11 Top biography books like Metallica by David Masciotra

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Metallica

By: David Masciotra

3.15

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In 1991, Metallica released their fifth studio album that would become known and beloved around the…

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1. The Colorado Kid

By: Stephen King

3.38

Format: 178 pages, Mass Market Paperback

On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There's no identification on the body. On… read more

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"Sometimes loving eyes don't see what they don't want to see."

-Stephen King, The Colorado Kid

"For a woman a man will do many things that he'd turn his back on in an instant when alone; things he'd back away from, nine times out of ten, even when drunk adn with a bunch of his friends egging hi…"

-Stephen King, The Colorado Kid

"Todos cayeron del árbol y se rompieron el brazo alguna vez, todos recuerdan lo travieso que fueron cuando eran niños, lo que no recuerdan, es a sus madres levantándose en medio de la noche para darle…"

-Stephen King, The Colorado Kid

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2. Use Your Illusion I and II

By: Eric Weisbard

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

The rock music landscape has changed dramatically since Guns N' Roses released the toweringly extra… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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3. Highway to Hell

By: Joe Bonomo

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Released in 1979, AC/DC's "Highway To Hell" was the infamous last album recorded with singer Bon Sc… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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4. Pretty Hate Machine

By: Daphne Carr

3.91

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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5. Swordfishtrombones

By: David Smay

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

Two entwined narratives run through the creation of Swordfishtrombonesand form the backbone of this… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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6. The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)

By: Dan Simmons

3.77

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far f… read more

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7. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

By: Dan Simmons

4.27

Format: 500 pages, Mass Market Paperback

On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature calle… read more

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"You have to live to really know things, my love"

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"In such seconds of decision entire futures are made."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

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8. Freedom

By: Jonathan Franzen

3.78

Format: 562 pages, Hardcover

Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul—the gentrifiers, the hands-on paren… read more

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"Success at sports is the province of the almost empty head."

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

"Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people."

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

"Du skal bare huske at det ikke er en perfekt krig i en perfekt verden."

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

"[Patty's] Copernican wish to the be sun around which all things revolved"

-Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

9. Ham on Rye

By: Charles Bukowski

3.40

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski details the long, lonely … read more

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10. H is for Hawk

By: Helen Macdonald

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writ… read more

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11. The Wasp Factory

By: Iain Banks

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meet Frank Cauldhame. Just sixteen, and unconventional to say the least: Two years after I killed B… read more

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12. 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 David Masciotra's Metallica

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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13. Poor Things

By: Alasdair Gray

3.94

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenste… read more

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"Besides, a life without freedom to choose is not worth having."

-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

"She also said the wicked people needed love as much as good people and were much better at it."

-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

"Baxter knows a lot more than I do, I told her. Yes, said Baxter, but I will never tell people all of it."

-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

"You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most probable."

-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

14. Highway 61 Revisited

By: None

4.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

"In this book, Mark Polizzotti examines just what makes the songs on Highway 61 Revisited so affect… read more

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15. Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

By: Cormac McCarthy

4.16

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expa… read more

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"See the child."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

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16. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.58

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more

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"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

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17. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.87

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more

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"I would like to belong but I dont."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

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18. You Love Me (You, #3)

By: Caroline Kepnes

3.68

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Joe is done with the cities. He’s done with the muck and the posers, done with Love. Now, he’s sayi… read more

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"You're lucky to get your heart broke. That just means you have a heart."

-Caroline Kepnes, You Love Me (You, #3)

"The iPhone killed romance and turned us all into lazy, nasty stalkers..."

-Caroline Kepnes, You Love Me (You, #3)

"We don't come from places. We come from time. From traumatic moments that cannot be undone."

-Caroline Kepnes, You Love Me (You, #3)

"That's a cheat,' I say. 'You can't go through life blaming your childhood for the way you are as an adult."

-Caroline Kepnes, You Love Me (You, #3)

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19. Devil House

By: John Darnielle

3.22

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

Gage Chandler is descended from kings. That's what his mother always told him. Now, he is a true… read more

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"The past is charming and safe when you're skittering around on its surface. It's a nice place to linger a moment before seeking the lower depths."

-John Darnielle, Devil House

"I remember before I finally fell asleep feeling like there wasn't all that much to say about my life. I'd had several satisfying relationships, they hadn't amounted to much. I'd gotten better at my w…"

-John Darnielle, Devil House

"What would my work be like if I had to keep returning to the same story every time, I wondered. If, instead of hunting down sad places where people's lives had been ruined, there was only the one pla…"

-John Darnielle, Devil House

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20. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski

4.56

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage by Nick de Semlyen

21. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

By: Nick de Semlyen

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of 60 Songs That Explain the '90s by Rob Harvilla

22. 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
  • nonfiction
"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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23. 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

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24. God: An Anatomy

By: Francesca Stavrakopoulou

4.25

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing and revelatory history that re-presents God as he was originally envisioned by ancie… read more

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  • nonfiction
"How could I not be distracted? Here was a deity just like those I’d visited in museums as a child—a god of ancient myths, fantastic stories and long-lost rituals; a god from the distant past, from a …"

-Francesca Stavrakopoulou, God: An Anatomy

Cover of Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir by Mark Lanegan

25. 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

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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26. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

By: Paul Newman

3.89

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE by Brian Gewirtz

27. 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
  • biography
Cover of BRZRKR, Volume 2 by Keanu Reeves

28. BRZRKR, Volume 2

By: Keanu Reeves

3.75

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The highest selling comic book launch in 30 years by Keanu Reeves in his comic book writing debut a… read more

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Cover of Verse, Chorus, Monster! by Graham Coxon

29. 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

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Metallica by David Masciotra

30. Metallica

By: David Masciotra

3.15

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In 1991, Metallica released their fifth studio album that would become known and beloved around the… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS by Maria Sherman

31. Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS

By: Maria Sherman

3.66

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

This nostalgic, fully-illustrated history of boy bands -- written by culture critic and boy band st… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction

16 must-read nonfiction books like Metallica by David Masciotra

Transform Your Habits

Use Your Illusion I and II

Eric Weisbard

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Highway to Hell

Joe Bonomo

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Pretty Hate Machine

Daphne Carr

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Swordfishtrombones

David Smay

3.98

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11 best-selling adult books like The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir by Paul Newman

Transform Your Habits

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Tom Hanks

3.70

Transform Your Habits

My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Henry Winkler

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions

Steve Martin

3.72

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