12 must-read nonfiction books like Anarchy At The Circle K: On The Road With Dead Kennedys, TSOL, Flipper, Subhumans and… Heroin by Patrick O'Neil

Cover of Anarchy At The Circle K: On The Road With Dead Kennedys, TSOL, Flipper, Subhumans and… Heroin by Patrick  O'Neil

Anarchy At The Circle K: On The Road With Dead Kennedys, TSOL, Flipper, Subhumans and… Heroin

By: Patrick O'Neil

4.67

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

Anarchy At The Circle K is literally a punk tour-de-force. An in your face gut-wrenching, and at ti…

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1. Fat City

By: Leonard Gardner

4.02

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

Fat City is a novel about the indestructibility of of hope, the anguish and comedy of the human con… read more

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"Profoundly moved, he kissed the lax waiting mouth with exquisite unhappiness."

-Leonard Gardner, Fat City

"At times as he lay in bed listening to her breathing, a fear came over him that after marriage death was the next major event."

-Leonard Gardner, Fat City

"He felt the guilt of inaction, of simply waiting while his life went to waste. No one was worth the gift of his life, no one could possibly be worth that. It belonged to him alone, and he did not des…"

-Leonard Gardner, Fat City

"Out in the fog, weary, yet buoyant from the drinks, his mind dulled along with his aches and his energy returning, Tully was free of the sense of impending ordeal that had been with him for weeks. He…"

-Leonard Gardner, Fat City

Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

2. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

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"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

3. What are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal

By: Laina Dawes , Skin

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

What Are You Doing Here? investigates how black women musicians and fans navigate the metal, hardco… read more

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4. Nobody's Angel (Hard Case Crime, #65)

By: Jack Clark

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

While Chicago cabbie Eddie Miles drives the city streets at midnight, two killers--one targeting pr… read more

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5. Girl in a Band

By: Kim Gordon

3.67

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

In Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of wo… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"I like being in a weak position, and making it strong."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

"I give Iggy credit for deconstructing the very idea of entertainment."

-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

6. Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)

By: Thomas Harris

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Will Graham stands in a silent, empty house communing with a killer. An FBI instructor with a gift … read more

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7. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.58

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more

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"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

Cover of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer

8. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

By: Claire Dederer

3.79

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."

-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

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9. 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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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"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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10. The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

By: Olga Ravn

3.67

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

A workplace novel of the 22nd century The near-distant future. Millions of kilometres from Earth… read more

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"This is not a human, but a coworker."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Cada ação encerra em si um elemento de caos."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Tudo precisa atravessar enormes distâncias para se tornar o que é."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Eu também tenho em mim palavras apagadas que deveria ter dito e já não sei mais o que significam."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

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11. Night Fever

By: Ed Brubaker

3.87

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Who are you, really? Are you the things you do, or are you the person inside your mind? In Europe o… read more

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Cover of Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott

12. Beware the Woman

By: Megan Abbott

3.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Megan Abbott, an eerie and prescient novel… read more

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Cover of Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2) by Colson Whitehead

13. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

By: Colson Whitehead

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more

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"Misery is a money pit."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

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14. Sonic Life: A Memoir

By: Thurston Moore

3.81

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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15. Whalefall

By: Daniel Kraus

3.73

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

Whalefall is a scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who’s been swallowed by an eigh… read more

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"There need be no struggle when we are all the same weight."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"But those three people waiting outside are the tones of Jay's voice, the organs in Jay's body."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"The simple sharing of hope, its weight not so heavy after all, is a wonder. A lifting. A rising. A surfacing."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"Jay's not sure he believes in therapy. He definitely doesn't believe in closure. People aren't doors. They're whole floor plans, entire labyrinths, and the harder you try to escape, the more lost ins…"

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

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16. Lowdown Road

By: Scott Von Doviak

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Join a road trip across 1970s America as two cousins make the heist of their lives and must avoid t… read more

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Cover of City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1) by Don Winslow

17. City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1)

By: Don Winslow

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller! From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy … read more

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18. The High Desert

By: James Spooner

4.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Winner of a 2022 ALA Alex Award Winner of the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Print Comics One of … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology by Mike Rinder

19. A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

By: Mike Rinder

4.31

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

One of the highest-ranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"The fear of psychiatry is one of the hardest ideas to shake when you escape from the mind-prison."

