Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles (Reverb)
By: Alex Harvey
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A gritty, smoke-filled, and boozy account of musician Tom Waits’s formative decade in Los Angeles. …
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1. The Maltese Falcon
By: Dashiell Hammett
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a l… read more
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2. Brighton Rock
By: J.M. Coetzee , Graham Greene
3.73
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has kill… read more
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3. Moving Pictures (Discworld, #10; Industrial Revolution, #1)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
'Holy wood is a different sort of place. People act differently here. Everywhere else the most impo… read more
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4. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
By: Tom Robbins
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
Starring Sissy Hankshaw--flawlessly beautiful, almost. A small-town girl with big-time dreams and a… read more
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5. Batman: Dark Victory
By: Jeph Loeb , Tim Sale
3.51
Format: None pages, Paperback
The sequel to the critically acclaimed BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, DARK VICTORY continues the story… read more
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6. Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits
By: Barney Hoskyns
3.50
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
With his trademark growl, carnival-madman persona, haunting music, and unforgettable lyrics, Tom Wa… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- biography
7. Miles Davis' Bitches Brew
By: None
3.00
Format: 31 pages, Paperback
It was 1969, and Miles Davis, prince of cool, was on the edge of being left behind by a dynamic gen… read more
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8. The Fade Out
By: Ed Brubaker , Sean Phillips
2.83
Format: 212 pages,
The most ambitious project yet from the award-winning team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, with a… read more
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9. Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Other children get given xylophones. Susan just had to ask her grandfather to take his vest off. Ye… read more
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- music
"We're on a mission from Glod."-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
"It's . . . it's like a legend! It has to happen!"-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
"The fastest way to travel is to be there already."-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
"The universe was bad enough without people poking it."-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
10. Rorschach
By: Tom King
3.75
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
It’s been 35 years since Ozymandias was exposed for dropping a giant telepathic squid on New York C… read more
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11. 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
- biography
"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
12. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
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- nonfiction
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
13. Lou Reed: The King of New York
By: Will Hermes
4.23
Format: 529 pages, Hardcover
"The only Lou Reed bio you need to read." ― The Washington Post "There have been many biographie… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- biography
14. Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
By: Warren Zanes
4.42
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, rev… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- biography
"Nineteen eighty-two is as good a year as any to mark the threshold of a future we're still negotiating. It's been called the information age, the digital age, the new media age. It was the beginning …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
"Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
"Guitar Town was out, and it was doing okay," [Steve] Earle recalled. "But the label didn't want it to happen. Jimmy [Bowen] certainly didn't. He didn't like the record. He didn't like me. But it was …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
15. Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History
By: Bill Janovitz
4.29
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller The definitive biography of legendary musician, composer, and perform… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- biography
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
By: Julia Wertz
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In her keenly observed graphic memoir, Impossible People, celebrated cartoonist Julia Wertz chronic… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"Go fuck yourself, melted spatula!"-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
"Do the stepwork and don't give me any of your excuses. We both know they're bullshit."-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
"It's the fantasy of a life gone wrong. You've been doing the best you can, but it's hard and you're tired. Then something horrible happens and you get to give up and go be sad somewhere. There's some…"-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
"...you're at a place in your life where you're trying to let people in, so you should have called someone to spend the afternoon with you instead of being a weirdo alone in a theater crying at a come…"-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
20. Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir
By: Lucinda Williams
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
21. Everybody Knows
By: Jordan Harper
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to Mae Pruett’s Los Angeles, where “Nobody talks. But everybody whispers.” As a “black-bag… read more
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"You have to be invited in. Cops are like vampires that way."-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows
"What she tells him after that blows out the back of Chris’s head like a book-depository bullet."-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows
"Brass and the DAs are the true villains in a cop’s life. The knuckleheads are just the product they trade in."-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows
"His hands in his lap grasp and clench the air like he’s trying to find the world’s throat and choke it until it’s dead."-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows
22. 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
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- music
- nonfiction
- biography
23. The Trees
By: Percival Everett
4.06
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
When a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive in Money, Mississippi… read more
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"Unknown Male is a name,"-Percival Everett, The Trees
"Goddamnit, I hate murder more than just about anything,"-Percival Everett, The Trees
"You should know I consider police shootings to be lynchings"-Percival Everett, The Trees
"People should know, understand that not all Thursdays are the same."-Percival Everett, The Trees
24. 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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- nonfiction
- biography
25. Echoes: A memoir continued . . .
By: Will Sergeant
4.27
Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERScenic Wye Valley isn't the typical place for a rock story to begin, but… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- biography
26. The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press
By: Calvin Trillin
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, opinionated portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces c… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
27. Love & Pain : The Epic Times and Crooked Lines of Life Inside and Outside Silverchair
By: Ben Gillies
4.11
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The powerful, untold story of two of the three members of iconic Australian band Silverchair. It… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
28. Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Famous Recording Studio
By: David Hepworth
4.06
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
With a foreword by Paul McCartney'It's semi-devotional -- a really special place' Florence Welch'Th… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
29. Bennelong and Phillip
By: Kate Fullagar
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The first dual biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australia… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
30. Kick Out the Jams: Jibes, Barbs, Tributes, and Rallying Cries from 35 Years of Music Writing
By: Dave Marsh
3.82
Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition
Selected writings on three decades of popular music from one of the most influential critics of his… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
31. Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles (Reverb)
By: Alex Harvey
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A gritty, smoke-filled, and boozy account of musician Tom Waits’s formative decade in Los Angeles. … read more
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