19 best-selling nonfiction books like Happy Mondays: Excess All Areas by Simon Spence

Cover of Happy Mondays: Excess All Areas by Simon Spence

Happy Mondays: Excess All Areas

By: Simon Spence

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

'Their story is a vindication for every northern hooligan rock band out there. Happy Mondays sparke…

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1. 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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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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2. Ubik

By: Philip K. Dick , Manuel Espín , None

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Glen Runciter está muerto. ¿O lo están todos los demás? Lo que es seguro es que alguien ha muerto e… read more

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"Hey,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"One of these days,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"Ubik ... Safe when taken as directed."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"My father told me what it used to feel like, waiting in the dentist's office. Every time the nurse opened the door you thought, It's happening. The thing I've been afraid of all my life."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

3. Blood and Roses (Beatrix Rose #3)

By: Mark Dawson

4.10

Format: 9 pages,

Beatrix Rose has worked her way through her Kill List. Four are dead and just two remain. Her enemi… read more

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4. The Creation Records Story: My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize

By: David Cavanagh

3.18

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Founded by Alan McGee in 1983, Creation Records achieved notoriety as the home of Primal Scream, th… read more

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5. Twisting My Melon

By: Shaun Ryder

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Shaun Ryder has lived a life of glorious highs and desolate lows. As lead singer of the Happy Monda… read more

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6. Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans

By: Kenneth Womack

4.16

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The first full-length biography of Mal Evans, the Beatles’ beloved friend, confidant, and roadie.  … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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7. The Sandman (John Milton, #21)

By: Mark Dawson

4.54

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

Two men out for revenge. But only one can win. When an inmate is found unresponsive in his high … read more

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8. Bulletproof (John Milton, #20)

By: Mark Dawson

4.60

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

John Milton thought he could run forever. He was wrong. For years, former secret service agent a… read more

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9. O Brother

By: John Niven

4.64

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

John Niven’s little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business …"

-John Niven, O Brother

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10. Echoes: A memoir continued . . .

By: Will Sergeant

4.27

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERScenic Wye Valley isn't the typical place for a rock story to begin, but… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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11. Get It On: How the ’70s Rocked Football

By: Jon Spurling

4.31

Format: 444 pages, Kindle Edition

A decade after the abolition of the maximum wage, a new generation of footballers and managers beca… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of How to Be a Rock Star by Shaun Ryder

12. How to Be a Rock Star

By: Shaun Ryder

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Shaun Ryder is a 1990s rock 'n' roll legend. Now, for the first time, comes his hilarious, swaggeri… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other by John  Preston

13. Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other

By: John Preston

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The unforgettable story, decades before Ted Lasso, of the real-life Watford Football Team, transfor… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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14. Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

By: Dylan Jones

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, filmmakers, an… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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15. My Amazing Adventures with the Sex Pistols

By: Dave Goodman

3.70

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

'The Sex Pistols played well, really well. It was down to the sound guy – it’s really the sound guy… read more

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  • music
Cover of Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB's and Five Decades of Rock and Roll: The Memoirs of an Alchemical Guitarist by Richard Lloyd

16. Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB's and Five Decades of Rock and Roll: The Memoirs of an Alchemical Guitarist

By: Richard Lloyd

3.67

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Written in Richard Lloyd's inimitable, frequently humorous style, Everything is Combustible chronic… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Buzzin': The Nine Lives of a Happy Monday by Bez

17. Buzzin': The Nine Lives of a Happy Monday

By: Bez

3.84

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

At the height of his initial, turn-of-the-1990's infamy as the maraca-wielding dancer with 'Madches… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

18. You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico

By: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

3.93

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL AND YOU ARE ALONE is a new biography of Nico, the mysterious singer best known fo… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Always have an onion. - Nico"

-Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico

"You don't have to be you to be you. - Nico"

-Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico

"A twenty-two room castle can be awfully lonely place for just one person. - Nico"

-Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico

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19. Small Hours

By: Graeme Thomson

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Did any musician in the Seventies fly so free as John Martyn did on Bless The Weather, Solid Air, I… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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20. The Vault (Group Fifteen Files)

By: Mark Dawson

4.29

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

A desperate agent. A petty criminal. An audacious plot.When Harry Mackintosh is called upon to exfi… read more

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21. Ronin (John Milton, #18)

By: Mark Dawson

4.48

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

John Milton travels to Bali in search of a new identity, but he can't even manage the flight withou… read more

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22. The Tastemaker: My Life with the Legends and Geniuses of Rock Music

By: Tony King

4.06

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

The Tastemaker charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beating heart of music's most … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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23. Themes for Great Cities: A New History of Simple Minds

By: Graeme Thomson

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

'Nobody owes us anything, but the Simple Minds story has been too condensed. After Live Aid and 'Do… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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24. A Beautiful Bag of Fish

By: James Joseph

3.83

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

'We shouldn’t follow other countries and how they police their communities, if this happens we may … read more

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25. Sonic Youth Slept On My Floor: Music, Manchester, and More: A Memoir

By: Dave Haslam

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor is writer/DJ Dave Haslam's gloriously well-crafted memoir, documentin… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Crossed Lines: The criminal code is there for a reason… cross the line at your peril. (Manchester Crime Gang Series Book 2) by CJ Wood

26. Crossed Lines: The criminal code is there for a reason… cross the line at your peril. (Manchester Crime Gang Series Book 2)

By: CJ Wood

4.67

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

The criminal code is there for a reason… cross the line at your peril.‘Crossed Lines’ is the sequel… read more

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Cover of Critical Lines: No one likes a bent cop… especially police colleagues. Continuing the page-turning gritty crime fiction from County Lines & Crossed Lines. (Manchester Crime Gang Series Book 3) by CJ Wood

27. Critical Lines: No one likes a bent cop… especially police colleagues. Continuing the page-turning gritty crime fiction from County Lines & Crossed Lines. (Manchester Crime Gang Series Book 3)

By: CJ Wood

4.64

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

No one likes a bent cop… especially police colleagues. Continuing the page-turning gritty crime fi… read more

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28. Electronically Yours: Vol. I: My Autobiography

By: Martyn Ware

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This is a music autobiography to remember. This is the story of Martyn Ware. The Human League and … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Happy Mondays: Excess All Areas by Simon Spence

29. Happy Mondays: Excess All Areas

By: Simon Spence

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

'Their story is a vindication for every northern hooligan rock band out there. Happy Mondays sparke… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William Reid

30. 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

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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31. Sonny Boy: A Memoir

By: Al Pacino

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Where do I go to get a director? I’ve never hired one in my life. I’ve only starred in three films. I said, “Marty, I don’t know how to interview anybody. This is completely crazy."

-Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

"A strange and discordant mix of roles followed. I liked one film I did, The Humbling, because I did it with Barry Levinson. It was based on the novel by Philip Roth, who I met at a party in New York.…"

-Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

"As I was heading back, I began to hear the sound of someone crying, which you sort of expect in a graveyard. I looked around to see where it was coming from. And there, sitting on a tombstone, was Fr…"

-Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

"Another young actor in Charlie’s class with me was a guy by the name of Martin Sheen. In one session Marty did a monologue from The Iceman Cometh, and he blew the roof off—I said, this is it, this is…"

-Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir

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Ben Thompson , Steve Jones

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4.16

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John Niven

4.64

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4.27

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Steve Turner

4.26

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Joan Schenkar

3.70

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Michael Moynihan , None

3.68

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Leila Guerriero

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