6 Top biography books like The Dylan Tapes: Friends, Players, and Lovers Talkin’ Early Bob Dylan by Anthony Scaduto

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The Dylan Tapes: Friends, Players, and Lovers Talkin’ Early Bob Dylan

By: Anthony Scaduto

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The raw material and interviews behind Anthony Scaduto’s iconic biography of Bob Dylan draw an inti…

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1. Chronicles, Volume One

By: Bob Dylan

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manif… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"People were people."

-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One

"My big fear was that my guitar would go out of tune."

-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One

"Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on."

-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One

"Sebuah lagu laksana mimpi, dan kita berusaha untuk membuatnya jadi kenyataan."

-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One

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2. Night Train

By: Martin Amis

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Detective Mike Hoolihan has seen it all. A fifteen-year veteran of the force, she's gone from walki… read more

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3. Illuminations

By: Arthur Rimbaud

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The prose poems of the great French Symbolist, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), have acquired enormous p… read more

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4. The Gambler

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Gary Saul Morson

3.91

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

In this dark and compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young t… read more

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"Quien teme al lobo no se mete en el bosque."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"يجب ان يظل المال دون الأستقراطي، حتى لكأن الأستقراطي لا يكاد يحفل به أو يقلق له"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"En toda situación es posible comportarse con dignidad. Si hay lucha, que sea noble y no humillante."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"People really do like seeing their best friends humiliated; a large part of the friendship is based on humiliation; and that is an old truth,well known to all intelligent people."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

5. Another Country

By: James Baldwin

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Another Countryappeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin's masterly stor… read more

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6. Highway 61 Revisited

By: None

4.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

"In this book, Mark Polizzotti examines just what makes the songs on Highway 61 Revisited so affect… read more

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7. The Philosophy of Modern Song

By: Bob Dylan

3.80

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Vol… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"

-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song

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8. Crossroads

By: Jonathan Franzen

4.06

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Jonathan Franzen's gift for wedding depth and vividness of character with breadth of social vision … read more

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"She seemed more pitiable than murderable."

-Jonathan Franzen, Crossroads

"I’m the fat little humiliation he’s married to."

-Jonathan Franzen, Crossroads

"How like a mental illness a nation’s economy was!"

-Jonathan Franzen, Crossroads

"I think badness is the fundamental condition of humanity."

-Jonathan Franzen, Crossroads

Cover of Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs by Greil Marcus

9. Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs

By: Greil Marcus

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed cultural critic Greil Marcus tells the story of Bob Dylan through the lens of seven penet… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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10. Faith, Hope and Carnage

By: Nick Cave

4.44

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life. Created from more than forty hou… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I think people can do both terrible things and wonderful things when faced with the true understanding of their own powerlessness, vulnerability and lack of control."

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"Vulnerability is essential to spiritual and creative growth. Finding enormous strength through vulnerability. You're being open to whatever happens, including failure and shame. The two are connected…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"I guess not, but who says creativity it the be all and end all? Who says that our accomplishments are the only true measure of what is important in our lives? Perhaps there are other lives worth livi…"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

"The usual precepts collapse under the weight of the calamity: the terrible demands that we place upon ourselves; our own internal judging voice; the endless expectations and opinions of others. They …"

-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage

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11. Sicker in the Head: More Conversations About Life and Comedy

By: Judd Apatow

3.79

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An all-new collection of honest, hilarious, and enlightening conversati… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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12. Deacon King Kong

By: James McBride

4.17

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The funny, sharp, and surprising story of the shooting of a Brooklyn drug dealer and the people who… read more

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"You’ve got to be strong to get old."

-James McBride, Deacon King Kong

"Friendship was trouble in business."

-James McBride, Deacon King Kong

"A man ain’t got to stand in church every Sunday to do God’s work."

-James McBride, Deacon King Kong

"Is your cheese this good? This wasn’t plain old housing projects “cheese food"

-James McBride, Deacon King Kong

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13. The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace

By: Adi Schwartz

4.41

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Two prominent Israeli liberals argue that for the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians to e… read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. The Dylan Tapes: Friends, Players, and Lovers Talkin’ Early Bob Dylan

By: Anthony Scaduto

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The raw material and interviews behind Anthony Scaduto’s iconic biography of Bob Dylan draw an inti… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Scaduto's The Dylan Tapes: Friends, Players, and Lovers Talkin’ Early Bob Dylan book and Anthony Scaduto's The Dylan Tapes: Friends, Players, and Lovers Talkin’ Early Bob Dylan

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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15. Lazarus Man

By: Richard Price

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this electrifying novel, Richard Price, the author of Clockers and a writer on The Wire, shines … read more

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7 best-selling nonfiction books like The Dylan Tapes: Friends, Players, and Lovers Talkin’ Early Bob Dylan by Anthony Scaduto

Transform Your Habits

Chronicles, Volume One

Bob Dylan

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Philosophy of Modern Song

Bob Dylan

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs

Greil Marcus

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Faith, Hope and Carnage

Nick Cave

4.44

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6 Top literature books like Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Luister

Sacha Bronwasser

3.95

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Lessons

Ian McEwan

4.00

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The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

3.96

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