22 must-read nonfiction books like Let's Go!: Benjamin Orr and The Cars by Joe Milliken

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Let's Go!: Benjamin Orr and The Cars

By: Joe Milliken

4.17

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

“When Ben got out of the hospital he said, ‘When I fall down and can’t pick myself up we’ll know it…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Let's Go!: Benjamin Orr and The Cars by Joe Milliken , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. Tommyland

By: Tommy Lee , Anthony Bozza

3.69

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller in which rock and roll's most notorious bad boy bar… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"One day, after practice, he came up behind me, tapped me on the shoulder, and as I turned around, he sucker-punched me and relocated my nose to the other side of my face. What up, Mr. Drum Captain? H…"

-Tommy Lee, Tommyland

"If you show up late [for anger management], you don't get credit for the class, which made that car ride even more of a test of your temper. Being late was great-you could leave if you wanted to, but…"

-Tommy Lee, Tommyland

" Pamela Anderson : 'He called and called, leaving about twenty messages, just drunk dialing. One of them was him singing his version of the Oscar Mayer theme song: "My baloney has a first name, it's …"

-Tommy Lee, Tommyland

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2. Everything's Eventual

By: Stephen King

3.97

Format: 605 pages, Paperback

In this eerie, enchanting compilation, Stephen King takes readers down a road less travelled (for g… read more

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"Time belongs to the Tower."

-Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

"A broken spoon may become a fork."

-Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

"Black as night and as beautiful as forever."

-Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

"I decided it didn't matter a fuck in a rabbit hutch."

-Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

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3. The Colorado Kid

By: Stephen King

3.38

Format: 178 pages, Mass Market Paperback

On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There's no identification on the body. On… read more

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"Sometimes loving eyes don't see what they don't want to see."

-Stephen King, The Colorado Kid

"For a woman a man will do many things that he'd turn his back on in an instant when alone; things he'd back away from, nine times out of ten, even when drunk adn with a bunch of his friends egging hi…"

-Stephen King, The Colorado Kid

"Todos cayeron del árbol y se rompieron el brazo alguna vez, todos recuerdan lo travieso que fueron cuando eran niños, lo que no recuerdan, es a sus madres levantándose en medio de la noche para darle…"

-Stephen King, The Colorado Kid

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4. The Kid Stays in the Picture

By: Robert Evans

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

From his marriage to Ali McGraw, his cocaine bust, the accusations of murder, the friendships with … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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5. Face the Music: A Life Exposed

By: Paul Stanley

4.06

Format: None pages, ebook

In Face the Music, Paul Stanley--the co-founder and famous "Starchild" frontman of KISS--reveals fo… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

6. The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star

By: Nikki Sixx

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Set against the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom, the co-founder of Motley Crue offers an… read more

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7. Sex, Drugs, Ratt Roll: My Life in Rock

By: Sam Benjamin , Stephen Pearcy

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A jaw-dropping tell-all from the lead singer of the 1980s supergroup Ratt: the groupies, the trashe… read more

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8. Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s

By: Moby , Jonathan Bernstein , None , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

Mad Worldis a highly entertaining oral history that celebrates the New Wave music phenomenon of the… read more

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9. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) by Don Winslow

10. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

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11. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

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12. The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder

By: C.L. Miller

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this irresistible and thrilling debut novel, a former antique hunter investigates a suspicious d… read more

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13. 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
"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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14. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

By: Susan Casey

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me by Ralph  Macchio

15. Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

By: Ralph Macchio

4.02

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

Since The Karate Kid first crane-kicked its way into the pop culture stratosphere in June 1984, the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Kind of a Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century by Saul Austerlitz

16. Kind of a Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century

By: Saul Austerlitz

3.46

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Generation Friends, featuring brand-new interviews with Will Ferrell and Adam Mc… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful by Paulina Porizkova

17. No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful

By: Paulina Porizkova

3.61

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“A book about a rare life, profound love, profound grief, anxiety, self-assurance, empowerment, agi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion by Tom Beaujour

18. Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion

By: Tom Beaujour

4.07

Format: 535 pages, Hardcover

Hard rock in the 1980s was a hedonistic and often intensely creative wellspring of escapism that pe… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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19. 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
  • biography
"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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20. Entrances and Exits

By: Michael Richards

4.12

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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21. George Michael: A Life

By: James Gavin

3.76

Format: 528 pages, ebook

The definitive biography of George Michael, offering an expansive look at the troubled life of the … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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22. Long Train Runnin': Our Story of The Doobie Brothers

By: Tom Johnston

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

For the first time, the incredible true story of the legendary band, the Doobie Brothers, written b… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984 (Prince Studio Sessions) by Duane Tudahl

23. Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984 (Prince Studio Sessions)

By: Duane Tudahl

4.57

Format: 553 pages, Kindle Edition

Featuring groundbreaking, never-before-heard stories, Duane Tudahl pulls back the paisley curtain t… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of People's Republic (Kelly Turnbull, #1) by Kurt Schlichter

24. People's Republic (Kelly Turnbull, #1)

By: Kurt Schlichter

4.30

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

America’s growing political and cultural divisions have finally split the United States apart. Now,… read more

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Cover of Turn It Up! My Time Making Hit Records in the Glory Days of Rock Music by Tom Werman

25. 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 Lay It On The Line: A Backstage Pass to Rock Star Adventure, Conflict and TRIUMPH by Rik Emmett

26. Lay It On The Line: A Backstage Pass to Rock Star Adventure, Conflict and TRIUMPH

By: Rik Emmett

3.66

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

From Triumph superstar Rik Emmett comes the thrilling, inspiring story of a life of rock and roll W… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham

27. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

By: John Grisham

4.49

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In his first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, #1 bestselling author John Grisham and Cent… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Let's Go!: Benjamin Orr and The Cars by Joe Milliken

28. Let's Go!: Benjamin Orr and The Cars

By: Joe Milliken

4.17

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

“When Ben got out of the hospital he said, ‘When I fall down and can’t pick myself up we’ll know it… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Rest Stop by Nat Cassidy

29. Rest Stop

By: Nat Cassidy

4.69

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A young musician finds himself locked inside a gas station bathroom in the middle of the night by a… read more

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30. War

By: Bob Woodward

4.43

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"President Trump had secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use as the virus spread rapidly through Russia."

-Bob Woodward, War

"Overall, Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and dragged more than 240 hostages and back across the border into underground tunnels in Gaza. It was the deadliest attack in Jewish history since the …"

-Bob Woodward, War

"In the 2020 election, Trump received 74 million votes, more than any presidential candidate in history with the exception of Joe Biden, who won 81 million votes. Biden secured the Electoral College w…"

-Bob Woodward, War

"The second high-profile Trump critis was retired General Stanley McChrystal, who had commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan a decade earlier. McChrystal had recently appeared on CNN and called…"

-Bob Woodward, War

Cover of Brothers by Alex Van Halen

31. 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
  • nonfiction
  • biography

19 must-read biography books like Let's Go!: Benjamin Orr and The Cars by Joe Milliken

Transform Your Habits

Tommyland

Tommy Lee , Anthony Bozza

3.69

Transform Your Habits

The Kid Stays in the Picture

Robert Evans

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Face the Music: A Life Exposed

Paul Stanley

4.06

Transform Your Habits

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

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30 Best audiobook books like Kind of a Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century by Saul Austerlitz

Transform Your Habits

Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Ed Zwick

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

Werner Herzog

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s

Gary Gulman

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Henry Winkler

4.14

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