-Mike Rinder, A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

Cover of No One Left to Come Looking for You by Sam Lipsyte

20. No One Left to Come Looking for You

By: Sam Lipsyte

3.23

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

A darkly comic mystery by the author of Hark and The Ask set in the vibrant music scene of early 19… read more

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  • music
Cover of Some New Kind of Kick: A Memoir by Kid Congo Powers

21. Some New Kind of Kick: A Memoir

By: Kid Congo Powers

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experience… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success by Miki Berenyi

22. Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success

By: Miki Berenyi

4.46

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary and searingly honest personal story of musician Miki Berenyi, revealing the highs… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of A Walk Across Dirty Water and Straight Into Murderer's Row: a Memoir by Eugene S. Robinson

23. A Walk Across Dirty Water and Straight Into Murderer's Row: a Memoir

By: Eugene S. Robinson

4.45

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A rollicking no-holds barred memoir from journalist and musician Eugene S. Robinson that takes read… read more

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  • music
Cover of Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion by Bad Religion

24. Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion

By: Bad Religion

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From their beginnings as teenagers experimenting in a San Fernando Valley garage dubbed "The Hell H… read more

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Cover of Punk Paradox: A Memoir by Greg Graffin

25. Punk Paradox: A Memoir

By: Greg Graffin

4.12

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A historical memoir and cultural criticism of punk rock’s evolution, by the legendary singer-songwr… read more

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Cover of Denim and Leather: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal by Michael  Hann

26. Denim and Leather: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

By: Michael Hann

4.21

Format: 526 pages, Kindle Edition

In the late 1970s, aggressive, young bands are forming across Britain. Independent labels are sprin… read more

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Cover of Anarchy At The Circle K: On The Road With Dead Kennedys, TSOL, Flipper, Subhumans and… Heroin by Patrick  O'Neil

27. Anarchy At The Circle K: On The Road With Dead Kennedys, TSOL, Flipper, Subhumans and… Heroin

By: Patrick O'Neil

4.67

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

Anarchy At The Circle K is literally a punk tour-de-force. An in your face gut-wrenching, and at ti… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of If It's Tuesday This Must Be Walla Walla: The Wacky History of Adrenalin O.D. by Dave Scott Schwartzman

28. If It's Tuesday This Must Be Walla Walla: The Wacky History of Adrenalin O.D.

By: Dave Scott Schwartzman

4.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dave Scott Schwartzman’s comprehensive, 300-plus page history of one of New Jersey’s most beloved b… read more

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Cover of Play Like a Man: My Life in Poster Children (Music in American Life) by Rose Marshack

29. Play Like a Man: My Life in Poster Children (Music in American Life)

By: Rose Marshack

4.23

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

As a member of Poster Children, Rose Marshack took part in entwined revolutions. Marshack and other… read more

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  • music
  • memoir
Cover of When Can I Fly? : The Sleepers, Tuxedomoon & Beyond by Michael Belfer

30. When Can I Fly? : The Sleepers, Tuxedomoon & Beyond

By: Michael Belfer

3.95

Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition

Michael Belfer- one of the SF scene’s earliest progenitors, who straddled two very different worlds… read more

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  • music
Cover of I Play With Giants by Mike Roche

31. I Play With Giants

By: Mike Roche

3.83

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

None read more

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12 Best memoir books like Anarchy At The Circle K: On The Road With Dead Kennedys, TSOL, Flipper, Subhumans and… Heroin by Patrick O'Neil

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Girl in a Band

Kim Gordon

3.67

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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Claire Dederer

3.79

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Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

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Sonic Life: A Memoir

Thurston Moore

3.81

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Shubeik Lubeik

Deena Mohamed

4.50

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The Talk

Darrin Bell

4.65

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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Kate Beaton

4.41

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Jordan Crane

3.61

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