22 Best nonfiction books like Spaceships Over Glasgow by Stuart Braithwaite

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Spaceships Over Glasgow

By: Stuart Braithwaite

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Born the son of Scotland's last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for…

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1. Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

By: Irvine Welsh

4.05

Format: 548 pages, Paperback

Mark Renton has it all: he's good-looking, young, with a pretty girlfriend and a place at universit… read more

Similar categories in Irvine Welsh's Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1) book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • scotland
"Perversity and obstinacy are integral tae the Scottish character."

-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

"but ah'm hugging Janey and thinking about how much a life can change in the time it takes tae fix up."

-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

"Sitting in the brightly lit library, surrounded by books, in total silence, that was ma personal zenith."

-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

"Schopenhauer was right: Life has to be about disillusionment stumbling inexorably towards the totally fucked."

-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

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2. KLF: Chaos Magic Music Money

By: J.M.R. Higgs , John Higgs

3.32

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

They were the best-selling singles band in the world. They had awards, credibility, commercial succ… read more

Similar categories in J.M.R. Higgs's KLF: Chaos Magic Music Money book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography

3. Kill Your Friends

By: John Niven

5.00

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

It's not dog-eat-dog around here...it's dog-gang-rapes-dog-then-tortures-him-for-five-days-before-b… read more

Similar categories in John Niven's Kill Your Friends book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

4. This Is Memorial Device

By: David Keenan

3.64

Format: 211 pages, Paperback

This Is Memorial Device, the debut novel by David Keenan, is a love letter to the small towns of La… read more

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5. The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness

By: R.D. Laing

3.78

Format: None pages,

In The Divided Self (1960), Laing contrasted the experience of the "ontologically secure" person wi… read more

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6. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

By: Werner Herzog

4.25

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more

Similar categories in Werner Herzog's Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Meantime

By: Frankie Boyle

3.54

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

Glasgow, 2015. When Valium addict Felix McAveety's best friend Marina is found murdered in the loca… read more

Similar categories in Frankie Boyle's Meantime book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • scotland
  • audiobook
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8. Spaceships Over Glasgow

By: Stuart Braithwaite

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Born the son of Scotland's last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • scotland
  • audiobook
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9. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

By: Alan Partridge

4.27

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more

Similar categories in Alan Partridge's Alan Partridge: Big Beacon book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • audiobook
Cover of Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1) by Callum McSorley

10. Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1)

By: Callum McSorley

4.10

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Half the Glasgow polis think DI Alison McCoist is bent. The other half just think she's a fuck-up. … read more

Similar categories in Callum McSorley's Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1) book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • scotland
  • audiobook
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11. Strong Female Character

By: Fern Brady

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more

Similar categories in Fern Brady's Strong Female Character book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

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12. Sonic Life: A Memoir

By: Thurston Moore

3.81

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from… read more

Similar categories in Thurston Moore's Sonic Life: A Memoir book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. 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

Similar categories in Nick Cave's Faith, Hope and Carnage book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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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14. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

Similar categories in Rory Carroll's There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir by Mark Lanegan

15. Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir

By: Mark Lanegan

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A gritty, gripping memoir by the singer Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, Sou… read more

Similar categories in Mark Lanegan's Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. 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

Similar categories in John Niven's O Brother book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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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17. Paper Cuts

By: Ted Kessler

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

'A great writer' Paul Weller 'A music journalist of integrity' Billy Childish ' There's only one … read more

Similar categories in Ted Kessler's Paper Cuts book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Good Pop, Bad Pop

By: Jarvis Cocker

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display? We all have a … read more

Similar categories in Jarvis Cocker's Good Pop, Bad Pop book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Nina Simone's Gum

By: Warren Ellis

4.26

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

I hadn't opened the towel that contained her gum since 2013. The last person to touch it was Nina S… read more

Similar categories in Warren Ellis's Nina Simone's Gum book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Goth: A History by Lol Tolhurst

20. Goth: A History

By: Lol Tolhurst

3.68

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Following his memoir  Cured , a fascinating deep dive into the dark Romanticism of Goth music, a mi… read more

