Defying Gravity: Jordan's Story: Jordan's Story
By: Jordan Mooney
4.26
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The image of Jordan in her white shards of beehive and Mondrian make-up is one of the most iconic i…
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1. The Black Phone
By: Joe Hill
3.71
Format: 27 pages, ebook
This short story was originally published in Joe Hill's collection 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS. read more
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2. Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
By: Chrissie Hynde
3.49
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Chrissie Hynde, for nearly four decades the singer/songwriter/ undisputed leader of the Pretenders,… read more
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- rock n roll
"After writing a song, there’s first a feeling of elation followed by the sinking feeling that it will never happen again, and you go back to thinking that you can't do it. It creates an ongoing feeli…"-Chrissie Hynde, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
"To address another human was one thing, but a singing voice was capable of so much more. Romance made you weak and love was about suffering. I wanted what the jazz musicians were looking for: the sup…"-Chrissie Hynde, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
"Nothing was going to compromise my freedom to walk the streets whenever, wherever and with whomever I wanted. I saw fame as being akin to living in a high-security prison and I didn’t want to go ther…"-Chrissie Hynde, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
3. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
By: Jeanette Winterson
3.80
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Witty, acute, fierce, and celebratory, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a tough-minded sea… read more
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4. Lonely Boy
By: Ben Thompson , Steve Jones
4.06
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Without the Sex Pistols there would be no Punk. And without Steve Jones there would be no Sex Pisto… read more
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5. Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking
By: Kate Colquhoun
4.60
Format: 645 pages,
Along the way, Kate Colquhoun asks and answers a fascinating range of questions from the weighty to… read more
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6. Anger is an Energy: My Life Uncensored
By: John Lydon
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
John Lydon has secured prime position as one of the most recognizable icons in the annals of music … read more
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7. Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
By: Viv Albertine
4.29
Format: 421 pages, Paperback
The guitarist for seminal female punk group The Slits recounts playing with Sid Vicious, touring wi… read more
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"It’s true the good die young."-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
"I grew up with John Lennon at my side, like a big brother."-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
"Anyone who writes an autobiography is either a twat or broke."-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
"I think most people in long marriages have a touch of Stockholm Syndrome"-Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
8. Renegade
By: Mark E. Smith
3.86
Format: None pages,
Reams of stuff have been written about me in the past, but never in my own words: this is the prope… read more
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9. Stand and Deliver: The Autobiography
By: None
4.00
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
One of the most successful pop stars of the 80s, Adam Ant was a phenomenon. This autobiography tell… read more
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10. Face It
By: Debbie Harry
3.61
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
‘I was saying things in songs that female singers didn’t really say back then. I wasn’t submissive … read more
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"To this day, when the band separates at the airport and we all go our different ways, I still get that gut reaction. Separation. I hate parting with people and i hate goodbyes."-Debbie Harry, Face It
"I would just walk around, not looking for anything particular, looking for everything really, and ingesting and digesting it all. Art, music, theater, poetry, and the sense that everything was up for…"-Debbie Harry, Face It
"Coincidence: it's supposed to mean just these random, disconnected events that concur or collide. But coincidence is not that at all. It's the stuff that's meant to be. Things that are supposed to be…"-Debbie Harry, Face It
"I wanted to be platinum blond. On our black-and-white television and at the theater where they screened technicolor movies, there was something about platinum hair that was so luminescent and excitin…"-Debbie Harry, Face It
11. Good Pop, Bad Pop
By: Jarvis Cocker
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display? We all have a … read more
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12. Pandora
By: Susan Stokes-Chapman
3.67
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
London, 1799. Dora Blake, an aspiring jewelry artist, lives with her odious uncle atop her late par… read more
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"but since when did gratitude mean the acceptance of rage?"-Susan Stokes-Chapman, Pandora
"It amazes him how much money rich people seem happy to waste on entertainment for one mere evening."-Susan Stokes-Chapman, Pandora
13. Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder
By: John Waters
3.88
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
No one knows more about everything - especially everything rude, clever, and offensively compelling… read more
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"Librarians are always smart, a little nuts, and know how to party."-John Waters, Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder
"As soon as you stop listening to new music, your life is over. You are a fart."-John Waters, Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder
14. The White Book
By: Han Kang
3.81
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize From Booker Prize-winner and literary p… read more
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"Now and then, the passage of time seems acutely apparent. Physical pain always sharpens the awareness."-Han Kang, The White Book
"This life needed only one of us to live it. If you had lived beyond those first few hours, I would not be living now. My life means yours is impossible."-Han Kang, The White Book
"And she frequently forgot, That her body (all our bodies) is a house of sand. That it shattered and is shattering still. Slipping stubbornly through fingers."-Han Kang, The White Book
"There is none of us whom life regards with any partiality. Sleet falls as she walks these streets, holding this knowledge inside her. Sleet that leaves cheeks and eyebrows heavy with moisture. Everyt…"-Han Kang, The White Book
15. The Glass House
By: Eve Chase
3.98
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
Outside a remote manor house in an idyllic wood, a baby girl is found. The Harrington family tak… read more
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"The closer you are to death, the more alive you feel."-Eve Chase, The Glass House
"Don't worry what other people think, be who you want to be."-Eve Chase, The Glass House
"Families can also be formed without blood ties. Good things really can happen."-Eve Chase, The Glass House
16. Some New Kind of Kick: A Memoir
By: Kid Congo Powers
4.29
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experience… read more
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17. 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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18. I Wanna Be Yours
By: John Cooper Clarke
4.17
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Poet Laureate of Punk, fashion icon, TV and radio presenter, social and cultural commentator. A… read more
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19. I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol
By: Glen Matlock
3.96
Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition
Glen Matlock was a founding member of the Sex Pistols and co-wrote most of their iconic songs. His … read more
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20. The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren: The Biography
By: Paul Gorman
4.20
Format: 880 pages, Hardcover
'Excellent . . . With this book, Gorman convincingly moves away from the ossified image of McLaren … read more
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21. Defying Gravity: Jordan's Story: Jordan's Story
By: Jordan Mooney
4.26
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The image of Jordan in her white shards of beehive and Mondrian make-up is one of the most iconic i… read more
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- punk
