11 Best history books like A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999 by Tom Maxwell

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A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

By: Tom Maxwell

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The first biography of the thriving and influential rock scene in Chapel Hill, which gave the world…

If you liked the history plot in A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999 by Tom Maxwell , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Hanna's Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
  • audiobook
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."

-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

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2. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

By: Lyz Lenz

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America… read more

Similar categories in Lyz Lenz's This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog."

-Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

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3. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

By: Werner Herzog

4.25

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more

Similar categories in Werner Herzog's Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

By: James Patterson

3.92

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Different books speak to us at different times."

-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

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5. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

Similar categories in Keith O'Brien's Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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6. Beastie Boys Book

By: Michael Diamond

4.54

Format: 572 pages, Hardcover

A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself--b… read more

Similar categories in Michael Diamond's Beastie Boys Book book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • music
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Sagas's Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • audiobook
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8. A Deadly Endeavor

By: Jenny Adams

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Philadelphia, 1921. When Edie Shippen returns home after spending years in California recovering fr… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Adams's A Deadly Endeavor book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • audiobook
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9. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Junger's In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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10. Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes

By: Moshe Kasher

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A riotous, whirlwind tour through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics … read more

Similar categories in Moshe Kasher's Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

By: Kyle Chayka

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

A history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture it… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Chayka's Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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12. Thunder Song: Essays

By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

4.45

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The winner of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Book Award for her memoir, Red Paint , Sasha taqʷšəblu LaP… read more

Similar categories in Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe's Thunder Song: Essays book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Kubrick: An Odyssey

By: Robert P. Kolker

4.26

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey , The Shining , and A Clockwork Or… read more

Similar categories in Robert P. Kolker's Kubrick: An Odyssey book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
  • audiobook
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14. Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

By: Chantha Nguon

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during… read more

Similar categories in Chantha Nguon's Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"When you must flee and can carry only one thing, what will it be? What single seed from your old life will be the most useful in helping you sow a new one?"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"A refugee must learn to be anything people want her to be at any given moment. But behind the masks, I am only myself - a mosaic of flavors from near and far."

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"But if there's one thing I learned from my mother, it's that losing everything is not the end of the story. She taught me that lost civilizations can be rebuilt from zero, even if the task will requi…"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"But the past never goes away. The fear and pain are still there, buried in our brains like mines. It is better to defuse them than to leave them entombed, quietly, waiting for a single misstep. That …"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

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15. This Will Be Funny Later

By: Jenny Pentland

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A funny, biting, and entertaining memoir of coming of age in the shadow of celebrity and finding yo… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • nonfiction
  • pop culture
  • audiobook
Cover of God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible by Candida Moss

16. God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible

By: Candida Moss

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From an award-winning biblical scholar, the untold story of how enslaved people created, gave meani… read more

Similar categories in Candida Moss's God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Under a Rock: A Memoir by Chris Stein

17. Under a Rock: A Memoir

By: Chris Stein

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

At its heart, Under A Rock is a love story. The codependent bond between Chris Stein and Debbie Har… read more

Similar categories in Chris Stein's Under a Rock: A Memoir book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook

18. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

By: Jesselyn Cook

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more

Similar categories in Jesselyn Cook's The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past by Steve Benen

19. Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past

By: Steve Benen

4.50

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

None read more

Similar categories in Steve Benen's Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999 by Tom Maxwell

20. A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

By: Tom Maxwell

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The first biography of the thriving and influential rock scene in Chapel Hill, which gave the world… read more

Similar categories in Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999 book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • music
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William Reid

21. Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain

By: William Reid

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

William and Jim Reid, brothers and founding members of The Jesus and Mary Chain—a band that bridged… read more

Similar categories in William Reid's Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain book and Tom Maxwell's A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene, 1989-1999

  • music
  • nonfiction

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3.99

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Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

Werner Herzog

4.25

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Kara Swisher

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Charles Duhigg

4.05

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Becca Rothfeld

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