19 best-selling nonfiction books like Eruption: The Eddie Van Halen Story by Paul Brannigan

Cover of Eruption: The Eddie Van Halen Story by Paul Brannigan

Eruption: The Eddie Van Halen Story

By: Paul Brannigan

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

'The game changing guitar legend gets the biography he deserves ... Diligently researched, percepti…

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Cover of Slash by Anthony Bozza, Slash

1. Slash

By: Anthony Bozza , Slash

4.00

Format: 458 pages, Hardcover

From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and r… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Restlessness is a fickle catalyst; it can drive you to achieve or it can coax your demise, and sometimes the choice isn't yours"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

"Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails me. The guitar is my conscience, too - whenever I've lost my way, i…"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

"Once you’ve lived a little you will find that whatever you send out into the world comes back to you in one way or another. It may be today, tomorrow, or years from now, but it happens; usually when …"

-Anthony Bozza, Slash

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2. The Last Picture Show

By: Larry McMurtry

4.00

Format: 280 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This is one of McMurtry's most memorable novels - the basis for the film of the same name. Set in a… read more

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"Hurry up and get changed, and don't call my daughter a bitch again.' 'No promises,' Lois said. 'You know what she's doing as well as I do, Gene. She doesn't give a damn about Sonny, she just wants to…"

-Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show

"You have to remember that I've been lonely for a long time. Loneliness is like ice. After you've been lonely long enough you don't realize you're cold, but you are... I don't know, maybe at the cente…"

-Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show

"Is growin' up always miserable?" Sonny asked. "Nobody seems to enjoy it much." "Oh, it ain't necessarily misearble," Sam replied. "About eighty percent of the time, I guess." They were silent again, …"

-Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show

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3. Undisputed Truth

By: Mike Tyson , Larry Sloman

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world--an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Neil Strauss, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, None

4. The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

By: Tommy Lee , Neil Strauss , Vince Neil , Nikki Sixx , None

4.31

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Whiskey and porn stars, hot reds and car crashes, black leather and high heels, overdoses and death… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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5. Love Life

By: Rob Lowe

3.50

Format: 0 pages, Hardcover

Rob Lowe is back with stories he only tells his best friends. When Rob Lowe's first book was publis… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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6. Pandora's Star

By: Peter F. Hamilton

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The year is 2380. The Intersolar Commonwealth, a sphere of stars some four hundred light-years in d… read more

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7. Hammer of the Gods

By: Stephen Davis

4.00

Format: 205 pages,

Led Zeppelin was the hottest, hardest, horniest, most hedonistic group in rock history. Their parti… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

8. This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection

By: Carol Burnett

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A touching and hilarious memoir by the author of Carrie and Me: A Mother Daughter Love Story,This T… read more

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9. Stories I Only Tell My Friends

By: Rob Lowe

2.82

Format: 3 pages, Hardcover

A wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the… read more

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10. The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star

By: Nikki Sixx

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Set against the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom, the co-founder of Motley Crue offers an… read more

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11. Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir

By: Joe Layden , Dave Mustaine

4.47

Format: 907 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller Founding member, singer, and lead guitarist of Metallica and Megadeath sh… read more

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12. 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
  • biography
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13. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

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14. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • nonfiction
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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15. The Mechanic: The Secret World of the F1 Pitlane

By: Marc 'Elvis' Priestley

4.24

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

In the high octane atmosphere of the Formula One pit lane, the spotlight is most often on the super… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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16. Surviving to Drive

By: Guenther Steiner

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"

-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive

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17. Full Throttle

By: Joe Hill

4.00

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A little door that opens to a world of fairy tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping groun… read more

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18. 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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19. The Lives of Brian

By: Brian Johnson

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Brian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately repla… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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20. Acid for the Children

By: Flea

4.08

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

The strange tale of a boy named Flea starts in Rye, NY. It was all very normal. But soon his parent… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Bein famous don't mean shit"

-Flea, Acid for the Children

"Such a fool was I. It's a fool who's seduced by that which feels good. Nothing but a simple fool."

-Flea, Acid for the Children

"We sat up through the night snorting and talking. It all felt so important, meaningful and good, all be it in that weird coke way. In the years to come, during all night coked out blab-fests, even du…"

-Flea, Acid for the Children

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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
  • biography
"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

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22. Gösta Sundqvist – Leevi and the Leavingsin dynamo

By: Timo Kalevi Forss

3.12

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Leevi and the Leavings -yhtyeen nokkamies Gösta Sundqvistin (1957−2003) elämäkerta Gösta Sundqvist … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Heikki Silvennoinen - Nousut ja laskut by Tommi Saarela

23. Heikki Silvennoinen - Nousut ja laskut

By: Tommi Saarela

3.75

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Asioille on parempi nauraa kuin itkeä. Heikki Silvennoinen pohtii menestystään, menneisyyttään, … read more

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  • music
Cover of Jyrki Kasvin kolme elämää by Jyrki J.J. Kasvi

24. Jyrki Kasvin kolme elämää

By: Jyrki J.J. Kasvi

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Jyrki Kasvin omaelämäkerta kertoo hänen kolmesta elämästään pelijournalistina, tutkijana ja poliiti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Manse – Markka-aika by Tommi Liimatta

25. Manse – Markka-aika

By: Tommi Liimatta

4.30

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

Tommi muuttaa parikymppisenä Lapista Manseen omistautuakseen Absoluuttisen Nollapisteen läpimurroll… read more

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  • music
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26. The 69 Eyes

By: Timo Kalevi Forss

3.81

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Goottirockin legendojen 30-vuotinen tarina. The 69 Eyes on menestyneimpiä suomalaisyhtyeitä nii… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Tuttujen kesken Vesku : Vesa-Matti Loiri 1945–2022 by Tuomas Marjamäki

27. Tuttujen kesken Vesku : Vesa-Matti Loiri 1945–2022

By: Tuomas Marjamäki

4.05

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

Viihteen ja kulttuurin legendan elämäkerrassa kuuluu taiteilijan oma ääni. Suomalaisten rakastam… read more

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28. Valon varjossa — Miten minusta tuli HIMin kosketinsoittaja ja mitä tapahtui sitten

By: Juska Salminen

3.58

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Nuoren kosketinsoittajan unelmat toteutuivat HIMissä, mutta hinta oli kallis. HIM-yhtyeen asema … read more

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29. Suomalaiset sähkökitaristit

By: Pekka Laine

4.10

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

Kiehtova sukellus suomalaisen populaarimusiikin sukupolviin. Kotimaisen kitaristikunnan kova ydi… read more

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Cover of Eruption: The Eddie Van Halen Story by Paul Brannigan

30. Eruption: The Eddie Van Halen Story

By: Paul Brannigan

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

'The game changing guitar legend gets the biography he deserves ... Diligently researched, percepti… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Brothers by Alex Van Halen

31. Brothers

By: Alex Van Halen

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

In this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van H… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

18 must-read biography books like Eruption: The Eddie Van Halen Story by Paul Brannigan

Transform Your Habits

Slash

Anthony Bozza , Slash

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Undisputed Truth

Mike Tyson , Larry Sloman

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

Tommy Lee , Neil Strauss , Vince Neil , Nikki Sixx , None

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Love Life

Rob Lowe

3.50

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19 best-selling nonfiction books like Slash by Anthony Bozza, Slash

Transform Your Habits

Tommyland

Tommy Lee , Anthony Bozza

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Slash

Anthony Bozza , Slash

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Beatles Anthology

The Beatles , John Lennon , Paul McCartney , Ringo Starr , George Harrison

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith

Stephen Davis , Aerosmith

4.04

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