13 Best biography books like Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: From This Broken Hill, Volume 2 (Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories series) by Michael Posner

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Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: From This Broken Hill, Volume 2 (Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories series)

By: Michael Posner

4.21

Format: 475 pages, Kindle Edition

The second volume of the extraordinary life of the great music and literary icon Leonard Cohen, in …

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1. Raven Black (Shetland Island, #1)

By: Ann Cleeves

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Winner of Britain’s coveted Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Ann Cleeves introduces a dazzling new suspe… read more

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"It was precisely midnight when he stepped through the door. Taylor had said he wanted everyone in the Incident Room an hour before first light the next day, but Perez wasn't ready for sleep. As he sw…"

-Ann Cleeves, Raven Black (Shetland Island, #1)

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2. Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

By: James Andrew Miller , Tom Shales

3.77

Format: 52 pages,

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3. Breakfast of Champions

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Breakfast of Champions,one of Kurt Vonnegut's most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore … read more

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4. The Fire Next Time

By: James Baldwin

3.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more

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5. On Tour with Leonard Cohen

By: Sharon Robinson

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

On Tour with Leonard Cohendocuments the wildly successful Leonard Cohen World Tour through the eyes… read more

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6. The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah"

By: Alan Light

3.40

Format: None pages, ebook

"A venerated creator. An adored, tragic interpreter. An uncomplicated, memorable melody. Ambiguous,… read more

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7. Savages

By: Don Winslow

3.57

Format: 256 pages,

Part-time environmentalist and philanthropist Ben and his ex-mercenary buddy Chon run a Laguna Beac… read more

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8. The Favorite Game

By: Leonard Cohen

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this unforgettable novel, Leonard Cohen boldly etches the youth and early manhood of Lawrence Br… read more

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9. Born to Run

By: Bruce Springsteen

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. The e… read more

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10. The Last Colony (Old Man's War #3)

By: John Scalzi

3.91

Format: 434 pages,

Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant H… read more

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11. I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen

By: Sylvie Simmons

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Leonard Cohen, one of the most important and influential artists of our era, is a man of powerful e… read more

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12. The Philosophy of Modern Song

By: Bob Dylan

3.80

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Vol… read more

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  • music
  • biography
"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"

-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song

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13. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

By: Bono

4.20

Format: 564 pages, Hardcover

Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more

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  • biography
"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

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14. Forbidden Notebook

By: Alba de Céspedes

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri, Quaderno Proibito is a classic domestic novel by the Italian-Cu… read more

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15. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

By: Gabor Maté

4.32

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more

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16. Set the Night on Fire

By: Robby Krieger

4.41

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

In his tell-all, legendary Doors guitarist, Robby Krieger, one of Rolling Stone 's "100 Greatest Gu… read more

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  • music
  • biography
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17. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

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"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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18. Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2)

By: Elizabeth Strout

4.11

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

Prickly, wry, resistant to change yet ruthlessly honest and deeply empathetic, Olive Kitteridge is … read more

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"I think our job--maybe even our 'duty'--is to--To bear the burden of the mystery with as much grace as we can."

-Elizabeth Strout, Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2)

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19. 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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  • 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

Cover of Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley

20. Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

By: Priscilla Beaulieu Presley

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that reveals the intimate story of Elvis Presley and Prisc… read more

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  • biography
"I loved babying Elvis"

-Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

"He was a man, a very special man"

-Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

"He was truly a master at manipulating people"

-Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

"I was Elvis's doll, his own living doll, to fashion as he pleased"

-Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

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21. The Flame

By: Leonard Cohen

4.05

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

The Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span gene… read more

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  • biography
"And that was my mistake I didn't kill the snake I gave the snake a break Unbiblical"

-Leonard Cohen, The Flame

"Straighten up, little warrior [...] It's not as though you wasted your life by loving me."

-Leonard Cohen, The Flame

"the flags from the nation but your absence comes from a terrible sleep under a huge museum Enter the moth holes of my longing"

-Leonard Cohen, The Flame

"I pray for courage I pray for courage Now I’m old To greet the sickness And the cold I pray for courage In the night To bear the burden Make it light I pray for courage In the time When suffering com…"

-Leonard Cohen, The Flame

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22. How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

There are few creative acts more mysterious and magical than writing a song. But what if the goal w… read more

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  • biography
"To all of the songs like windows, open just enough for us to make our escape, and to all of the songs like windows, closed and clear enough in a dim light to see our own reflection and be reminded of…"

-Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back

"When I'm on stage, my experience often goes something like this: Blankness . . . bliss . . . blankness . . . twinkle of awareness that rocking has been achieved . . . bliss . . . Voice of Observing E…"

-Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back

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23. Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai

By: Matti Friedman

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The incredible never-before-told story of Leonard Cohen's 1973 tour of Israel during the Yom Kippur… read more

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  • music
  • biography
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24. The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more

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25. Brother Robert: Growing Up with Robert Johnson

By: Annye C. Anderson

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An intimate memoir by blues legend Robert Johnson's stepsister, including new details about his fam… read more

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  • biography
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26. Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members

By: Ray Padgett

4.59

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

"More fine stories than you can count" — Greil Marcus Collecting over 40 original, in-depth interv… read more

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Cover of A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories by Leonard Cohen

27. A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories

By: Leonard Cohen

3.56

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A never-before-published early novel and stories by the legendary musician, songwriter, and poet Le… read more

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Cover of Once Upon a Time by Ian Bell

28. Once Upon a Time

By: Ian Bell

4.03

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Half a century ago a youth appeared from the American hinterland and began a cultural revolution. T… read more

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Cover of Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius by Harry Freedman

29. Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius

By: Harry Freedman

4.05

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Harry Freedman uncovers the spiritual traditions that lie behind Leonard Cohen's profound and unmis… read more

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Cover of Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: From This Broken Hill, Volume 2 (Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories series) by Michael Posner

30. Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: From This Broken Hill, Volume 2 (Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories series)

By: Michael Posner

4.21

Format: 475 pages, Kindle Edition

The second volume of the extraordinary life of the great music and literary icon Leonard Cohen, in … read more

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  • biography
Cover of Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) by Mick Herron

31. Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

By: Mick Herron

4.11

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed… read more

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"It’s a phrase, black swan,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"We don’t like being out of the loop."

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"I’m sure he’s hard at work on the archive,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"Arkady Pashkin said “Why aren’t we moving?"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

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On Tour with Leonard Cohen

Sharon Robinson

4.25

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Bob Dylan

3.80

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Bono

4.20

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Robby Krieger

4.41

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Paul Theroux

3.89

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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

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Nyogen Senzaki , Paul Reps

3.63

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Claire Dederer

3.79

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