18 Best music books like This Is Hardcore by Jane Savidge

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This Is Hardcore

By: Jane Savidge

3.97

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

This Is Hardcore is Pulp's cry for help. A giant, sprawling, flawed masterpiece of a record, the 19…

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1. On Anarchism

By: Noam Chomsky , Barry Pateman

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Paperback

We all know what Noam Chomsky is against. His scathing analysis of everything that's wrong with our… read more

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  • nonfiction
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2. The Falls

By: Joyce Carol Oates

4.00

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

It is 1950 and, after a disastrous honeymoon night, Ariah Erskine's young husband throws himself in… read more

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3. Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics

By: Jarvis Cocker

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Jarvis Cocker is widely regarded as one of the most original and memorable lyricists and performers… read more

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4. The Boys, Volume 1: The Name of the Game

By: Garth Ennis , Darick Robertson

3.98

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

THIS IS GOING TO HURT! In a world where costumed heroes soar through the sky and masked vigilant… read more

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"Remember the seven Ps. Seven what? Proper preparation and planning... Prevent piss-poor performance."

-Garth Ennis, The Boys, Volume 1: The Name of the Game

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5. Perfume & Pain

By: Anna Dorn

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A controversial Los Angeles author attempts to revive her career and finally find true love in this… read more

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"I sit down wanting to write the great lesbian love story, but wacko bitches just keep coming out."

-Anna Dorn, Perfume & Pain

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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

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  • 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. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

By: James Kaplan

4.35

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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8. 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
  • nonfiction
"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"

-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song

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9. Pity

By: Andrew McMillan

3.71

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

The town was once a hub of industry. A place where men toiled underground in darkness, picking and … read more

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10. For the Record

By: David Cameron

3.73

Format: 744 pages, Kindle Edition

‘The political memoir of the decade’ Sunday TimesThe referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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11. 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
  • british literature
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12. Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes

By: Moshe Kasher

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A riotous, whirlwind tour through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics … read more

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

13. 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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  • nonfiction
"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

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14. Verse, Chorus, Monster!

By: Graham Coxon

3.70

Format: None pages, ebook

Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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15. The Meaning of Mariah Carey

By: Mariah Carey

4.07

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the st… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
"Protect your dreams."

-Mariah Carey, The Meaning of Mariah Carey

"I was barely conscious but my standards were still awake."

-Mariah Carey, The Meaning of Mariah Carey

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

16. 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
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni

17. A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns

By: Archie Bongiovanni

4.37

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Archie, a snarky genderqueer artist, is tired of people not understanding gender neutral pronouns. … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves

18. The Book of Elsewhere

By: Keanu Reeves

3.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic … read more

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19. Boxer

By: Ryan Pinkard

4.46

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

We all know the Boxer. The fighter who remembers every glove but still remains. That grisly, bruise… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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20. Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith

By: John F. Szwed

4.29

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

“The first comprehensive biography of this hipster magus . . . [John Szwed] allows different sides … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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21. Computer World

By: Steve Tupai Francis

3.86

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Computer World was Kraftwerk's most concise and focused conceptual statement, their most influentia… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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22. Sandinista!

By: Micajah Henley

3.96

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In 1979, the Sandinista National Liberation Front in Nicaragua overthrew the Somoza dynasty and rep… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Hardcore: The Cinematic World of Pulp by Paul Burgess

23. Hardcore: The Cinematic World of Pulp

By: Paul Burgess

4.15

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A rich visual celebration of Pulp’s sixth album, This is Hardcore , featuring unseen photography an… read more

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  • music
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24. This Is Hardcore

By: Jane Savidge

3.97

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

This Is Hardcore is Pulp's cry for help. A giant, sprawling, flawed masterpiece of a record, the 19… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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25. 101

By: Mary Valle

3.30

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Depeche Mode's 101 is, at first glance, a curious a live double-album by a synth band. A recording… read more

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  • music
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26. Krautrock

By: Marshall Gu

3.94

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Krautrock is not a music genre. Krautrock is a way of life. Its sonic diversity and global reach be… read more

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  • music
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27. La Captive

By: Christine Smallwood

3.95

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

In the fifth published title of the Decadent Editions series, Christine Smallwood explores Chantal … read more

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28. Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor Anthology

By: Dave Gibbons

4.21

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

When Doctor Who Weekly launched in 1979, it was the iconic Tom Baker incarnation of the immortal Ti… read more

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29. Here's Little Richard

By: Jordan Bassett

4.28

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

From male bisexuality to religion in pop, Little Richard spent the 1950s pioneering ideas that are … read more

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  • music
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30. Beauty and the Beat

By: Lisa Whittington-Hill

3.57

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

The Go-Go's debut album Beauty and the Beat was released on July 8, 1981. The album spent six weeks… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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31. 3+3

By: Darrell M. McNeill

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Isley Brothers' 3+3 , dissects The Isleys' 50-year-old undisputed masterwork, an album that fir… read more

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  • music

18 must-read nonfiction books like This Is Hardcore by Jane Savidge

On Anarchism

Noam Chomsky , Barry Pateman

4.42

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

Transform Your Habits

The Philosophy of Modern Song

Bob Dylan

3.80

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Transform Your Habits

The Walking Dead Vol. 7: Calm before

Robert Kirkman , Charlie Adlard , Cliff Rathburn

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Invincible, Vol. 3: Perfect Strangers

Tom Brevoort , Robert Kirkman , Ryan Ottley , Bill Crabtree

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Invincible, Vol. 1: Family Matters

Kurt Busiek , Robert Kirkman , Bill Crabtree , Cory Walker

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Invincible, Vol. 5: The Facts of Life

Mike Wieringo , Robert Kirkman , Ryan Ottley , Bill Crabtree

4.16

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