13 must-read biography books like Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition) by Ben Wardle

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Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

By: Ben Wardle

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The first complete, in-depth biography of the Talk Talk leader draws on scores of new and original …

If you liked the biography plot in Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition) by Ben Wardle , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Roadside Picnic by Theodore Sturgeon, Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Antonina W. Bouis, None

1. Roadside Picnic

By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None

4.14

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more

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"Keep your head high,"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Los halagos son el bálsamo de los complejos."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"You need money so you don’t have to think about money."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Щастие за всички даром и нека никой да не бъде пренебрегнат!"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

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2. Under the Ivy: The Life & Music of Kate Bush

By: Graeme Thomson , Graeme Thompson

3.18

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

The first ever in-depth study of Kate Bush's life and career, Under The Ivy features over 70 unique… read more

Similar categories in Graeme Thomson's Under the Ivy: The Life & Music of Kate Bush book and Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

  • music
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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3. The Sound and the Fury

By: William Faulkner

3.86

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: bea… read more

Similar categories in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury book and Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

"I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"with that sort of gigantic delicacy of an elephant picking up a peanut."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"Caddy put her arms around me, and her shining veil, and I couldn't smell trees anymore and I began to cry."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune"

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

4. 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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5. Turtle Diary

By: Russell Hoban

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The turtles in London Zoo become the mutual obsession of two lonely strangers who dream of setting … read more

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6. Silverview

By: John Le Carré

3.66

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In Silverview, John le Carré turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past s… read more

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"Sometimes the whole of marriage was a cover story."

-John Le Carré, Silverview

"Een radicaal is een radicaal. Het maakt niet uit of het een ex-communist is of een ex-wat dan ook. Het is en blijft dezelfde man. Je manier van denken verandert niet omdat die tot een andere conclusi…"

-John Le Carré, Silverview

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7. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

By: Naomi Klein

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Klein's Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World book and Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

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8. Post Office

By: Charles Bukowski

3.94

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

"It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life … read more

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"It began as a mistake."

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

"من يراهن كثيراً يخسر حصانه ص 154"

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

"المحترف يذهب إلى السباقات بمفرده ص 81"

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

"لا تحب المرأة أن تكون في المرتبة الثانية ص 161"

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

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9. In Ascension

By: Martin MacInnes

3.79

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the oc… read more

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"I questioned what else I had already missed so far, in my own life, simply through the limits of my character."

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"Once he had committed to this life, there was no way he could get out of it. He was angry at us, his daughters, because the financial demands of our existence bound him to it."

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"I kind of love it. It's so macabre. The reason we haven't seen or heard from anything off-world is that reaching off-world status is a civilisational death knell. Life either gets stuck there or dest…"

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"The air was thick with teeming life, just as the oceans and the rivers were. A spoonful of seawater or a pinch of soil between your fingers held billions of living things. We were blind to this out o…"

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

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10. Ramble Book

By: Adam Buxton

4.14

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Ramble /ˈramb(ə)l/ Verb 1. walk for pleasure in the countryside. ‘Dr Buckles and Rosie the do… read more

Similar categories in Adam Buxton's Ramble Book book and Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

  • music
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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11. O Brother

By: John Niven

4.64

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

John Niven’s little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes… read more

Similar categories in John Niven's O Brother book and Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business …"

-John Niven, O Brother

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12. Good Pop, Bad Pop

By: Jarvis Cocker

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display? We all have a … read more

Similar categories in Jarvis Cocker's Good Pop, Bad Pop book and Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

  • music
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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13. Rememberings

By: Sinéad O'Connor

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE LANDMARK MEMOIR OF A GLOBAL MUSIC ICONSinéad O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made he… read more

Similar categories in Sinéad O'Connor's Rememberings book and Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

  • music
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"When one lives with the Devil one finds out there's a God."

-Sinéad O'Connor, Rememberings

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14. 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

Similar categories in Dan Charnas's Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm book and Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

  • music
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • 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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15. Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZZT

By: Trevor Horn

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As a renowned recording-studio maven, Trevor Horn has been dubbed 'the man who invented the '80s'. … read more

Similar categories in Trevor Horn's Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZZT book and Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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16. Small Hours

By: Graeme Thomson

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Did any musician in the Seventies fly so free as John Martyn did on Bless The Weather, Solid Air, I… read more

Similar categories in Graeme Thomson's Small Hours book and Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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17. The Art Of Darkness: The History Of Goth

By: John Robb

3.81

Format: 539 pages, Paperback

This is the first comprehensive history of Goth music and culture. Over 500 pages, John Robb explor… read more

Similar categories in John Robb's The Art Of Darkness: The History Of Goth book and Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

  • music
  • nonfiction
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18. Time Lived, Without Its Flow

By: Denise Riley

4.15

Format: 78 pages, Paperback

This essay reflects on how perceptions of time may be altered after the sudden death of a child, an… read more

Similar categories in Denise Riley's Time Lived, Without Its Flow book and Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction

19. The Silver River

By: Jim Moginie

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A moving and inspiring memoir of families lost and rediscovered, by a founding member of legendary … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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20. Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

By: Ben Wardle

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The first complete, in-depth biography of the Talk Talk leader draws on scores of new and original … read more

Similar categories in Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition) book and Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

  • music
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left by Robyn Hitchcock

21. 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

Similar categories in Robyn Hitchcock's 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left book and Ben Wardle's Mark Hollis: A Perfect Silence (Classic Edition)

  • music
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction

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Transform Your Habits

Under the Ivy: The Life & Music of Kate Bush

Graeme Thomson , Graeme Thompson

3.18

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Naomi Klein

4.22

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Adam Buxton

4.14

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John Niven

4.64

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Simon Reynolds

4.08

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KLF: Chaos Magic Music Money

J.M.R. Higgs , John Higgs

3.32

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James O'Brien

4.29

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Robby Krieger

4.41

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