16 must-read nonfiction books like Rotting Ways to Misery: The Story of Finnish Death Metal by Markus Makkonen

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Rotting Ways to Misery: The Story of Finnish Death Metal

By: Markus Makkonen

3.94

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

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Cover of Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe by Mick Wall

1. Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe

By: Mick Wall

4.01

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Decades before reality television was invented, Ozzy Osbourne was subversive and dark. Ozzy was the… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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2. Stranger in a Strange Land

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.92

Format: 525 pages, Paperback

NAME: Valentine Michael Smith ANCESTRY: Human ORIGIN: Mars Valentine Michael Smith is a human … read more

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"Secrecy begets tyranny."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

"Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

"He's an honest politician--he stays bought."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

"Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

Cover of Tomie by Junji Ito, Naomi Kokubo

3. Tomie

By: Junji Ito , Naomi Kokubo

3.40

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. Sh… read more

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4. What Does This Button Do?: An Autobiography

By: Bruce Dickinson

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER A long-awaited memoir from the larger-than-life, multifaceted lead vocalis… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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5. 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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Cover of Confessions of a Heretic: The Sacred and the Profane: Behemoth and Beyond by D. Randall Blythe, Adam Nergal Darski, Mark Eglinton, D Randall Blythe

6. Confessions of a Heretic: The Sacred and the Profane: Behemoth and Beyond

By: D. Randall Blythe , Adam Nergal Darski , Mark Eglinton , D Randall Blythe

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

"Rebellion is a part of youth. Sometimes it's dangerous. Instead of a sword, I hold a guitar in my … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lair (Rats, #2) by James Herbert

7. Lair (Rats, #2)

By: James Herbert

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

The mutant white rat had grown and mated, creating offspring in its own image. They dominated the o… read more

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8. Changes (The Dresden Files, #12)

By: Jim Butcher

4.35

Format: None pages,

Long ago, Susan Rodriguez was Harry Dresden's lover-until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving … read more

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9. Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore

By: John Peel , Albert Mudrian

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

This exciting history, featuring an introduction by famed DJ John Peel, tells the two-decade-long h… read more

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10. To Green Angel Tower (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #3)

By: Tad Williams

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

As the evil minions of the undead Sithi Storm King prepare for the kingdom-shattering culmination o… read more

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11. The Rats (Rats, #1)

By: James Herbert

2.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For millions of years man and rats had been natural enemies. But now for the first time - suddenly,… read more

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12. 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

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  • music
  • 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

13. Swedish Death Metal

By: Daniel Ekeroth , None

3.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sweden is a remote country in the freezing northern Europe, with less than nine million inhabitants… read more

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14. Amorphis

By: None

3.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Suomimetallin heimopaallikoiden tarinaAmorphis on yksi Suomen kansainvalisesti menestyneimmista yht… read more

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15. Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult

By: Dayal Patterson

3.96

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

An epic 600 page tome exploring the history and development of black metal from its beginnings in t… read more

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16. My Effin' Life

By: Geddy Lee

4.58

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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17. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

By: Naomi Klein

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

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18. Goth: A History

By: Lol Tolhurst

3.68

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Following his memoir  Cured , a fascinating deep dive into the dark Romanticism of Goth music, a mi… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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19. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

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Cover of The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors) by Guy de Maupassant

20. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.89

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more

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"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

Cover of Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond by Geezer Butler

21. Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

By: Geezer Butler

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
"Being in Black Sabbath felt like being an actor in a soap opera. It’s a minor miracle all four of the original lineup survived beyond the 1970s, let alone that we’re all still here. Along the way, we…"

-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

"Writing was my godsend, my treatment, my way of digging myself out of a depressive hole. That’s not an outlet a lot of working-class kids had. But because I’d been exposed to books from an early age,…"

-Geezer Butler, Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath―And Beyond

Cover of Confess: The Autobiography by Rob Halford

22. Confess: The Autobiography

By: Rob Halford

4.40

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The legendary frontman of Judas Priest, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, c… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Salaiset symbolit : Avain esoterian maailmaan by Liisa Väisänen

23. Salaiset symbolit : Avain esoterian maailmaan

By: Liisa Väisänen

2.87

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Opi tulkitsemaan salaisia symboleita! Graalin malja, sateenkaari, hakaristi. Symboleita on kaikk… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Heavy Duty: Days and Nights in Judas Priest by K.K. Downing

24. Heavy Duty: Days and Nights in Judas Priest

By: K.K. Downing

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Get a backstage pass and see Judas Priest like you’ve never seen them before in this electrifying m… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of For The Sake of Heaviness: The History of Metal Blade Records by Brian Slagel

25. For The Sake of Heaviness: The History of Metal Blade Records

By: Brian Slagel

3.99

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of Metal Blade Records is the story of Brian Slagel-a metal-obsessed Southern California … read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records

By: Brian Slagel

4.06

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Swing of the Blade follows Brian Slagel’s critically acclaimed 2017 book, For the Sake of Heaviness… read more

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Cover of The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987-1997 by David E. Gehlke

27. The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987-1997

By: David E. Gehlke

4.33

Format: 440 pages, None

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Cover of Blood, Fire, Death: The Swedish Metal Story (Extreme Metal) by Ika Johannesson

28. Blood, Fire, Death: The Swedish Metal Story (Extreme Metal)

By: Ika Johannesson

4.31

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the early 1990s, Swedish death metal revolutionized the international music scene. Suddenly, the… read more

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Cover of USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal by Daniel  Lake

29. USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal

By: Daniel Lake

4.22

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Turned Inside Out - The Official Story of Obituary by David E. Gehlke

30. Turned Inside Out - The Official Story of Obituary

By: David E. Gehlke

4.53

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Tampa, Florida’s Obituary have been a death metal institution since 1984. Guided by the inhuman, if… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Rotting Ways to Misery: The Story of Finnish Death Metal by Markus Makkonen

31. Rotting Ways to Misery: The Story of Finnish Death Metal

By: Markus Makkonen

3.94

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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4.20

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D. Randall Blythe , Adam Nergal Darski , Mark Eglinton , D Randall Blythe

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