9 must-read biography books like Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words by Ennio Morricone

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Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words

By: Ennio Morricone

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Master composer Ennio Morricone's scores go hand-in-hand with the idea of the Western film. Often c…

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1. How Music Works

By: David Byrne

4.00

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

How Music Works is David Byrne’s remarkable and buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lif… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Performers try harder."

-David Byrne, How Music Works

"You might say that the universe plays the blues."

-David Byrne, How Music Works

"The radio was shouting at you, pleading with you, and seducing you."

-David Byrne, How Music Works

"I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two?"

-David Byrne, How Music Works

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2. The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

By: Raymond Chandler

4.19

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out… read more

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"To say goodbye is to die a little."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I'm killing time and it's dying hard."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I'm a native son, born in Santa Rosa."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

"I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars."

-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)

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3. The Canterville Ghost

By: Oscar Wilde , Inga Moore

3.88

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, … read more

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"Love is stronger than death is"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"To his alert mind and ears, every experience was education."

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

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4. Life A User's Manual

By: Georges Perec , David Bellos

3.81

Format: 320 pages,

Life is an unclassified masterpiece, a sprawling compendium as encyclopedic as Dante's Commedia and… read more

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5. The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

4.37

Format: 796 pages, Paperback

The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry… read more

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"How good life is when one does something good and just!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Forgive me... for my love - for ruining you with my love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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6. Limonov

By: Emmanuel Carrère

4.27

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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7. The Leopard

By: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa , Archibald Colquhoun

4.01

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

The Sicilian prince Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957) died just after writing The Leopard, h… read more

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  • italian literature
"While there’s death there’s hope"

-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

"Cambiare tutto perché niente cambi."

-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

"La eternidad amorosa dura pocos años."

-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

"Nothing could be decently hated except eternity."

-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

8. The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity

By: Ryan Holiday , Stephen Hanselman

3.92

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully packaged, gifty daily devotional of Stoic wisdom, from the author of The Obstacle is … read more

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9. Gomorrah

By: Roberto Saviano

4.03

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking major bestseller in Italy, Gomorrah is Roberto Saviano's gripping nonfiction accou… read more

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10. 1 Litre of Tears

By: Aya Kito , None

4.17

Format: None pages, paperback

This diary written by Aya Kitō (July 19, 1962 - May 23, 1988) was published shortly before her deat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Why did this disease choose me? I cannot carry it, if its just for the word: Fate."

-Aya Kito, 1 Litre of Tears

"عندما اخبرت امي, بدات في الغناء (انس الماضي. اذا ظلتتتِ تنظرين الى الوراء, فلن تتمكني من المضي قدما. امشي ثلاث خطوات للأمام, ثم خطوتين الى الوراء, هذه هس الحياة. )"

-Aya Kito, 1 Litre of Tears

"I want to be like the air. The good-hearted person whose kindness overflows and people realize how important she was to them, once she is gone. I want to be that kind of person."

-Aya Kito, 1 Litre of Tears

"I felt someone behind me. I stopped and looked back... There was Mom, crawling behind me, without saying anything... Her tears falling to the floor... All my suppressed emotions suddenly burst out an…"

-Aya Kito, 1 Litre of Tears

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11. Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more

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  • art
  • biography
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

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12. La Malnata

By: Beatrice Salvioni

3.91

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

Due ragazzine molto diverse tra loro. La storia di un'amicizia indimenticabile nell'Italia del fasc… read more

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  • italian literature
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13. Tre ciotole: Rituali per un anno di crisi

By: Michela Murgia

3.58

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

S'innamorano di una sagoma di cartone o di un pretoriano in miniatura, odiano i bambini pur portand… read more

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  • italian literature
"Scegliere è sempre invecchiare, ma è solo a 19 anni che il mondo ti accorda ancora l'indulgenza di chiamarla crescita."

-Michela Murgia, Tre ciotole: Rituali per un anno di crisi

"Un uomo smette di essere bambino solo quando diventa padre, altrimenti passa dalla madre alla moglie senza troppe differenze."

-Michela Murgia, Tre ciotole: Rituali per un anno di crisi

"La verità è semplice e forse non ti piace, ma è quella: la maggior parte delle persone non fa figli proprio per non sopportare neanche dai suoi [figli] quello che tu stai chiedendo di tollerare dal t…"

-Michela Murgia, Tre ciotole: Rituali per un anno di crisi

"Secondo te mi sento così inutile perché non ho figli da guardar crescere?" mi ha chiesto mentre facevamo i piatti. "Ma come non ne hai, hai sposato un bambinone che non se ne andrà mai di casa, non p…"

-Michela Murgia, Tre ciotole: Rituali per un anno di crisi

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14. Heat 2

By: Michael Mann

4.26

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, M… read more

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  • film
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15. No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

By: Reed Hastings

4.28

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Netflix cofounder… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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16. Libri che mi hanno rovinato la vita e altri amori malinconici

By: Daria Bignardi

3.26

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

«Le situazioni pericolose, tristi, luttuose mi facevano vibrare come se solo nel dramma la vita si … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • italian literature
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17. The Body

By: Stephen King

4.02

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King’s… read more

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"Am I weird?" "Yeah. But so what? Everybody's weird."

-Stephen King, The Body

"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 - Jesus, did you?"

-Stephen King, The Body

"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"

-Stephen King, The Body

"Love has teeth; they bite; the wounds never close. No word, no combination of words, can close those lovebites. It's the other way around, that's the joke."

-Stephen King, The Body

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18. Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan (American Music Series)

By: Alex Pappademas

4.46

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

A literary and visual exploration of the songs of Steely Dan. Steely Dan’s songs are exercises in … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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19. Café Royal

By: Marco Balzano

3.23

Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition

Dal Café Royal prima o poi ci passiamo genitori e figli, donne indaffarate, coppie di amanti e ado… read more

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  • italian literature
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20. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup

By: David Browne

3.81

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The first and most complete narrative biography of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, by acclaimed mus… read more

Similar categories in David Browne's Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup book and Ennio Morricone's Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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21. Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words

By: Ennio Morricone

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Master composer Ennio Morricone's scores go hand-in-hand with the idea of the Western film. Often c… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • biography
  • classical music
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • italian literature

9 Best nonfiction books like Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words by Ennio Morricone

Transform Your Habits

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David Byrne

4.00

Transform Your Habits

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Emmanuel Carrère

4.27

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Aya Kito , None

4.17

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Quentin Tarantino

4.06

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Albert Camus , Matthew Ward , Stuart Gilbert , None

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire

3.98

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The Plague

Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert

4.02

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , Roberto González Echevarría , John Rutherford

3.66

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