22 Best nonfiction books like Out in L.A.: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1983 by Hamish Duncan

Cover of Out in L.A.: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1983 by Hamish Duncan

Out in L.A.: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1983

By: Hamish Duncan

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were going to be a one-time act for a friend’s album release party.   For…

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Cover of Gotham Central, Vol. 1: In the Line of Duty by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Michael Lark

1. Gotham Central, Vol. 1: In the Line of Duty

By: Ed Brubaker , Greg Rucka , Michael Lark

3.69

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Meet Gotham's Finest. Living in the shadows of the Dark Knight makes the detectives of Gotham's pol… read more

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2. 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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3. The Sense of an Ending

By: Julian Barnes

4.05

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single sitting, with stunning psychological and … read more

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4. Confess, Fletch (Fletch, #2)

By: Gregory McDonald

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Confess, Fletch The flight from Rome had been pleasant enough, even if the business he was on wasn'… read more

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5. The Red Hot Chili Peppers: An Oral/Visual History

By: The Red Hot Chili Peppers

3.91

Format: None pages, ebook

This is the book fans have been waiting for since Mother's Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magik first hit… read more

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Cover of Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood by Ed Zwick

6. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

By: Ed Zwick

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more

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  • nonfiction
"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Cover of Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

7. 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

Cover of My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee

8. My Effin' Life

By: Geddy Lee

4.58

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Carnival (Firefly, #6) by Una McCormack

9. Carnival (Firefly, #6)

By: Una McCormack

4.07

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A heist by the Serenity crew goes badly wrong in a captivating original Firefly tie-in novel from t… read more

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10. The Nineties

By: Chuck Klosterman

3.87

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."

-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties

"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"

-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties

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11. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

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  • nonfiction
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

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12. Heat 2

By: Michael Mann

4.26

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, M… read more

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13. Death Valley

By: Melissa Broder

3.49

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has… read more

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"My body is the real problem here. If I could be bodiless - or at least, senseless - I’d be better off."

-Melissa Broder, Death Valley

"This is the problem with human relationships: you come to a person with one feeling and they’re having another."

-Melissa Broder, Death Valley

"I am going to die out here. I might. I could. Die. All this time I should have been practising for dying. What was I doing instead? Reading reviews for sweatpants."

-Melissa Broder, Death Valley

"Stop placing so much value on the known, I tell myself. Fake like this is the hero’s journey. It’s good to get lost. Good for the soul. But how lost is the good amount of lost? If I die here, is that…"

-Melissa Broder, Death Valley

Cover of If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos

14. If You Would Have Told Me

By: John Stamos

3.81

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad’s fast-food joint that one d… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Inside Out by Demi Moore

15. Inside Out

By: Demi Moore

3.91

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Daily Mail Book of the Year. A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year. F… read more

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  • nonfiction
"We all suffer, and we all triumph, and we all get to choose how we hold both."

-Demi Moore, Inside Out

"I belong. Here. In myself. In this house. On this planet. I'm in my mid-50s now, I've outlived both of my parents, I know that what I walked through was a lot, especially coming from where I came fro…"

-Demi Moore, Inside Out

"They divorce and years later the dad mellow as men tend to when they get older. You know the kind. They're assholes when their young then they get sweet when they age. It's the mother who seems bitte…"

-Demi Moore, Inside Out

Cover of Acid for the Children by Flea

16. 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
  • nonfiction
"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

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17. The High Desert

By: James Spooner

4.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Winner of a 2022 ALA Alex Award Winner of the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Print Comics One of … read more

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  • music
  • 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
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy

19. The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont

By: Shawn Levy

3.67

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Since 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Entrances and Exits by Michael    Richards

20. Entrances and Exits

By: Michael Richards

4.12

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle by Philip Norman

21. George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle

By: Philip Norman

3.91

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the premiere Beatles biographer—author of the New York Times bestseller John The Life and the… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of What Makes Us Mighty (Firefly, #7) by M.K. England

22. What Makes Us Mighty (Firefly, #7)

By: M.K. England

4.08

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

A breakneck adventure for the Serenity crew in the seventh original novel tying into the much-misse… read more

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Cover of Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion by Steve Turner

23. Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion

By: Steve Turner

3.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A down-and-dirty chronicle of the birth and evolution of the Seattle grunge scene—from backyard ska… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television by Thea Glassman

24. Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television

By: Thea Glassman

3.84

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The untold stories of seven revolutionary teen shows (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, My So-Called Lif… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Punk Paradox: A Memoir by Greg Graffin

25. Punk Paradox: A Memoir

By: Greg Graffin

4.12

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A historical memoir and cultural criticism of punk rock’s evolution, by the legendary singer-songwr… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City by Jesse Rifkin

26. This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City

By: Jesse Rifkin

4.26

Format: None pages, ebook

A fascinating history that examines how real estate, gentrification, community and the highs and lo… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Under a Rock: A Memoir by Chris Stein

27. Under a Rock: A Memoir

By: Chris Stein

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

At its heart, Under A Rock is a love story. The codependent bond between Chris Stein and Debbie Har… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Out in L.A.: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1983 by Hamish Duncan

28. Out in L.A.: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1983

By: Hamish Duncan

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were going to be a one-time act for a friend’s album release party.   For… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Behind Their Screens: What Teens Are Facing (and Adults Are Missing) by Emily Weinstein

29. Behind Their Screens: What Teens Are Facing (and Adults Are Missing)

By: Emily Weinstein

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

How teens navigate a networked world and how adults can support them. What are teens actually doin… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Beatles from A to Zed: An Alphabetical Mystery Tour by Peter Asher

30. The Beatles from A to Zed: An Alphabetical Mystery Tour

By: Peter Asher

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A legendary record producer and performer takes readers on an alphabetical journey of insights into… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999 by Tom Maxwell

31. A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

By: Tom Maxwell

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The first biography of the thriving and influential rock scene in Chapel Hill, which gave the world… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction

13 Best music books like Out in L.A.: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1983 by Hamish Duncan

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

The Nineties

Chuck Klosterman

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Acid for the Children

Flea

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The High Desert

James Spooner

4.42

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18 Top music books like World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

Transform Your Habits

Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It

Bob Boilen

3.78

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

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

James Kaplan

4.35

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