13 must-read biography books like 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left by Robyn Hitchcock

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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 …

If you liked the biography plot in 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left by Robyn Hitchcock , here is a list of 13 books like this:

1. White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s

By: None

3.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

"This is the best book about music I've read in years, and a gripping piece of social history."--Br… read more

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2. 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 Robyn Hitchcock's 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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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3. 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
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir

By: Sly Stone

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Goth: A History

By: Lol Tolhurst

3.68

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Following his memoir  Cured , a fascinating deep dive into the dark Romanticism of Goth music, a mi… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. 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
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Horse

By: Willy Vlautin

4.26

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores loneliness, art, addiction, regret, love, and hard-won … read more

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  • music
  • audiobook
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8. 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
  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden

9. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland

By: Steven Hyden

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album,  Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. And Then? And Then? What Else?

By: Daniel Handler

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A bold, candid, vulnerable, and entertaining memoir of the literary life of Daniel Handler, the wri… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"A universally loved rebel, an immensely popular loner, the imaginary writer is everyone's favorite, if only because you don't have to read anything to appreciate their work, although I must say I pre…"

-Daniel Handler, And Then? And Then? What Else?

"Surely all artistic output stems from something a little nobler than boredom. It’s why I like to dress it up and say ennui instead, to mean another kind of boredom, a French kind, more glamorous, bet…"

-Daniel Handler, And Then? And Then? What Else?

"There is, in fact, a whole planet of literary appreciation that is only distantly orbiting the actual texts. People declare themselves in favor of Jeffersonian democracy, or label a situation Kafkaes…"

-Daniel Handler, And Then? And Then? What Else?

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11. 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
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Houses of the Unholy

By: Ed Brubaker

3.73

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

An FBI agent from the cult crime beat and a woman with a past linked to the Satanic Panic are drawn… read more

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13. Rejection: Fiction

By: Tony Tulathimutte

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the Whiting and O. Henry–winning author of Private Citizens (“the first great millennial novel… read more

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"Identity is diet history, single serving sociology; at its worst, a partriotism of trauma, or a prothesis of personality. Privilege discourse a well-meaning attempt to balance scales that have become…"

-Tony Tulathimutte, Rejection: Fiction

Cover of A Song For Everyone: The Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival by John Lingan

14. A Song For Everyone: The Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival

By: John Lingan

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Creedence Clearwater Revival, exploring the band's legendary rise to fa… read more

Similar categories in John Lingan's A Song For Everyone: The Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival book and Robyn Hitchcock's 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls

By: Susan Seidelman

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The funny and insightful first-person story of the trailblazing movie director of the 80s and 90s … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The biggest takeaway from my long-distance relationship with Floyd Byars was that I optioned an original screenplay he had co-written with his writing partner, Laurie. Another takeaway was a case of …"

-Susan Seidelman, Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls

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16. Beautiful Days: Stories

By: Zach Williams

3.61

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From New Yorker and Paris Review contributor and Wallace Stegner Fellow Zach Williams comes a stagg… read more

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17. 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 Robyn Hitchcock's 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • coming of age
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1)

By: Nathan Ballingrud

4.18

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Crypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into th… read more

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19. Earth to Moon: A Memoir

By: Moon Unit Zappa

4.42

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheis… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. Our Evenings

By: Alan Hollinghurst

4.28

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, a piercing novel that envisions mode… read more

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Cover of I Wouldn't Say It If It Wasn't True: A Memoir Of Life, Music, And The Dream Syndicate by Steve Wynn

21. I Wouldn't Say It If It Wasn't True: A Memoir Of Life, Music, And The Dream Syndicate

By: Steve Wynn

4.54

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Summer 1984. I’ve got the back lounge of this tour bus all to myself, partly because I’m the lead s… read more

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  • nonfiction

13 best-selling audiobook books like 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left by Robyn Hitchcock

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

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Will Hermes

4.23

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Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir

Sly Stone

3.56

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Lol Tolhurst

3.68

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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

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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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