18 Best music books like Prince: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track by Benoît Clerc

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Prince: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track

By: Benoît Clerc

4.51

Format: 648 pages, Hardcover

" All the Songs is a major achievement...[It] may be the definitive single-volume book about Prince…

If you liked the music plot in Prince: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track by Benoît Clerc , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of How Music Works by David Byrne

1. How Music Works

By: David Byrne

4.00

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

How Music Works is David Byrne’s remarkable and buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lif… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
"Performers try harder."

-David Byrne, How Music Works

"You might say that the universe plays the blues."

-David Byrne, How Music Works

"The radio was shouting at you, pleading with you, and seducing you."

-David Byrne, How Music Works

"There's a good chance that you might be inspired by ideas that originate outside of yourself."

-David Byrne, How Music Works

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2. The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince

By: Mayte Garcia

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER At the one-year anniversary of his death, legendary musician Princ… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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3. Black House (The Talisman, #2)

By: Stephen King , Peter Straub

3.93

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer travelled to a parallel universe called The Territories t… read more

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Cover of Picturing Prince: An Intimate Portrait by Steve Parke

4. Picturing Prince: An Intimate Portrait

By: Steve Parke

4.27

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Featuring a mix of never-seen-before and rare photographs of Prince, alongside written vignettes ab… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction

5. Gold Dust Woman: A Biography of Stevie Nicks

By: Stephen Davis

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

Stevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. A… read more

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6. Cycle of the Werewolf

By: Stephen King , Bernie Wrightson

3.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first scream came from the snowbound railwayman who felt the fangs ripping at his throat. The n… read more

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7. Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s

By: Moby , Jonathan Bernstein , None , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mad Worldis a highly entertaining oral history that celebrates the New Wave music phenomenon of the… read more

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8. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

By: Stephen King

3.92

Format: 495 pages, Hardcover

In this collection, Stephen King once again assembles a generous array of unforgettable, tantalizin… read more

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"An old man's body is nothing but a sack in which he carries aches and indignities."

-Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

"...there will always be books. ... Books are real objects . Books are friends . ... They're also ideas and emotions."

-Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

"...Fritz Leiber, the great fantasist and science fiction writer...called books 'the scholar's mistress'...the one who made no demands and always took him in..."

-Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

"I hate the assumption that you can't write about something because you haven't experienced it, and not just because it assumes a limit on the human imagination, which is basically limitless. It also …"

-Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

9. Prince

By: Matt Thorne

4.18

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

Legendarily reticent, perverse and misleading, Prince is one of the few remaining 80s superstars wh… read more

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10. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

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11. The Pram

By: Joe Hill

3.77

Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition

A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a … read more

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12. Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

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13. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

By: Bono

4.20

Format: 564 pages, Hardcover

Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

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14. 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
Cover of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker

15. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. 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
  • nonfiction
"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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17. Becoming the Boogeyman

By: Richard Chizmar

4.13

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, haunting sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller Chasing the Boogeyman—a tale… read more

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

18. 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
  • 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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19. George Michael: A Life

By: James Gavin

3.76

Format: 528 pages, ebook

The definitive biography of George Michael, offering an expansive look at the troubled life of the … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984 (Prince Studio Sessions) by Duane Tudahl

20. Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984 (Prince Studio Sessions)

By: Duane Tudahl

4.57

Format: 553 pages, Kindle Edition

Featuring groundbreaking, never-before-heard stories, Duane Tudahl pulls back the paisley curtain t… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Prince: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track by Benoît Clerc

21. Prince: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track

By: Benoît Clerc

4.51

Format: 648 pages, Hardcover

" All the Songs is a major achievement...[It] may be the definitive single-volume book about Prince… read more

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  • nonfiction
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22. Prince and the Parade and Sign O' the Times Era Studio Sessions: 1985 and 1986

By: Duane Tudahl

4.72

Format: 620 pages, ebook

From Prince's superstardom to studio seclusion, this second book in the award-winning Prince Studio… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of My Name Is Prince by Randee St. Nicholas

23. My Name Is Prince

By: Randee St. Nicholas

4.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The ultimate collection of stunning photographs documenting the career of one of the world’s greate… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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24. Prince: A Private View

By: Afshin Shahidi

4.34

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Featuring a foreword by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. Afshin Shahidi met Prince in 1993 and soon becam… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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25. Prince: The Last Interview and Other Conversations

By: Prince

3.65

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A collection of the very first, the very last, and the very best interviews conducted with Prince o… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Prince: A Portrait of the Artist by Paul Sexton

26. Prince: A Portrait of the Artist

By: Paul Sexton

4.33

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Explore the seductive story of the unique artist that was Prince through this stunning collection o… read more

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  • music
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27. Prince: Before The Rain

By: Allen Beaulieu

4.49

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Photographer Allen Beaulieu worked with Prince from the late 1970s into the early '80s, capturing t… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Nothing Compares 2 U: An Oral History of Prince by Touré

28. Nothing Compares 2 U: An Oral History of Prince

By: Touré

3.91

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The real Prince in the words of those who knew him best—from award-winning author Touré. “...one o… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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29. Prince: Guitar & Bass

By: Andrea Swensson

4.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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30. Prince and Purple Rain: 40 Years

By: Andrea Swensson

4.65

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Authoritatively written and including rare photography and memorabilia, this beautiful slipcased vo… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style by Jason Jules

31. Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style

By: Jason Jules

4.39

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style charts a period in American history when black men across the country … read more

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  • nonfiction

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Transform Your Habits

How Music Works

David Byrne

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince

Mayte Garcia

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Picturing Prince: An Intimate Portrait

Steve Parke

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Cinema Speculation

Quentin Tarantino

4.06

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First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom

Chris Riemenschneider

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

Transform Your Habits

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Hayley Campbell

4.25

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