20 Best audiobook books like Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince by Peter Ames Carlin

Cover of Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince by Peter Ames Carlin

Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince

By: Peter Ames Carlin

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From journalist Peter Ames Carlin, Sonic Boom captures the rollicking story of the most successful …

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Cover of The 158-Pound Marriage by John Irving

1. The 158-Pound Marriage

By: John Irving

3.26

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

“Irving looks cunningly beyond the eye-catching gyrations of the mating dance to the morning-after … read more

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"People regard art too highly, and history not enough"

-John Irving, The 158-Pound Marriage

"Nuviliame tik patys save. Turėtume pasistengti kuo labiau sumažinti visą tą atsakomybę, kurią jaučiamės esą skolingi kitiems."

-John Irving, The 158-Pound Marriage

"How I live matters more than what I do. I have ambitions for the quality of how I live. I have no ambition for making money ...and I'd have time to read enough to be a constant source of information,…"

-John Irving, The 158-Pound Marriage

Cover of Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith

2. Eisenhower in War and Peace

By: Jean Edward Smith

4.06

Format: 976 pages, Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-DispatchIn… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Jealousy knows no logic, nor does it respect reciprocity."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"Patton would have said a warmer goodbye to his horse, The author writes on Eisenhower's cold dismissal of his wartime lover."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"Eisenhower on Patton: "Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will jeopardize it."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

3. Code Zero (Joe Ledger, #6)

By: Jonathan Maberry

4.75

Format: 140 pages,

For years the Department of Military Sciences has fought to stop terrorists from using radical biow… read more

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4. The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them

By: Elif Batuman

3.70

Format: 368 pages,

THE TRUE BUT UNLIKELY STORIES OF LIVES DEVOTED--ABSURDLY! MELANCHOLICALLY! BEAUTIFULLY!--TO THE RUS… read more

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5. Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album

By: Ken Caillat , None

4.40

Format: 86 pages, Hardcover

Inside the making of one of the biggest-selling albums of all time: Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours"Fleetw… read more

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6. Patient Zero (Joe Ledger, #1)

By: Jonathan Maberry

4.23

Format: 11 pages,

When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week there's either something wrong with your… read more

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7. Sonic the Hedgehog Archives: Volume 1 (Sonic the Hedgehog Archives, #1)

By: Michael Gallagher , Patrick Spaziante , Tracey Yardley , Dave Manak

4.00

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

In 1993, Sonic the Hedgehog sped his way from video games to comic books. Now over a decade later, … read more

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8. Ironweed

By: William Kennedy

3.68

Format: 336 pages,

Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time drunk, has hit bottom. Years ago he… read more

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Cover of 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan

9. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

By: James Kaplan

4.35

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the … read more

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  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man by Jean-Christophe Deveney

10. Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man

By: Jean-Christophe Deveney

3.67

Format: 153 pages, ebook

Haruki Murakami's stories in graphic novel form for the first time! Haruki Murakami's novels, es… read more

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Cover of Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurston Moore

11. Sonic Life: A Memoir

By: Thurston Moore

3.81

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ozark Dogs by Eli Cranor

12. Ozark Dogs

By: Eli Cranor

3.72

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this Southern thriller, two families grapple with the aftermath of a murder in their small Arkan… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World by Peter S. Goodman

13. Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World

By: Peter S. Goodman

3.92

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller The history of the last half century in America, Europe, an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh

14. Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth

By: Sarah Smarsh

3.76

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

During Sarah Smarsh’s turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"When I found your name, in my early adulthood, I don't think I'd ever heard the term "white working class". The experience it describes contains both racial privilege and economic disadvantage, which…"

-Sarah Smarsh, Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth

Cover of Chasing the Thrill: Obsession, Death, and Glory in America's Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt by Daniel Barbarisi

15. Chasing the Thrill: Obsession, Death, and Glory in America's Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt

By: Daniel Barbarisi

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A full-throttle, first-person account of the treasure hunt created by eccentric millionaire art dea… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael        Schulman

16. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

By: Michael Schulman

4.09

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith

17. Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy

By: Bill Griffith

4.43

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Bill Griffith, the acclaimed creator of Zippy the Pinhead, comes a history of comics as told t… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

18. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New Yor… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1: 1969-73 by Allan Kozinn

19. The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1: 1969-73

By: Allan Kozinn

4.46

Format: 720 pages, Hardcover

In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, The McCartney Legacy, Vol. 1: 1969-73 captures t… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Joyful Recollections of Trauma by Paul Scheer

20. Joyful Recollections of Trauma

By: Paul Scheer

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

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21. The Chill

By: Scott Carson

3.61

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

In this terrifying thriller, a supernatural force—set in motion a century ago—threatens to devastat… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz by Luca Debus

22. Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz

By: Luca Debus

4.07

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Discover the man behind Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang in this imaginative and tender-… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Orakel by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

23. Orakel

By: Thomas Olde Heuvelt

3.75

Format: 459 pages, Paperback

From international bestseller Thomas Olde Heuvelt comes Oracle, a supernatural thriller where an om… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer

24. American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment

By: Shane Bauer

4.23

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private p… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"When I get home, I draw a bath. I pour a glass of wine, then another, and another. I try to empty my mind. Inside me there is a prison guard and a former prisoner and they are fighting with each othe…"

-Shane Bauer, American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment

"How many times have such meetings been held throughout American history? How many times have men. be they private prison executives or convict lessees, gotten together to perform this ritual? They si…"

-Shane Bauer, American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment

Cover of Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon by Joel Selvin

25. Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon

By: Joel Selvin

4.27

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

The blazing rock opera of the greatest drummer of all-time, Jim Gordon, from the legendary Wrecking… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Long Train Runnin': Our Story of The Doobie Brothers by Tom  Johnston

26. Long Train Runnin': Our Story of The Doobie Brothers

By: Tom Johnston

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

For the first time, the incredible true story of the legendary band, the Doobie Brothers, written b… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lessons from an American Stoic: How Emerson Can Change Your Life by Mark Matousek

27. Lessons from an American Stoic: How Emerson Can Change Your Life

By: Mark Matousek

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

"This is a beautiful book, full of ideas that could help restore America’s genius for freedom and p… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince by Peter Ames Carlin

28. Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince

By: Peter Ames Carlin

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From journalist Peter Ames Carlin, Sonic Boom captures the rollicking story of the most successful … read more

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  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left by Robyn Hitchcock

29. 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left

By: Robyn Hitchcock

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

The great eccentric of British psychedelia—beloved by everyone from Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. to the … read more

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  • biography
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  • audiobook
Cover of A Mask of Flies by Matthew Lyons

30. A Mask of Flies

By: Matthew Lyons

3.80

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A Mask of Flies by Matthew Lyons is a crime horror novel which blends It Follows and The Outsider, … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten

31. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir

By: Ina Garten

4.60

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling co… read more

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12 Best history books like Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince by Peter Ames Carlin

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Eisenhower in War and Peace

Jean Edward Smith

4.06

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3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan

4.35

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Sonic Life: A Memoir

Thurston Moore

3.81

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Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World

Peter S. Goodman

3.92

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Bob Boilen

3.78

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My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

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Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

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James Kaplan

4.35

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