11 must-read music books like In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records by Roger Shepherd

Cover of In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records by Roger Shepherd

In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

By: Roger Shepherd

3.96

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

The inside story of New Zealand's iconic independent record label by the man who made it happen.I w…

If you liked the music plot in In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records by Roger Shepherd , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

1. Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

By: Carrie Brownstein

3.83

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

From a leader of feminist punk music at the dawn of the riot-grrrl era, a candid and deeply persona… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Brownstein's Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

  • music
  • nonfiction
"I've always felt unclaimed."

-Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

"I don't want to know what's going to happen. As frightening as that is in real life, it's a crucial aspect in creativity. Being predictable is boring, and it's also disheartening and usinspiring."

-Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

"If someone didn’t feel included, if someone felt marginalised, they would form their own band, write their own fanzine, or just call you out on what they deemed racist or classist, sizeist, sexist, b…"

-Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

"I suppose we were better observers than communicators; we were all subjects to be worried over, complained about, even adored, but never quite people to be held or loved. There was an intellectual, a…"

-Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

Cover of The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, Lech Jęczmyk

2. The Left Hand of Darkness

By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human… read more

Similar categories in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

"The king was pregnant."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"Truth is a matter of the imagination."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"The light is the left hand of darkness"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

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3. Girl in a Band

By: Kim Gordon

3.67

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

In Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of wo… read more

Similar categories in Kim Gordon's Girl in a Band book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

  • music
  • nonfiction
"All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"I like being in a weak position, and making it strong."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"I give Iggy credit for deconstructing the very idea of entertainment."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

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4. M Train

By: Patti Smith

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, … read more

Similar categories in Patti Smith's M Train book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

  • music
  • nonfiction
"We sometimes eclipse our own dreams with reality."

-Patti Smith, M Train

"He picks the lock of her dreams with her own hairpin."

-Patti Smith, M Train

"Those were mystical times. An era of small pleasures."

-Patti Smith, M Train

"I may not know what is in your mind, but I know how your mind works."

-Patti Smith, M Train

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5. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

By: Kara Swisher

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more

Similar categories in Kara Swisher's Burn Book: A Tech Love Story book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

  • nonfiction
Cover of Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk by Kathleen Hanna

6. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Hanna's Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

  • music
  • nonfiction
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."

-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

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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 Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

  • nonfiction
"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

Cover of Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

8. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

By: Anna Funder

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more

Similar categories in Anna Funder's Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

  • nonfiction
Cover of Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2) by Colm Tóibín

9. Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)

By: Colm Tóibín

3.82

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly movi… read more

Similar categories in Colm Tóibín's Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2) book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

Cover of NEEDLES AND PLASTIC: FLYING NUN RECORDS, 1981–1988 by Matthew Goody

10. NEEDLES AND PLASTIC: FLYING NUN RECORDS, 1981–1988

By: Matthew Goody

4.52

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In this remarkable tale of creativity and chaos, do-it-yourself innovation and extraordinary attemp… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Goody's NEEDLES AND PLASTIC: FLYING NUN RECORDS, 1981–1988 book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

  • music
  • nonfiction
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11. Sabrina

By: Nick Drnaso

3.83

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

How many hours of sleep did you get last night? Rate your overall mood from 1 to 5, 1 being poor. R… read more

Similar categories in Nick Drnaso's Sabrina book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

"There you are."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"Just remember that crisis leads to opportunity."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"A lot of people are able to turn their grief into something positive. Maybe you’re destined for some kind of job in law enforcement."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"What if an American citizen needs to disappear, for reasons that might never be revealed to you, and you are involved, even peripherally, in the plot? Are you willing to participate in a crime like t…"

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

Cover of Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017 by Ian   Black

12. Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017

By: Ian Black

4.20

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

In Enemies and Neighbors, Ian Black, who has spent over three decades covering events in the Middle… read more

Similar categories in Ian Black's Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017 book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

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

13. 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

Similar categories in Jeff Tweedy's World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records by Jim Ruland

14. Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records

By: Jim Ruland

4.03

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A no-holds-barred narrative history of the iconic label that brought the world Black Flag, Hüsker D… read more

Similar categories in Jim Ruland's Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

  • music
  • nonfiction
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15. The Tally Stick

By: Carl Nixon

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Up on the highway, the only evidence that the Chamberlains had ever been there was two smeared tire… read more

Similar categories in Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

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16. Intermezzo

By: Sally Rooney

4.34

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.… read more

Similar categories in Sally Rooney's Intermezzo book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

Cover of Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery by Adam Clair

17. Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery

By: Adam Clair

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring, revelatory exploration of the genesis and impact of the fabled Elephant 6 collective … read more

Similar categories in Adam Clair's Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

  • music
  • nonfiction

18. 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

Similar categories in Jim Moginie's The Silver River book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records by Roger Shepherd

19. In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

By: Roger Shepherd

3.96

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

The inside story of New Zealand's iconic independent record label by the man who made it happen.I w… read more

Similar categories in Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Popkiss: The Life and Afterlife of Sarah Records by Michael          White

20. Popkiss: The Life and Afterlife of Sarah Records

By: Michael White

4.32

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

From 1987 to 1995, Bristol, England's Sarah Records was a modest underground success and, for the m… read more

Similar categories in Michael White's Popkiss: The Life and Afterlife of Sarah Records book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Slow Horses (Slough House, #1) by Mick Herron

21. Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

By: Mick Herron

4.00

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agent… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Slow Horses (Slough House, #1) book and Roger Shepherd's In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records

"Half of the future is buried in the past. That was the prevailing Service culture."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"​This is how River Cartwright slipped off the fast track and joined the slow horses."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"Why am I telling you this?' 'So you'll have an excuse to kill me?' 'That's probably it."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"God,’ said Jackson Lamb. ‘Is it me, or did all the fun go out of everything round about 1979?"

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

15 Top nonfiction books like In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records by Roger Shepherd

Transform Your Habits

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

Carrie Brownstein

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Girl in a Band

Kim Gordon

3.67

Transform Your Habits

M Train

Patti Smith

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

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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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