17 must-read nonfiction books like Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix by Philip Norman

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Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix

By: Philip Norman

3.60

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Book Review • "The Best Books to Give This Year" Publishers Weekly • Best Books of t…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix by Philip Norman , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. The Fall of Berlin 1945

By: Antony Beevor

4.29

Format: 490 pages, Paperback

The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945.… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Sé practico: regala un ataúd"

-Antony Beevor, The Fall of Berlin 1945

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2. Jerusalem: The Biography

By: Simon Sebag Montefiore

4.07

Format: 752 pages, Hardcover

The epic history of three thousand years of faith, fanaticism, bloodshed, and coexistence, from Kin… read more

Similar categories in Simon Sebag Montefiore's Jerusalem: The Biography book and Philip Norman's Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Necessity is very often the mother of romance."

-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography

"Names were changed, traditions muddled, but all that matters in Jerusalem is what is believed to be true."

-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography

"In 312, Manichaeanism and Mithraism were no less popular than Christianity. Constantine could just as easily have chosen one of these - and Europe might today be Mithraistic or Manichaean."

-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography

"What the fanatical Jewish conservatives regarded as heathen pollution, cosmopolitans saw as civilization. This was the start of a new pattern in Jerusalem: the more sacred she became, the more divide…"

-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography

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3. Der nasse Fisch (Gereon Rath, #1)

By: Volker Kutscher

3.76

Format: 494 pages, Hardcover

Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan: Volker Kutscher lässt in einem meisterhaften Kriminalroman das Berlin des … read more

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  • audiobook
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4. Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain

By: Charles R. Cross

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The art of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was all about his private life, but written in a code as obscure a… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup

By: Peter Doggett

3.54

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

The world stopped in 1970 when Paul McCartney announced that he was through with the Beatles. His s… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
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6. Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix

By: Charles R. Cross

4.17

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"One of these days, I'm going to astral project myself up into the skies," he boasted. "I'll be going to the stars and the moon. I want to fly and see what's up there. "I want to go up to the sky," he…"

-Charles R. Cross, Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix

"They drove to the parking lot of Garfield High School, where Jimi pointed to the windows on the building and told Carmen what classes were held there. The building had a pull that had him returning w…"

-Charles R. Cross, Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix

7. Life

By: Keith Richards

3.17

Format: 55 pages, Hardcover

With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the… read more

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8. Scar Tissue

By: Larry Sloman , Anthony Kiedis

3.00

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

Now in paperback, the New York Timesbestseller by one of rock's most provocative figures Scar Tissu… read more

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9. The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll

By: Ian S. Port

4.31

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

“A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history” ( The New York Times Book Review ), … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Our Enemies Will Vanish

By: Yaroslav Trofimov

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian people… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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11. Komplett Gänsehaut

By: Sophie Passmann

3.29

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Nach ihrem vieldiskutierten Bestseller »Alte, weiße Männer« entlarvt Sophie Passmann in ihrem neuen… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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12. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

By: Alan Partridge

4.27

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • audiobook
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13. Set the Night on Fire

By: Robby Krieger

4.41

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

In his tell-all, legendary Doors guitarist, Robby Krieger, one of Rolling Stone 's "100 Greatest Gu… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans

By: Kenneth Womack

4.16

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The first full-length biography of Mal Evans, the Beatles’ beloved friend, confidant, and roadie.  … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Acid for the Children

By: Flea

4.08

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

The strange tale of a boy named Flea starts in Rye, NY. It was all very normal. But soon his parent… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Bein famous don't mean shit"

-Flea, Acid for the Children

"Such a fool was I. It's a fool who's seduced by that which feels good. Nothing but a simple fool."

-Flea, Acid for the Children

"We sat up through the night snorting and talking. It all felt so important, meaningful and good, all be it in that weird coke way. In the years to come, during all night coked out blab-fests, even du…"

-Flea, Acid for the Children

16. Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen

By: Brad Tolinski

4.26

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Get a completely new look at guitar legend Eddie Van Halen with this groundbreaking oral history, c… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s by Alan Paul

17. Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s

By: Alan Paul

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author Alan Paul's in-depth narra… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond by Geezer Butler

18. 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

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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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19. John Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life

By: Kenneth Womack

4.28

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

John Lennon, 1980: The Last Days in the Life traces the powerful, life-affirming story of the forme… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix by Philip Norman

20. Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix

By: Philip Norman

3.60

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Book Review • "The Best Books to Give This Year" Publishers Weekly • Best Books of t… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power

By: Kate Andersen Brower

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestsellers First Women and The Residence, an intimate, news-… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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Volker Kutscher

3.76

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Charles R. Cross

3.99

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4.17

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3.97

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Bob Spitz

4.09

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4.04

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4.11

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