14 Top music books like Lou Reed: The King of New York by Will Hermes

Cover of Lou Reed: The King of New York by Will Hermes

Lou Reed: The King of New York

By: Will Hermes

4.23

Format: 529 pages, Hardcover

"The only Lou Reed bio you need to read." ― The Washington Post "There have been many biographie…

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1. Lou Reed: A Life

By: Anthony DeCurtis

4.39

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou Reed As lead singer and songw… read more

Similar categories in Anthony DeCurtis's Lou Reed: A Life book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • music
  • new york
  • american
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. The Enchanters

By: James Ellroy

3.73

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

James Ellroy—Demon Dog of American Letters—goes straight to the tragic heart of 1962 Hollywood with… read more

Similar categories in James Ellroy's The Enchanters book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

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3. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Hanna's Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • music
  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."

-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Cover of 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan

4. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

By: James Kaplan

4.35

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the … read more

Similar categories in James Kaplan's 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • art
  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr

6. Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar

By: Cynthia Carr

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol su… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Carr's Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

By: Lucy Sante

3.70

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

“Reading this book is a joy... much to say about the trans journey and will undoubtedly become a st… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Sante's I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"(Although it is extremely exciting to have tits.)"

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

"I wanted to so badly to be a woman that I could not really understand anyone wanting anything else"

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

"It appeared that transitioning did not involve piling on additional stuff; rather it was a process of removal, dismantling the carapace of maleness that had kept me in its grip for so long."

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

"My secret poisoned my entire experience of life. There was never a moment when I didn't feel the acute shame of being me, even as I denied to myself that my secret had anything to do with it."

-Lucy Sante, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

Cover of Lou Reed: The King of New York by Will Hermes

8. Lou Reed: The King of New York

By: Will Hermes

4.23

Format: 529 pages, Hardcover

"The only Lou Reed bio you need to read." ― The Washington Post "There have been many biographie… read more

Similar categories in Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • music
  • new york
  • art
  • american
  • biography
  • history
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • rock n roll
  • audiobook
Cover of 60 Songs That Explain the '90s by Rob Harvilla

9. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

By: Rob Harvilla

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more

Similar categories in Rob Harvilla's 60 Songs That Explain the '90s book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."

-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

Cover of Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurston Moore

10. 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 Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

Similar categories in Matt Singer's Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Gooch

12. Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring

By: Brad Gooch

4.39

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

“It’s all  the grade school Walt Disney and Dr. Seuss; the adolescent acid trips; the fondness for … read more

Similar categories in Brad Gooch's Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture by Tricia Romano

13. The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture

By: Tricia Romano

4.28

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking history of America's most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legen… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Romano's The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • new york
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir by Sly Stone

14. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir

By: Sly Stone

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses … read more

Similar categories in Sly Stone's Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • music
  • american
  • history
  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Madonna: A Rebel Life by Mary Gabriel

15. Madonna: A Rebel Life

By: Mary Gabriel

4.03

Format: 1782 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Editors’ Choice, One of NPR’s Best Books of the YearIn this “infinitely readable” bi… read more

Similar categories in Mary Gabriel's Madonna: A Rebel Life book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

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

16. 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 Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

17. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New Yor… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Tweedy's World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • music
  • art
  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • rock n roll
  • audiobook
Cover of But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?: An Oral History of the ’60s Girl Groups by Laura Flam

18. But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?: An Oral History of the ’60s Girl Groups

By: Laura Flam

4.02

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Featuring over 300 hours of new interviews with 100+ subjects, an oral history of the girl groups (… read more

Similar categories in Laura Flam's But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?: An Oral History of the ’60s Girl Groups book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • music
  • new york
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground by Dylan Jones

19. Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

By: Dylan Jones

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, filmmakers, an… read more

Similar categories in Dylan Jones's Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Under a Rock: A Memoir by Chris Stein

20. Under a Rock: A Memoir

By: Chris Stein

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

At its heart, Under A Rock is a love story. The codependent bond between Chris Stein and Debbie Har… read more

Similar categories in Chris Stein's Under a Rock: A Memoir book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Earth to Moon: A Memoir by Moon Unit Zappa

21. Earth to Moon: A Memoir

By: Moon Unit Zappa

4.42

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheis… read more

Similar categories in Moon Unit Zappa's Earth to Moon: A Memoir book and Will Hermes's Lou Reed: The King of New York

  • music
  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

19 best-selling audiobook books like Lou Reed: The King of New York by Will Hermes

Transform Your Habits

Lou Reed: A Life

Anthony DeCurtis

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

Werner Herzog

4.25

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18 Top audiobook books like Madonna: A Rebel Life by Mary Gabriel

Transform Your Habits

A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime

Casey Sherman

3.71

Transform Your Habits

My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Henry Winkler

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10)

Armistead Maupin

4.11

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