5 must-read music books like Stranded in the Jungle: Jerry Nolan's Wild Ride: A Tale of Drugs, Fashion, the New York Dolls and Punk Rock by Curt Weiss

Cover of Stranded in the Jungle: Jerry Nolan's Wild Ride: A Tale of Drugs, Fashion, the New York Dolls and Punk Rock by Curt Weiss

Stranded in the Jungle: Jerry Nolan's Wild Ride: A Tale of Drugs, Fashion, the New York Dolls and Punk Rock

By: Curt Weiss

4.36

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Here is the story of an often overlooked, one-of-a-kind rock 'n' roll musician and the historic tim…

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Cover of Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1) by Irvine Welsh

1. Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

By: Irvine Welsh

4.05

Format: 548 pages, Paperback

Mark Renton has it all: he's good-looking, young, with a pretty girlfriend and a place at universit… read more

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"Perversity and obstinacy are integral tae the Scottish character."

-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

"but ah'm hugging Janey and thinking about how much a life can change in the time it takes tae fix up."

-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

"Sitting in the brightly lit library, surrounded by books, in total silence, that was ma personal zenith."

-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

"Schopenhauer was right: Life has to be about disillusionment stumbling inexorably towards the totally fucked."

-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

Cover of The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor

2. The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

By: Antony Beevor

3.91

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and … read more

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3. Batavia

By: Peter FitzSimons

4.25

Format: 490 pages, Hardcover

The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines in just the one tale the birth of the world's first corporati… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Let's Spend the Night Together: Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies by Pamela Des Barres

4. Let's Spend the Night Together: Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies

By: Pamela Des Barres

3.75

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

This intimate account of 24 legendary groupies reveals what went on behind the closed doors of rock… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Le Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac

5. Le Colonel Chabert

By: Honoré de Balzac

3.59

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Le Colonel Chabert est supposé avoir été tué sur le champ d'honneur dans l'une des batailles de Nap… read more

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"Morālās ciešanas, kas pārspēj fiziskās, allaž izraisa mazāku žēlumu, jo cilvēka acij nav saskatāmas."

-Honoré de Balzac, Le Colonel Chabert

Cover of The Unknown Masterpiece by Arthur C. Danto, Honoré de Balzac, Richard Howard

6. The Unknown Masterpiece

By: Arthur C. Danto , Honoré de Balzac , Richard Howard

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

One of Honore de Balzac's most celebrated tales, "The Unknown Masterpiece" is the story of a painte… read more

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7. Hollywood

By: Charles Bukowski

3.40

Format: 96 pages,

Henry Chinaski siempre ha estado en pie de guerra, sin bajar la guardia contra el <>y sus infinitos… read more

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8. Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse and the Birth of Modern Art

By: Dan Franck , None

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A legendary capital of the arts, Paris hosted some of the most legendary developments in world cult… read more

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Cover of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain

9. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

By: Legs McNeil , Gillian McCain

4.19

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

A Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Bob Gruen: La gente veniva da noi per farsi mordere, non per farsi accarezzare."

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

"Penny Arcade said: At that time, the DRUG world and the ART world ran through each other. (1971 - 1974)"

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

"Hippies survived Nixon, but punk caved in to Ronald Reagan, know what I'm saying? Punk actually couldn't take a good challenge."

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

"Ed Friedman: [talking about Patti Smith] One time she told me, "Allen Ginsberg thought I was a cute boy and he tried to pick me up, so I said, "LOOK AT THE TITS, ALLEN! NOTICE THE TITS!"

-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

10. Memories of My Melancholy Whores

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Edith Grossman

3.89

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

A New York TimesNotable Book On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a bachelor decides to give himsel… read more

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11. The Wasp Factory

By: Iain Banks

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meet Frank Cauldhame. Just sixteen, and unconventional to say the least: Two years after I killed B… read more

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12. Hank Williams: The Biography

By: Colin Escott , None , None

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

- Long considered the last word on Hank Williams, this biography has remained continuously in print… read more

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13. Hitler's Hangman: The Life of Heydrich

By: Robert Gerwarth

3.17

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

Reinhard Heydrich is widely recognized as one of the great iconic villains of the twentieth century… read more

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14. Junky

By: William S. Burroughs , Allen Ginsberg , Oliver Harris

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Before his 1959 breakthrough, Naked Lunch, an unknown William S. Burroughs wrote Junky, his first n… read more

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15. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

By: Tom Wolfe

3.57

Format: 416 pages,

For a start, Kesey's own life with the Merry Pranksters is perhaps the consummate example of a phen… read more

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16. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

By: Hunter S. Thompson , Ralph Steadman

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegasis the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good … read more

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17. Goodbye to All That

By: Robert Graves

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

An autobiographical work that describes firsthand the great tectonic shifts in English society foll… read more

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18. Post Office

By: Charles Bukowski

3.94

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

"It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life … read more

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"It began as a mistake."

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

"من يراهن كثيراً يخسر حصانه ص 154"

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

"المحترف يذهب إلى السباقات بمفرده ص 81"

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

"لا تحب المرأة أن تكون في المرتبة الثانية ص 161"

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

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19. 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
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of To Hell And Back: my life in Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, in the words of the last man standing by Walter Lure

20. To Hell And Back: my life in Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, in the words of the last man standing

By: Walter Lure

4.11

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

There have been many books written about Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, but only by people … read more

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  • music
Cover of Stranded in the Jungle: Jerry Nolan's Wild Ride: A Tale of Drugs, Fashion, the New York Dolls and Punk Rock by Curt Weiss

21. Stranded in the Jungle: Jerry Nolan's Wild Ride: A Tale of Drugs, Fashion, the New York Dolls and Punk Rock

By: Curt Weiss

4.36

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Here is the story of an often overlooked, one-of-a-kind rock 'n' roll musician and the historic tim… read more

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6 Best nonfiction books like Stranded in the Jungle: Jerry Nolan's Wild Ride: A Tale of Drugs, Fashion, the New York Dolls and Punk Rock by Curt Weiss

Transform Your Habits

The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

Antony Beevor

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Batavia

Peter FitzSimons

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Let's Spend the Night Together: Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies

Pamela Des Barres

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

Legs McNeil , Gillian McCain

4.19

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13 best-selling fiction books like Le Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac

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The Princesse de Clèves

Madame de La Fayette

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Bérénice

Jean Racine

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Pierre et Jean

Guy de Maupassant

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Britannicus

Jean Racine

3.61

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