6 must-read music books like Elvis: The Last 24 Hours by Albert Goldman

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Elvis: The Last 24 Hours

By: Albert Goldman

3.15

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of his death, the best-selling author of Elvis and The Li…

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1. The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047

By: Lionel Shriver

3.70

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The year is 2029, and nothing is as it should be. The very essence of American life, the dollar, is… read more

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"Economics doesn't reward nice. It rewards smart."

-Lionel Shriver, The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047

"Yet what best protected privacy wasn't concealment but apathy - the fact that other people simply weren't interested."

-Lionel Shriver, The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047

"They still want credit for being tolerant, without taking the rap for the fact that you only ‘tolerate’ what you can’t stand."

-Lionel Shriver, The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047

"What do you make of the proposition that the definition of a truly free society is a place where you can still get away with something?"

-Lionel Shriver, The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047

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2. Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons

By: George Pendle

3.97

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Now a CBS All Access series created by Mark Heyman with executive producer Ridley Scott. ROCKET SC… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"As for Crowley , his reputation grew and grew. His gospel of “Do what thou wilt"

-George Pendle, Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons

"Ever since Parsons had been a boy, however, the dark side of magic had captivated him. "I know that witchcraft is mostly nonsense, except where it is a blind," he wrote to Crowley in 1943, "but I am …"

-George Pendle, Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons

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3. Elvis by the Presleys

By: David Ritz , None , Lisa Marie Presley

4.27

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For the first time, the inside story of legendary entertainer Elvis Presley’s life as a husband, fa… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick

4. Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley

By: Peter Guralnick

4.16

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of th… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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5. Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley

By: Peter Guralnick

4.37

Format: 768 pages, Paperback

Careless Love is the full, true, and mesmerizing story of Elvis Presley's last two decades, in the … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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6. Wiseguy

By: Nicholas Pileggi

0.00

Format: 798 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Wiseguy" is Nicholas Pileggi's remarkable bestseller, the most intimate account ever printed of li… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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7. Breakfast of Champions

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Breakfast of Champions,one of Kurt Vonnegut's most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore … read more

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8. Child of God

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.84

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape--… read more

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9. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

By: Vincent Bugliosi , Curt Gentry

4.06

Format: 687 pages, Paperback

Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Deciding that his own life expectancy was directly proportional to his usefulness to Manson, Crockett made himself very useful, volunteering his truck to haul in supplies, and so forth."

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"Noting that it would be a long trial, with many witnesses, I recall the old Chinese proverb, "The palest ink is better than the best memory," urging the jury to take detailed notes to aid them in the…"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"For a lawyer to do less than his utmost is, I strongly feel, a betrayal of his client. Though in criminal trials one tends to focus on the defense attorney and his client the accused, the prosecutor …"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

"One day Manson tried with me. I stared right back, holding his gaze until his hands started shaking. During the recess, I slid my chair over next to his and asked, "What are you trembling about, Char…"

-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

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10. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

By: C.L.R. James

4.55

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A classic and impassioned account of the first revolution in the Third World. This powerful, intens… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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11. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

By: Kim Newman , Steven Jay Schneider , None , Jonathan Rosenbaum , Ginette Vincendeau , Adrian Martin , Kyung Hyun Kim , David Stratton , Nezih Erdoğan , None , Richard Pena , Geoff Andrew , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Updated with brand-new entries to describe the most recent major motion pictures, this critically-a… read more

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  • nonfiction

12. 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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13. The Day of the Triffids

By: John Wyndham

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffidsto moderate acclaim. Fifty-two year… read more

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14. Elvis and Ginger: Elvis Presley's Fiancée and Last Love Finally Tells Her Story

By: Ginger Alden

1.80

Format: 76 pages, Hardcover

ELVIS PRESLEY'S FIANCEE AND LAST LOVE FINALLY TELLS HER STORY "Elvis, you and I know the truth and… read more

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15. Lolita

By: Vladimir Nabokov , Craig Raine

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141182537. Humbert Humbert - scholar, aest… read more

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"There was no Lo to behold."

-Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

"My little cup brims with tiddles."

-Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

"Don't touch me; I'll die if you touch me."

-Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

"Because you took advantage of my disadvantage."

-Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

16. I Called Him Babe: Elvis Presley's Nurse Remembers

By: None

4.15

Format: 128 pages,

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17. Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi

By: Bob Woodward

4.45

Format: 864 pages, Paperback

By the same investigative reporter as All the President's Men, this book enquires into the death by… read more

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18. Survivor

By: Chuck Palahniuk

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the author of the underground sensation Fight Club comes this wickedly incisive second novel, … read more

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"Suicide is very contagious."

-Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor

"this is the upside of already being eternally damned"

-Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor

"Honest is how I want to look. The truth doesn't glitter and shine."

-Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor

"Nothing shows you the straight line from here to death like a list."

-Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor

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19. Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

By: Priscilla Beaulieu Presley

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that reveals the intimate story of Elvis Presley and Prisc… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I loved babying Elvis"

-Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

"He was a man, a very special man"

-Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

"He was truly a master at manipulating people"

-Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

"I was Elvis's doll, his own living doll, to fashion as he pleased"

-Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

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20. Me 'N Elvis

By: Charlie Hodge

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

196 pages Castle Books; [Premier limited ed.] edition (August 1984) English 0916693007 978-091… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Elvis '68 Comeback: The Story Behind the Special by Steve Binder

21. Elvis '68 Comeback: The Story Behind the Special

By: Steve Binder

4.76

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A chronicle of the comeback performance that marked Elvis Presley’s return from the screen to the s… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Elvis: Truth, Myth & Beyond: An Intimate Conversation With Lamar Fike, Elvis' Closest Friend & Confidant by L.E. McCullough

22. Elvis: Truth, Myth & Beyond: An Intimate Conversation With Lamar Fike, Elvis' Closest Friend & Confidant

By: L.E. McCullough

4.40

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

NEARLY 40 YEARS after his death, Elvis Presley remains one of the most intriguing human beings of t… read more

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23. Elvis, My Brother/an Intimate Family Memoir of Life With the King

By: Billy Stanley

3.77

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

"It all began the day my mother picked up up at Breezy Point Farms and introduced us to our 'new da… read more

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24. Elvis: The Last 24 Hours

By: Albert Goldman

3.15

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of his death, the best-selling author of Elvis and The Li… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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25. Aloha Elvis

By: Jerry Hopkins

4.33

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

On Elvis' first visit to Hawaii in 1957, fans filled Honolulu Stadium for not one, but two concert … read more

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12 Top nonfiction books like Elvis: The Last 24 Hours by Albert Goldman

Transform Your Habits

Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons

George Pendle

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Elvis by the Presleys

David Ritz , None , Lisa Marie Presley

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley

Peter Guralnick

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley

Peter Guralnick

4.37

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15 Top history books like The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C.L.R. James

Transform Your Habits

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Walter Rodney , Vincent Harding

4.42

Transform Your Habits

The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World

Howard Zinn , Vijay Prashad

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Wretched of the Earth

Jean-Paul Sartre , Richard Philcox , Frantz Fanon , Homi K. Bhabha

4.32

Transform Your Habits

A Dying Colonialism

Frantz Fanon , Haakon Chevalier

4.02

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