13 best-selling memoir books like 21-Hit Wonder: Flopping My Way to the Top of the Charts by Sam Hollander

Cover of 21-Hit Wonder: Flopping My Way to the Top of the Charts by Sam Hollander

21-Hit Wonder: Flopping My Way to the Top of the Charts

By: Sam Hollander

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

As one of the most renowned songwriters and producers in the game, Sam Hollander has had multi-plat…

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1. Welcome to the Monkey House

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

This short-story collection Welcome to the Monkey House(1968) incorporates almost completely Vonneg… read more

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2. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

By: Daniel J. Levitin

4.18

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life--even if yo… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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3. Written in Dead Wax (The Vinyl Detective, #1)

By: Andrew Cartmel

4.19

Format: 416 pages, ebook

He is a record collector -- a connoisseur of vinyl, hunting out rare and elusive LPs. His business … read more

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  • music
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4. A Man Without a Country

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.71

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "[This] may be as close as Vonnegut ever comes to a memoir." -Los Angeles… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir

5. Born to Run

By: Bruce Springsteen

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. The e… read more

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6. Truth and Beauty

By: Ann Patchett

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ann Patchett and the late Lucy Grealy met in college in 1981, and, after enrolling in the Iowa Writ… read more

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Cover of Winterhouse (Winterhouse, #1) by Ben Guterson

7. Winterhouse (Winterhouse, #1)

By: Ben Guterson

3.94

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

An enchanting urban fantasy middle-grade debut―the first book in a trilogy―set in a magical hotel f… read more

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"Christmas Eve is a magical time," he said. "It is one of the few nights of the year-perhaps the only night of the year-when the spirit of love and peace seems to settle on everyone, regardless of who…"

-Ben Guterson, Winterhouse (Winterhouse, #1)

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8. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

By: Kara Swisher

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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9. Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

By: Jamie Loftus

3.92

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique―comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"WE NEED MORE WOMEN PRIESTS! a billboard declares a few miles outside of Buffalo, a new cursed addition to a folder in my Google Drive called 'feminism except not really."

-Jamie Loftus, Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

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10. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

By: Bono

4.20

Format: 564 pages, Hardcover

Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."

-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

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11. Surviving to Drive

By: Guenther Steiner

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"

-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive

Cover of Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh

12. Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

By: Kelefa Sanneh

4.17

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past fifty yea… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska by Warren Zanes

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
  • memoir
"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

Cover of The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop by Jonathan Abrams

14. The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop

By: Jonathan Abrams

4.21

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The essential oral history of hip-hop, from its origins on the playgrounds of the Bronx to its reig… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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15. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

By: Michael Schulman

4.09

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. None of This Rocks: A Memoir

By: Joe Trohman

4.06

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Lead guitarist and cofounder of Fall Out Boy shares personal stories from his youth and his experie… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 by Chris Payne

17. Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

By: Chris Payne

4.41

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An explosive oral history of emo's takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuring MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, FA… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
" Jonathan Daniel: I mean, people knew "Sins." That song was so big everywhere. But yeah, I don't think they knew the band as much. I remember Panic! went to see Kanye in Vegas, and Pete asked Kanye i…"

-Chris Payne, Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

" Jim Adkins: ...There was a girl who wrote us, explaining how she felt like an outsider at her school because the punk rock kids wouldn't accept her, even though she liked us and a lot of the really …"

-Chris Payne, Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

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18. Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence

By: Ken Auletta

4.12

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Twenty years ago, Ken Auletta wrote one of the iconic New Yorker profiles for which he is famous, o… read more

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  • nonfiction
" Harvey Weinstein took pride in not paying bills ,"

-Ken Auletta, Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence

"By suing his former lawyer, Baez’s attorney, Joe Tacopina, said Harvey had waived attorney-client privilege, allowing Tacopina on Baez’s behalf to denounce Harvey as ' a vile fiend ' and a ' rapist ."

-Ken Auletta, Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence

Cover of Sex Talks: The Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life by Vanessa Marin

19. Sex Talks: The Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life

By: Vanessa Marin

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The definitive guide to creating the sex life of your wildest dreams—just by talking about it!—from… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Joyful Recollections of Trauma by Paul Scheer

20. Joyful Recollections of Trauma

By: Paul Scheer

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

Cover of Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones by Elizabeth Winder

21. Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones

By: Elizabeth Winder

3.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Discover the true story of the four women who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help shape and… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music by Tom Breihan

22. The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music

By: Tom Breihan

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through th… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act by Isaac Butler

23. The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act

By: Isaac Butler

4.26

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Nonfiction NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022 BY THE N… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood by Brian "Box" Brown

24. The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood

By: Brian "Box" Brown

4.04

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Brian "Box" Brown brings history and culture to life through his comics. In his new graphic novel, … read more

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

25. 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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  • nonfiction
Cover of Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince by Peter Ames Carlin

26. Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince

By: Peter Ames Carlin

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From journalist Peter Ames Carlin, Sonic Boom captures the rollicking story of the most successful … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Anatomy of 55 More Songs by Marc Myers

27. Anatomy of 55 More Songs

By: Marc Myers

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed music journalist Marc Myers collects fift… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Three Pianos: A Memoir by Andrew McMahon

28. Three Pianos: A Memoir

By: Andrew McMahon

4.40

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From beloved indie musician Andrew McMahon comes a searingly honest and beautifully written memoir … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of 21-Hit Wonder: Flopping My Way to the Top of the Charts by Sam Hollander

29. 21-Hit Wonder: Flopping My Way to the Top of the Charts

By: Sam Hollander

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

As one of the most renowned songwriters and producers in the game, Sam Hollander has had multi-plat… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung

30. Connie: A Memoir

By: Connie Chung

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In an industry dominated by white men, Connie Chung stood alone, the first and only Asian woman to … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Your Invisible Network by Michael Urtuzuástegui Melcher

31. Your Invisible Network

By: Michael Urtuzuástegui Melcher

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Create, maintain, and leverage professional relationships—in only 20 minutes a day. Meaningful r… read more

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  • nonfiction

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4.18

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3.71

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Kara Swisher

3.99

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4.05

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4.19

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4.10

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