9 best-selling music books like Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller

Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation

By: Sheila Weller

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists --…

If you liked the music plot in Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury by Lesley-Ann Jones

1. Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury

By: Lesley-Ann Jones

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Revealing and intimate, based on more than 100 interviews with key figures in his life, this is the… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"Fuck them, darling, if they just don’t get it,"

-Lesley-Ann Jones, Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury

Cover of Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir by Linda Ronstadt

2. Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir

By: Linda Ronstadt

3.95

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

In this memoir, iconic singer Linda Ronstadt weaves together a captivating story of her origins in … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Tough Shit: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good by Kevin Smith

3. Tough Shit: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good

By: Kevin Smith

4.36

Format: 184 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of A Natural Woman: A Memoir by Carole King

4. A Natural Woman: A Memoir

By: Carole King

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Carole King takes us from her early beginnings in Brooklyn, to her remarkable success as one of the… read more

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  • music
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years by Carl Sandburg

5. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years

By: Carl Sandburg

4.00

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Civil War and history buffs--as well as all lovers of fine writing--will delight in the detail and … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

6. Living The Best Day Ever

By: Hendri Coetzee

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

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  • nonfiction

7. Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation

By: Sheila Weller

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists --… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Weller's Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation book and Sheila Weller's Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
Cover of Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words by Malka Marom, Joni Mitchell

8. Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words

By: Malka Marom , Joni Mitchell

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

When singer, musician, and broadcast journalist Malka Marom had the opportunity to interview Joni M… read more

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  • music
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction

9. The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace

By: H.W. Brands

3.51

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From New York Timesbestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general … read more

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10. Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World

By: Richard Rhodes

3.28

Format: 5 pages,

What do Hedy Lamarr, avant-garde composer George Antheil, and your cell phone have in common? The a… read more

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11. Boys in the Trees: A Memoir

By: Carly Simon

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

The Instant #1 New York TimesBestseller A People Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year! "Intelligent a… read more

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12. Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness

By: Tracy Kidder

3.81

Format: None pages,

Strength in What Remains is a wonderfully written, inspiring account of one man's remarkable Americ… read more

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Cover of FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History by Steven Lomazow

13. FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

By: Steven Lomazow

4.33

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

THE HIDDEN ILLNESSES THAT SHAPED FDR’S LIFE AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY Conventional wisdo… read more

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"Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century."

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"Another new and groundbreaking story in FDR Unmasked is about his highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor, the closest with any man in his adult life. To truly understand the “real"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"FDR Unmasked chronicles Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life from a physician’s perspective. It tells a harrowing story of heroic achievement by a great leader determined to impart his vision of freedom …"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shoc…"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

Cover of "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski

14. "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

By: Paul Spencer Sochaczewski

4.31

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

A GREAT MAN AND HIS UNHERALDED ASSISTANT For some 50 years, Paul Sochaczewski has been on the tr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"The “facts"

-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

"A key element in everyone’s hero’s journey is the “decision point,"

-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

"The Wallace-Ali relationship reflects the great mythic “hero’s journey."

-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

"Wallace would not have been as successful as he was without Ali’s support."

-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

Cover of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer

15. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

By: Claire Dederer

3.79

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."

-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Cover of Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love by Aimee Cabo Nikolov

16. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

By: Aimee Cabo Nikolov

4.30

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

Her family secrets burst in the spotlight when Aimee and her sister went to the authorities. In thi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"#metooasachild"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"We can be beacons of light"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"Unconditional Love conquers all!"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"God is the Cure, Love is the Answer"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

Cover of Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts) by Serj Tankian

17. Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)

By: Serj Tankian

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Touched by the Sun: My Friendship with Jackie by Carly Simon

18. Touched by the Sun: My Friendship with Jackie

By: Carly Simon

3.32

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The instant New York Times bestseller - Named one of the ten best books of 2019 by People magazineA… read more

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  • music
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones by Elizabeth Winder

19. Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones

By: Elizabeth Winder

3.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Discover the true story of the four women who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help shape and… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Rock Me on the Water: 1974—The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics by Ronald Brownstein

20. Rock Me on the Water: 1974—The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics

By: Ronald Brownstein

3.81

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In this exceptional cultural history, Atlantic Senior Editor Ronald Brownstein tells the kaleidosco… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
"To this day, Huston seems less amazed that she found Polanski with a thirteen-year-old girl than that he was arrested for being so. "Those were the days where everybody thought that was just great," …"

-Ronald Brownstein, Rock Me on the Water: 1974—The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics

Cover of The Night Parade by Jami Nakamura Lin

21. The Night Parade

By: Jami Nakamura Lin

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the groundbreaking tradition of In the Dream House and The Collected Schizophrenias, a gorgeousl… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction

8 Top history books like Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller

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Lesley-Ann Jones

3.87

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Linda Ronstadt

3.95

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Carl Sandburg

4.00

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Bernie Taupin

3.58

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Kate Flannery

3.67

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J. Randy Taraborrelli

4.17

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Melanie Benjamin

3.57

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