ellis

4.26

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

I hadn't opened the towel that contained her gum since 2013. The last person to touch it was Nina S… read more

Similar categories in Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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12. Verse, Chorus, Monster!

By: Graham Coxon

3.70

Format: None pages, ebook

Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a… read more

Similar categories in Graham Coxon's Verse, Chorus, Monster! book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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13. Bunnyman: A Memoir

By: Will Sergeant

4.23

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

The Sunday Times bestsellerGrowing up in Liverpool in the 1960s and '70s, when skinheads, football … read more

Similar categories in Will Sergeant's Bunnyman: A Memoir book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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14. Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

By: Geezer Butler

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black … read more

Similar categories in Geezer Butler's Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Being in Black Sabbath felt like being an actor in a soap opera. It’s a minor miracle all four of the original lineup survived beyond the 1970s, let alone that we’re all still here. Along the way, we…"

-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

"Writing was my godsend, my treatment, my way of digging myself out of a depressive hole. That’s not an outlet a lot of working-class kids had. But because I’d been exposed to books from an early age,…"

-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

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15. 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

Similar categories in Miki Berenyi's Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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16. Tenement Kid

By: Bobby Gillespie

4.02

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Fizzing with an infectious passion for the magic of rock music, Gillespie’s vivid and evocative mem… read more

Similar categories in Bobby Gillespie's Tenement Kid book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I kind of became a feminist from an early age, even though I wasn’t aware of the feminist movement in any way. I admired my mum a lot. In her own quiet way she was a fighter."

-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid

"When I was a teenager I started to think about how dedicated Dad was to the struggle for working-class rights. He had devoted his life to the Labour cause fighting inequality and that’s fucking great…"

-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid

"Those painful childhood memories we bury, that some of us try and drown out with sex, drugs, alcohol, gambling, all the usual crutches and distractions. These childhood experiences are going to be re…"

-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid

"I began to question the world and other people from a young age. I suppose that gave me a sense of emotional distance, a lack of trust in future friendships and relationships; I would assume a friend…"

-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid

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17. To Throw Away Unopened

By: Viv Albertine

4.23

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2018What was I fighting for? Even now I'm not sur… read more

Similar categories in Viv Albertine's To Throw Away Unopened book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"~ 'Can you please not say “Your mother"

-Viv Albertine, To Throw Away Unopened

"You try all your life to be an adult, but something deep down inside you will always be that child."

-Viv Albertine, To Throw Away Unopened

"It's often not until after a decision is made that you know whether you've made the right choice. The relief tells you."

-Viv Albertine, To Throw Away Unopened

"I used to drink occasionally when I was with Eryk. It made our time together dreamlike – sometimes life needs a bit of a nudge to live up to our expectations."

-Viv Albertine, To Throw Away Unopened

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18. Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure

By: Adelle Stripe

4.40

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOO… read more

Similar categories in Adelle Stripe's Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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19. Chaise Longue

By: Baxter Dury

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Audiobook

Methods of parenting and education have progressed in recent years, especially compared to some of … read more

Similar categories in Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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20. The Hotel Avocado

By: Bob Mortimer

4.21

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should he stay in London, wallowing in the safety of … read more

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21. Sonic Life

By: Thurston Moore

3.74

Format: 475 pages, Hardcover

A music-obsessed retrospective, beginning with his childhood epiphany of rock 'n' roll in the early… read more

Similar categories in Thurston Moore's Sonic Life book and Baxter Dury's Chaise Longue

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography

18 best-selling nonfiction books like Chaise Longue by Baxter Dury

Transform Your Habits

Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011

Lizzy Goodman

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

Viv Albertine

4.29

Transform Your Habits

And Away...

Bob Mortimer

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Spaceships Over Glasgow

Stuart Braithwaite

3.88

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19 Top nonfiction books like Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie

Transform Your Habits

Telling Stories

Tim Burgess

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Macrofestivales: El agujero negro de la música

Nando Cruz

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Spaceships Over Glasgow

Stuart Braithwaite

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Sonic Life: A Memoir

Thurston Moore

3.81

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