17 Top autobiography books like I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties by Holly Knight

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I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

By: Holly Knight

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Holly Knight’s singular music career included crafting a good part of the soundtrack to the MTV eig…

"You can't feed me to the wolves. They come when I call..."

-Holly Knight, I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

"You can't feed me to the wolves. They come when I call..."

-Holly Knight, I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

If you liked the autobiography plot in I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties by Holly Knight , here is a list of 17 books like this:

1. VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave

By: Alan Hunter , Gavin Edwards , Nina Blackwood , Mark Goodman , None

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

MTV's original VJs offer a behind-the-scenes oral history of the early years of MTV, 1981 to 1987, … read more

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2. Dancing With Myself

By: Billy Idol

4.09

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

In this bold and candid memoir, music legend Billy Idol shares his life story--from his childhood i… read more

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3. This Bird Has Flown

By: Susanna Hoffs

3.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Jane Start is thirty-three, broke, and recently single. Ten years prior, she had a hit song—written… read more

Similar categories in Susanna Hoffs's This Bird Has Flown book and Holly Knight's I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

  • music
Cover of Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

4. 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

Similar categories in Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation book and Holly Knight's I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"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

Cover of Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me by Bernie Taupin

5. Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

By: Bernie Taupin

3.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** An evocative, clear-eyed, and revealing memoir by Bernie Taupin, th… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee

6. My Effin' Life

By: Geddy Lee

4.58

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Murder at Wedgefield Manor (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #2) by Erica Ruth Neubauer

7. Murder at Wedgefield Manor (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #2)

By: Erica Ruth Neubauer

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of World War I, Jane Wunderly-a thoroughly modern young American widow-is traveling abr… read more

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Cover of Murder at the Mena House (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #1) by Erica Ruth Neubauer

8. Murder at the Mena House (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #1)

By: Erica Ruth Neubauer

3.83

Format: 281 pages, Hardcover

Well-heeled travelers from around the world flock to the Mena House Hotel--an exotic gem in the hea… read more

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9. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

Similar categories in Barbra Streisand's My Name Is Barbra book and Holly Knight's I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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10. 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

Similar categories in Bob Dylan's The Philosophy of Modern Song book and Holly Knight's I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

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

-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song

Cover of Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska by Warren Zanes

11. 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
  • memoir
"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

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12. If You Would Have Told Me

By: John Stamos

3.81

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad’s fast-food joint that one d… read more

Similar categories in John Stamos's If You Would Have Told Me book and Holly Knight's I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer

13. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

Similar categories in Matt Singer's Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever book and Holly Knight's I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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14. Be My Baby

By: Ronnie Spector

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the… read more

Similar categories in Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby book and Holly Knight's I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael        Schulman

15. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

By: Michael Schulman

4.09

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir by Sly Stone

16. 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
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good by Tina   Turner

17. Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good

By: Tina Turner

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

I dedicate this book to you… in honor of your unseen efforts to triumph over each problem life send… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"When we dream, and especially when we dream big, there is always a gap between the reality of what we have and our goals. The key is finding a way to successfully bridge that distance."

-Tina Turner, Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good

"7. LEARNING Positive: Striving for self-improvement by studying new concepts through others’ teachings. Negative: Tendency to become self-centered; dismissive attitude toward others with less experie…"

-Tina Turner, Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good

"Ако има един урок, който съм научила, той е, че сблъсъкът с беди, както се е случвало на самата мен, не е непременно нещо лошо. Важното е на какво ще ни научи, как ще го използваме, за да оформим себ…"

-Tina Turner, Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good

"I really do believe that age is just a number, and I have never let age stand in my way. Not at forty-two, when people said that I was too old to be a rock star. And not now, in my eighties, when the…"

-Tina Turner, Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good

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18. The Lives of Brian

By: Brian Johnson

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Brian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately repla… read more

Similar categories in Brian Johnson's The Lives of Brian book and Holly Knight's I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie

19. Please Join Us

By: Catherine McKenzie

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

At thirty-nine, Nicole Mueller’s life is on the rocks. Her once brilliant law career is falling apa… read more

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Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

20. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Cover of What a Fool Believes: A Memoir by Michael McDonald

21. What a Fool Believes: A Memoir

By: Michael McDonald

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum … read more

Similar categories in Michael McDonald's What a Fool Believes: A Memoir book and Holly Knight's I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond by Geezer Butler

22. Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

By: Geezer Butler

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black … read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
"Being in Black Sabbath felt like being an actor in a soap opera. It’s a minor miracle all four of the original lineup survived beyond the 1970s, let alone that we’re all still here. Along the way, we…"

-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

"Writing was my godsend, my treatment, my way of digging myself out of a depressive hole. That’s not an outlet a lot of working-class kids had. But because I’d been exposed to books from an early age,…"

-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

Cover of Stories to Tell: A Memoir by Richard Marx

23. Stories to Tell: A Memoir

By: Richard Marx

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

National BestsellerLegendary musician Richard Marx offers an enlightening, entertaining look at his… read more

Similar categories in Richard Marx's Stories to Tell: A Memoir book and Holly Knight's I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life in Music by Ted Templeman

24. Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life in Music

By: Ted Templeman

4.23

Format: 463 pages, Kindle Edition

Crafting smash hits with Van Halen, The Doobie Brothers, Nicolette Larson, and Van Morrison, legend… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir by Kathy Valentine

25. All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir

By: Kathy Valentine

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Runner-up, Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Non-Fiction, 2021 Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentin… read more

Similar categories in Kathy Valentine's All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir book and Holly Knight's I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Turn It Up! My Time Making Hit Records in the Glory Days of Rock Music by Tom Werman

26. Turn It Up! My Time Making Hit Records in the Glory Days of Rock Music

By: Tom Werman

3.80

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

Growing up in the Boston suburbs, Tom Werman was deeply affected by pop music from a young age. He … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Livin' On A Prayer: Big Songs Big Life by Desmond Child

27. Livin' On A Prayer: Big Songs Big Life

By: Desmond Child

3.55

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Desmond Child is the ultimate hitmaker, contributing to some of the biggest smash global hits that … read more

Similar categories in Desmond Child's Livin' On A Prayer: Big Songs Big Life book and Holly Knight's I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

  • autobiography
Cover of I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties by Holly Knight

28. I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

By: Holly Knight

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Holly Knight’s singular music career included crafting a good part of the soundtrack to the MTV eig… read more

Similar categories in Holly Knight's I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties book and Holly Knight's I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
"You can't feed me to the wolves. They come when I call..."

-Holly Knight, I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

Cover of Middle of the Rainbow: How a wife, mother and daughter managed to find herself and win two Emmys by Bonnie Bartlett Daniels

29. Middle of the Rainbow: How a wife, mother and daughter managed to find herself and win two Emmys

By: Bonnie Bartlett Daniels

3.87

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

MIDDLE OF THE RAINBOW The blunt and honest memoirs of Emmy-winning actress Bonnie Bartlett Daniels… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Brothers by Alex Van Halen

30. Brothers

By: Alex Van Halen

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

In this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van H… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley

31. From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir

By: Lisa Marie Presley

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole s… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction

24 Best nonfiction books like I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties by Holly Knight

Transform Your Habits

Cinema Speculation

Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

Bernie Taupin

3.58

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

4.20

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19 Best audiobook books like Stories to Tell: A Memoir by Richard Marx

Transform Your Habits

The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret

Kent Hartman

3.83

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Out of the Corner

Jennifer Grey

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Henry Winkler

4.14

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