12 must-read nonfiction books like Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984 by Ian Glasper

Cover of Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984 by Ian Glasper

Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

By: Ian Glasper

3.95

Format: 399 pages, Paperback

Featuring hundreds of brand new interviews and photographs, Burning Britain is the true story of th…

"I remember being in this local pub,"

-Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

"We’ve always been a very lazy band,"

-Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

"I remember being in this local pub,"

-Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

"We’ve always been a very lazy band,"

-Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984 by Ian Glasper , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush, George Petros

1. 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

Similar categories in Steven Blush's American Hardcore: A Tribal History book and Ian Glasper's Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

  • music
  • punk
  • nonfiction
  • history
"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

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2. The Dark Stuff: Selected Writings On Rock Music

By: Nick Kent , Iggy Pop

3.00

Format: 12 pages, Paperback

Rock journalism on: Brian Wilson, Guns'N'Roses, Roky Erickson, The New York Dolls, Sid Vicious, Roy… read more

Similar categories in Nick Kent's The Dark Stuff: Selected Writings On Rock Music book and Ian Glasper's Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of England's Hidden Reverse:  A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground by David Keenan

3. England's Hidden Reverse: A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground

By: David Keenan

3.61

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Based on several years' worth of exclusive interviews and unprecedented access to all three bands' … read more

Similar categories in David Keenan's England's Hidden Reverse: A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground book and Ian Glasper's Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

  • music
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy by Miyamoto Musashi, Victor Harris, Lew Hartman

4. A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy

By: Miyamoto Musashi , Victor Harris , Lew Hartman

4.15

Format: 32 pages,

Miyamoto Musashi fue el mas celebre de los guerreros (samurais) japoneses. En este texto presenta s… read more

Similar categories in Miyamoto Musashi's A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy book and Ian Glasper's Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. Something Wicked This Way Comes

By: Ray Bradbury

None

Format: None pages, None

One of Ray Bradbury’s best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now feat… read more

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6. 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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7. The Fall of the House of Usher

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.87

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Take the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely re… read more

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"[Son] cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. — De Béranger "

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat mijn bewustzijn van de snelle groei van mijn bijgeloof (want waarom zou ik het niet zo noemen?) de groei alleen maar scheen te versnellen. Dat is, zoals ik al lange ti…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

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8. Lords of Chaos

By: Michael Moynihan , None

3.68

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

The book focuses on the scene surrounding the extreme heavy metal subgenre black metal in Norway in… read more

Similar categories in Michael Moynihan's Lords of Chaos book and Ian Glasper's Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

  • music
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Nationalism is the political manifestation of a folk's collective unconscious; heathenism/ satanism is the spiritual manifestation. Both ascend from the same source. Its therefore no coincidence that…"

-Michael Moynihan, Lords of Chaos

"Heavy Metal has been forced to create its own underworld. It plays by its own rules, follows its own aesthetic prerogatives… Metal is no longer a staple of FM radio, nor are record labels publishing …"

-Michael Moynihan, Lords of Chaos

9. Cat's Cradle

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Told with deadpan humour & bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on o… read more

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10. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

Similar categories in Kate Beaton's Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands book and Ian Glasper's Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

  • nonfiction
Cover of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

11. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

By: Barbara Demick

4.45

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea book and Ian Glasper's Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

  • history
  • nonfiction
"...the strength of the regime came from its ability to isolate its own citizens completely."

-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

"In North Korea, you don’t own your own home; you are merely awarded the right to live there."

-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

"He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn’t matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody owned a watch."

-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

"Even in parts of the showcase capital of Pyongyang, you can stroll down the middle of a main street at night without being able to see the buildings on either side."

-Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Cover of Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007) by Dan Ozzi

12. Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)

By: Dan Ozzi

4.40

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Ozzi's reporting is strong, balanced and well tol… read more

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  • music
  • punk
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records by Jim Ruland

13. 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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  • music
  • punk
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Mutations: The Many Strange Faces of Hardcore Punk by Sam McPheeters

14. Mutations: The Many Strange Faces of Hardcore Punk

By: Sam McPheeters

4.13

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

How can so many people pledge allegiance to punk, something with no fixed identity? Depending on wh… read more

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  • music
  • punk
  • nonfiction
"Until YOT, conservatism thrived in the germy corners of punks scenes. When it popped up in public, it took the forms of extremists, usually skinheads, people whose shitty behavior forced a fight or f…"

-Sam McPheeters, Mutations: The Many Strange Faces of Hardcore Punk

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15. Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motörhead

By: Martin Popoff

3.61

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motörhead is the first book to celebrate the classic-er… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984 by Ian Glasper

16. Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

By: Ian Glasper

3.95

Format: 399 pages, Paperback

Featuring hundreds of brand new interviews and photographs, Burning Britain is the true story of th… read more

Similar categories in Ian Glasper's Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984 book and Ian Glasper's Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

  • music
  • punk
  • nonfiction
  • history
"We’ve always been a very lazy band,"

-Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

"I remember being in this local pub,"

-Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

"Our message, such as it is, has always been, have fun,"

-Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

"I think the best gig we did with the original line up was at the Aquarius club,"

-Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984

8 Best history books like Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984 by Ian Glasper

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Steven Blush , George Petros

3.97

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David Keenan

3.61

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Miyamoto Musashi , Victor Harris , Lew Hartman

4.15

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Lords of Chaos

Michael Moynihan , None

3.68

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John Langan

3.91

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Stephen King

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