Similar categories in Lol Tolhurst's Goth: A History book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. The Young Team

By: Graeme Armstrong

4.49

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

2005. Glasgow is named Europe’s Murder Capital, driven by a violent territorial gang and knife cult… read more

Similar categories in Graeme Armstrong's The Young Team book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • scotland
  • audiobook
Cover of Verse, Chorus, Monster! by Graham Coxon

22. Verse, Chorus, Monster!

By: Graham Coxon

3.70

Format: None pages, ebook

Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a… read more

Similar categories in Graham Coxon's Verse, Chorus, Monster! book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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23. Bunnyman: A Memoir

By: Will Sergeant

4.23

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

The Sunday Times bestsellerGrowing up in Liverpool in the 1960s and '70s, when skinheads, football … read more

Similar categories in Will Sergeant's Bunnyman: A Memoir book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography by Limmy

24. Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography

By: Limmy

4.34

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

The hysterical, shocking and incredibly intimate memoir from one of the most original and unique co… read more

Similar categories in Limmy's Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • scotland
  • audiobook
"Back in primary, I had this feeling like I’d missed a day. Not just a normal day where they taught you how to read or write, but where they taught you something else, something more important. Someth…"

-Limmy, Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography

Cover of Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? An Indie Odyssey by Nige Tassell

25. Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? An Indie Odyssey

By: Nige Tassell

4.11

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

In 1986, the NME released a cassette that would shape music for years to come. A collection of twen… read more

Similar categories in Nige Tassell's Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? An Indie Odyssey book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success by Miki Berenyi

26. Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success

By: Miki Berenyi

4.46

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary and searingly honest personal story of musician Miki Berenyi, revealing the highs… read more

Similar categories in Miki Berenyi's Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Coal Black Mornings by Brett Anderson

27. Coal Black Mornings

By: Brett Anderson

4.19

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

Brett Anderson came from a world impossibly distant from rock star success, and in Coal Black Morni… read more

Similar categories in Brett Anderson's Coal Black Mornings book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie

28. Tenement Kid

By: Bobby Gillespie

4.02

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Fizzing with an infectious passion for the magic of rock music, Gillespie’s vivid and evocative mem… read more

Similar categories in Bobby Gillespie's Tenement Kid book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • scotland
"I kind of became a feminist from an early age, even though I wasn’t aware of the feminist movement in any way. I admired my mum a lot. In her own quiet way she was a fighter."

-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid

"When I was a teenager I started to think about how dedicated Dad was to the struggle for working-class rights. He had devoted his life to the Labour cause fighting inequality and that’s fucking great…"

-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid

"Those painful childhood memories we bury, that some of us try and drown out with sex, drugs, alcohol, gambling, all the usual crutches and distractions. These childhood experiences are going to be re…"

-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid

"I began to question the world and other people from a young age. I suppose that gave me a sense of emotional distance, a lack of trust in future friendships and relationships; I would assume a friend…"

-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid

Cover of Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars by Nick Duerden

29. Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars

By: Nick Duerden

3.77

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For fans of music books from David Hepworth, Pete Paphides, Bob Stanley and Craig Brown, as well as… read more

Similar categories in Nick Duerden's Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure by Adelle Stripe

30. Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure

By: Adelle Stripe

4.40

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOO… read more

Similar categories in Adelle Stripe's Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • music
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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31. The Hotel Avocado

By: Bob Mortimer

4.21

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should he stay in London, wallowing in the safety of … read more

Similar categories in Bob Mortimer's The Hotel Avocado book and Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow

  • audiobook

22 best-selling audiobook books like Spaceships Over Glasgow by Stuart Braithwaite

Transform Your Habits

Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

Werner Herzog

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Meantime

Frankie Boyle

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Spaceships Over Glasgow

Stuart Braithwaite

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

Alan Partridge

4.27

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19 Top nonfiction books like Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie

Transform Your Habits

Telling Stories

Tim Burgess

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Macrofestivales: El agujero negro de la música

Nando Cruz

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Spaceships Over Glasgow

Stuart Braithwaite

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Sonic Life: A Memoir

Thurston Moore

3.81

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