A Roadie's Tale
By: CIV
4.29
Format: 164 pages, Paperback
In the summer of 1987, a hardcore kid from Queens, NY, set out on a summer adventure that would for…
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1. I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1)
By: Dan Wells
3.79
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it.He's spent his life doing his best not to live up … read more
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"You'll never see us coming."-Dan Wells, I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1)
"It doesn’t matter what other people think when you’re right - John Cleaver"-Dan Wells, I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1)
"People are always afraid of other things, they are never afraid of themselves."-Dan Wells, I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1)
"Sow a thought and reap an action, sow an action and reap a habit, sow a habit and reap a destiny - John Cleaver"-Dan Wells, I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1)
2. American Hardcore: A Tribal History
By: Steven Blush , George Petros
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Hardcore punk was an underground tribal movement created with anger and passion but ultimately dest… read more
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"Yeah I have an attitude. You weren't subjected to what I was subjected to, so don't try to tell me how I am."-Steven Blush, American Hardcore: A Tribal History
3. Kill Alex Cross (Alex Cross #18)
By: James Patterson
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
Kill Alex Cross is faster, more exciting, and more tightly wound than any Alex Cross thriller James… read more
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4. 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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5. Streets of Laredo
By: Larry McMurtry
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry comes the sequel and final book in the Loneso… read more
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6. 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)
7. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
By: Rachel Maddow
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more
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"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
8. 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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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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"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
10. Fever House (Fever House, #1)
By: Keith Rosson
4.03
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
A small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose … read more
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11. Monica
By: Daniel Clowes
3.95
Format: 106 pages, Hardcover
Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more
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12. The Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End of the World
By: James Tynion IV
4.11
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
COLE TURNER has studied conspiracy theories all his life, but he isn't prepared for what happens wh… read more
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"Collective belief shapes the world, so everything is a little bit true, or has the potential to be true."-James Tynion IV, The Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End of the World
"The more people believe in something, the more true that thing becomes. The more reality tips in the favor of that belief."-James Tynion IV, The Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End of the World
"Barack Obama contradicts the image they have in their head for what a President looks like and sounds like, and it unsettles them on a subconscious level. And then somebody presents an answer to why …"-James Tynion IV, The Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End of the World
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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"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
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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15. Faith, Hope and Carnage
By: Nick Cave
4.44
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life. Created from more than forty hou… read more
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"I think people can do both terrible things and wonderful things when faced with the true understanding of their own powerlessness, vulnerability and lack of control."-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"Vulnerability is essential to spiritual and creative growth. Finding enormous strength through vulnerability. You're being open to whatever happens, including failure and shame. The two are connected…"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"I guess not, but who says creativity it the be all and end all? Who says that our accomplishments are the only true measure of what is important in our lives? Perhaps there are other lives worth livi…"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"The usual precepts collapse under the weight of the calamity: the terrible demands that we place upon ourselves; our own internal judging voice; the endless expectations and opinions of others. They …"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
16. We Sold Our Souls
By: Grady Hendrix
3.73
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success -- but then lead singer Te… read more
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"Fight," she finally said. Just fight. Never stop."-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls
"— "Do you see where I'm going?" [ROB] — "Yeah, the sparrow kicks the mountain's ass." [KRIS]"-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls
"— Do you see where I'm going with this? [ROB] — Yeah, the sparrow kicks the mountain's ass. [KRIS]"-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls
"I can't believe that after a lifetime of playing metal, it turns out the world is a shitty country song."-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls
17. The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (The Shortest History Series)
By: Michael Scott-Baumann
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An accessible, balanced chronicle of how the Israel-Palestine conflict originated and developed ove… read more
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18. Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records
By: Jim Ruland
4.03
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A no-holds-barred narrative history of the iconic label that brought the world Black Flag, Hüsker D… read more
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19. 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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"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
20. 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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21. In on the Kill Taker
By: Joe Gross
4.24
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
By June 1993, when Washington, D.C.'s Fugazi released their third full-length album In on the Kill … read more
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22. Someone Who Isn’t Me
By: Geoff Rickly
4.60
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
Geoff Rickly’s debut novel Someone Who Isn’t Me is a feverish journey through the psyche of someone… read more
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"He asks me to leave, turns to his manager and says, "The epidemic of our time," as if time were the epidemic and we're all subject to its disastrous effects."-Geoff Rickly, Someone Who Isn’t Me
23. 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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24. Red Letter Days
By: Matt Pryor
4.25
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
The debut memoir by Matt Pryor (The Get Up Kids, New Amsterdams, The Terrible Twos) Red Letter… read more
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25. The story of H8000 hardcore
By: Hans Verbeke & Onno Hesselink
4.20
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
It all begins in 1978, when a near-legendary Sex Pistols/P.I.G.Z. show in Kortrijk gets cancelled. … read more
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26. From Punk to Monk: A Memoir
By: Ray Cappo
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The heartfelt memoir of Ray Raghunath Cappo, a legendary hardcore punk musician-turned-monk—and pio… read more
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27. A Roadie's Tale
By: CIV
4.29
Format: 164 pages, Paperback
In the summer of 1987, a hardcore kid from Queens, NY, set out on a summer adventure that would for… read more
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28. Estrus: Shovelin’ The Shit Since ’87
By: Chris Alpert Coyle
4.90
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Shovelin’ The Shit Since ’87 is the complete, as-yet-untold story of US garage rock powerhouse E… read more
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29. The Most Interesting Man in the World
By: Vinnie Stigma
4.34
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The Godfather of New York City hardcore and founding member of Agnostic Front invites you into his … read more
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30. What Have We Got?
By: Simon Spence
3.67
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
What Have We The Turbulent Story of Oi! is celebrated author Simon Spence's study of the Oi! punk… read more
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31. We Could Not Do Any Better: a history of European Straight Edge
By: Marc Hanou
4.50
Format: 700 pages, None
Straight edge is a powerful subculture of a subculture. Punk rockers that don’t smoke, don’t drink,… read more
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