21 best-selling history books like Paul McCartney: The Life by Philip Norman

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Paul McCartney: The Life

By: Philip Norman

4.14

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

The definitive Paul McCartney biography, written with his approval by bestselling biographer Philip…

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1. Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year

By: Steve Turner

4.26

Format: 464 pages, ebook

A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose gr… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. The Beatles Anthology

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

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This extraordinary project has been made possible because Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"I'm sitting here doing nothing but ageing while my guitar gently weeps"

-The Beatles, The Beatles Anthology

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3. The Essential Interviews

By: Bob Dylan , Jonathan Cott

4.11

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Brings together more than thirty of the most important and revealing interviews and conversations w… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
"Music is truthful… Music attracts the angels in the universe."

-Bob Dylan, The Essential Interviews

"I’m happy to just be able to come across things. I don’t need to be happy. Happiness is a kind of cheap word. Let’s face it, I’m not the kind of cat that’s going to cut off an ear if I can’t do somet…"

-Bob Dylan, The Essential Interviews

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4. The Beatles: The Biography

By: Bob Spitz

4.09

Format: 983 pages, Paperback

Even before the Beatles hit the big time, a myth was created. This version of the Beatles legend sm… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Love Me Do!: The Beatles' Progress

By: Michael Braun

4.02

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

The year is 1963 and "Love Me Do" is the Beatles' first number one hit, closely followed by "Please… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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6. Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America

By: Jonathan Gould

4.19

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

Nearly twenty years in the making, Can’t Buy Me Love is a masterful work of group biography, cultur… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"It is the sound of the crowd that can be heard in the second, crescendoing rush of the orchestra that follows the final verse, rising from a hum to a gasp to a shout... fusing at last to a shriek (it…"

-Jonathan Gould, Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America

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7. Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd

By: Mark Blake

4.17

Format: 401 pages, Hardcover

In July 2005 in Hyde Park, before a global audience of millions, Pink Floyd performed together on s… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • music biography
  • nonfiction
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8. Wonderful Tonight

By: Penny Junor , Pattie Boyd

3.16

Format: 288 pages,

A Q&A with Pattie Boyd, Author of Wonderful Tonight Why are you writing the book now? I have been a… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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9. Tune In (The Beatles: All These Years, #1)

By: Mark Lewisohn

3.63

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Tune Inis the first volume of All These Years--a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical tr… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now

By: Barry Miles , Paul McCartney

4.17

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

During the past year Paul McCartney has been in the public's eye more than at any time since the pe… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • music biography
  • nonfiction
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11. You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup

By: Peter Doggett

3.54

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

The world stopped in 1970 when Paul McCartney announced that he was through with the Beatles. His s… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • music biography
  • nonfiction
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12. A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song

By: Steve Turner

3.50

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

The Barnes & Noble Review Was there really a Polythene Pam? Where are Strawberry Fields? What conne… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
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13. Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with the Beatles, the Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and the Women They Loved

By: Chris O'Dell , Katherine Ketcham

3.53

Format: 39 pages,

Chris O'Dell Wasn't Famous. She Wasn't Even Almost Famous. But She Was There. She was in the studio… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

14. In His Own Write

By: John Lennon , Yoko Ono

3.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

About The AwfulI was bored on the 9th of Octover 1940 when, I believe, the Nasties were still boomi… read more

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  • music
  • art
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15. Paul McCartney: The Life

By: Philip Norman

4.14

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

The definitive Paul McCartney biography, written with his approval by bestselling biographer Philip… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • music biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

16. Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream

By: Neil Young

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

For the first time, legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist Neil Young offers a kaleidoscopic v… read more

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17. Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World

By: None

2.00

Format: 161 pages, ebook

"This is the best book about the Beatles ever written" --Mashable Rob Sheffield, the Rolling Stonec… read more

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18. George Lucas: A Life

By: Brian Jay Jones

4.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of one of the most influential filmmakers ever--George Lucas. On May 25, 1… read more

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19. George Harrison: Behind the Locked Door

By: Graeme Thomson

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Vynikajici obsahla biografie Graema Thomsona nas provede celym Harrisonovym zivotem po ceste od skr… read more

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20. Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles

By: Elvis Costello , Geoff Emerick , Howard Massey

3.00

Format: 81 pages,

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21. John

By: Julian Lennon , None

4.25

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

Now in paperback, the New York Timesbestselling expose of the real John Lennon The time has come wh… read more

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22. The Beatles: Get Back

By: The Beatles

4.51

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The most anticipated book in more than a decade by the legendary band, The Beatles: Get Back is the… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
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23. 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
  • history
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  • audiobook
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24. The Lyrics

By: Paul McCartney

4.59

Format: 960 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Washington Post Notable Book Excerpted in The New Yorker A work of… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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25. 1964: Eyes of the Storm

By: Paul McCartney

4.43

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“Millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget.” ―Paul McCartney T… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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26. The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1: 1969-73

By: Allan Kozinn

4.46

Format: 720 pages, Hardcover

In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, The McCartney Legacy, Vol. 1: 1969-73 captures t… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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27. And in the End: The Last Days of the Beatles

By: Ken McNab

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the story of the last acrimonious days of the Beatles, a final chapter reconstructing for t… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • music biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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28. All We Are Saying

By: David Sheff

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The last major interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, conducted by New York Times bestselling aut… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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29. The Ox: The Authorized Biography of The Who's John Entwistle

By: Paul Rees

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, no-holds-barred biography of John Entwistle, The Who's legendary bass guitaristIt i… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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30. John Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life

By: Kenneth Womack

4.28

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

John Lennon, 1980: The Last Days in the Life traces the powerful, life-affirming story of the forme… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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31. Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon

By: Joel Selvin

4.27

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

The blazing rock opera of the greatest drummer of all-time, Jim Gordon, from the legendary Wrecking… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook

9 Top audiobook books like Paul McCartney: The Life by Philip Norman

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Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year

Steve Turner

4.26

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The Beatles: The Biography

Bob Spitz

4.09

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Tune In (The Beatles: All These Years, #1)

Mark Lewisohn

3.63

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Philip Norman

4.14

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The Beatles Anthology

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

4.38

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The Beatles: The Biography

Bob Spitz

4.09

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Lennon Remembers: The Full Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970

Jann S. Wenner , John Lennon

4.13

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4.02

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