14 must-read autobiography books like Be My Baby by Ronnie Spector

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Be My Baby

By: Ronnie Spector

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the…

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Cover of Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye by David Ritz

1. Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye

By: David Ritz

4.11

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Drawing from interviews conducted before Marvin Gaye's death, acclaimed music writer David Ritz has… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It was Frankie Lymon all over again," Marvin said. "Only this kid had mastered James Brown's moves. Michael was like Stevie. From the very beginning, he worried me."

-David Ritz, Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye

"His moods changed minute to minute, and Jan could change him quicker than anyone. The more he loved her the more mixed up he got. He was such a beautiful man, but so unstable."

-David Ritz, Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye

Cover of Testimony: A Memoir by Robbie Robertson

2. Testimony: A Memoir

By: Robbie Robertson

3.65

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One of the most spellbinding, entertaining, major books of the fall: the long-awaited memoir from t… read more

Similar categories in Robbie Robertson's Testimony: A Memoir book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

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

3. There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me

By: Brooke Shields

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

Actress and author of the New York Times bestseller Down Came the Rain, Brooke Shields, explores he… read more

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4. They're Playing Our Song

By: Carole Bayer Sager

4.07

Format: None pages,

Grammy and Academy Award-winning songwriter Carole Bayer Sager shares the remarkably frank and dark… read more

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5. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Thirty Years Married to a Rolling Stone

By: Jo Wood

3.68

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

In this wild, behind-the-scenes portrait of one of the biggest rock bands in history, Jo Wood comes… read more

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6. Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk

By: John Doe , Tom DeSavia

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Under the Big Black Sunexplores the nascent Los Angeles punk rock movement and its evolution to har… read more

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7. Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector

By: Mick Brown

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

He had a number one hit at eighteen. He was a millionaire with his own record label at twenty-two. … read more

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8. By Myself and Then Some

By: Lauren Bacall

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The epitome of grace, independence, and wit, Lauren Bacall continues to project an audacious spirit… read more

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9. I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir

By: Ben Greenman , None

3.46

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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10. 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 Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • 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 Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson

11. Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

By: Cassandra Peterson

4.36

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween,… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Peterson's Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"My favorite band's lyrics spoke to me more powerfully than any parent or teacher ever could. They helped me figure out who I was, what I was feeling, and possibly, where I was headed."

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

"Suddenly one day I sprouted boobs. Not *just* boobs. Enormous boobs. When puberty finally struck, I developed faster than a Polaroid. In my mind at least, I remember going to bed flat as a board one …"

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

"I was someone who had spent most of her life hanging around with gay men, and now here I was, ashamed of my feelings for a woman. I felt like such a hypocrite. I eventually gave up my ridiculous prec…"

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

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12. Face It

By: Debbie Harry

3.61

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I was saying things in songs that female singers didn’t really say back then. I wasn’t submissive … read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"To this day, when the band separates at the airport and we all go our different ways, I still get that gut reaction. Separation. I hate parting with people and i hate goodbyes."

-Debbie Harry, Face It

"I would just walk around, not looking for anything particular, looking for everything really, and ingesting and digesting it all. Art, music, theater, poetry, and the sense that everything was up for…"

-Debbie Harry, Face It

"Coincidence: it's supposed to mean just these random, disconnected events that concur or collide. But coincidence is not that at all. It's the stuff that's meant to be. Things that are supposed to be…"

-Debbie Harry, Face It

"I wanted to be platinum blond. On our black-and-white television and at the theater where they screened technicolor movies, there was something about platinum hair that was so luminescent and excitin…"

-Debbie Harry, Face It

Cover of Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir by Lucinda Williams

13. Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir

By: Lucinda Williams

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in… read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Williams's Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Be My Baby by Ronnie Spector

14. Be My Baby

By: Ronnie Spector

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the… read more

Similar categories in Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • historical
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Karma: My Autobiography by Boy George

15. Karma: My Autobiography

By: Boy George

3.62

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'In what mig… read more

Similar categories in Boy George's Karma: My Autobiography book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Still Alright: A Memoir by Kenny Loggins

16. Still Alright: A Memoir

By: Kenny Loggins

3.81

Format: None pages, Audiobook

You know Kenny Loggins for his megahit soundtrack themes and chart-topping collaborations. Now you … read more

Similar categories in Kenny Loggins's Still Alright: A Memoir book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir by Sly Stone

17. 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 Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Beautiful Ones by Prince

18. The Beautiful Ones

By: Prince

3.78

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

From Prince himself comes the brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the gre… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Still, my soul is cast iron and not to be dented."

-Prince, The Beautiful Ones

"A lot of people have the idea that I'm a wild sexual person...I've lectured quite a few people out there. I'll say, 'Think about what you're saying. How would you react if you were me?' I ask that qu…"

-Prince, The Beautiful Ones

Cover of The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic by Daniel de Visé

19. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

By: Daniel de Visé

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more

Similar categories in Daniel de Visé's The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway] by Chelsea Devantez

20. I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway]

By: Chelsea Devantez

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dynamic memoir-in-essays by comedian, screenwriter, and podcaster Chelsea Devantez, detailing her… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Devantez's I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway] book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of What a Fool Believes: A Memoir by Michael McDonald

21. What a Fool Believes: A Memoir

By: Michael McDonald

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum … read more

Similar categories in Michael McDonald's What a Fool Believes: A Memoir book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Charlie's Good Tonight by Paul Sexton

22. Charlie's Good Tonight

By: Paul Sexton

4.12

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The fully authorized and official biography of legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, one … read more

Similar categories in Paul Sexton's Charlie's Good Tonight book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of My Mama, Cass: A Memoir by Owen Elliot-Kugell

23. My Mama, Cass: A Memoir

By: Owen Elliot-Kugell

3.96

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

A long-awaited, myth-busting, and deeply affecting memoir by the daughter of legendary rock star “M… read more

Similar categories in Owen Elliot-Kugell's My Mama, Cass: A Memoir book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Everybody Thought We Were Crazy: Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, and 1960s Los Angeles by Mark Rozzo

24. Everybody Thought We Were Crazy: Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, and 1960s Los Angeles

By: Mark Rozzo

3.89

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

National Bestseller "A landmark and long-overdue cultural history." — Vogue The stylish, wild story… read more

Similar categories in Mark Rozzo's Everybody Thought We Were Crazy: Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, and 1960s Los Angeles book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • pop culture
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Chuck Berry: An American Life by R.J. Smith

25. Chuck Berry: An American Life

By: R.J. Smith

4.11

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Chuck Berry, legendary performer and inventor of rock and roll Best kn… read more

Similar categories in R.J. Smith's Chuck Berry: An American Life book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Disorderly Men by Edward  Cahill

26. Disorderly Men

By: Edward Cahill

4.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Three gay men in pre-Stonewall NYC find their fates thrown together in the police raid of a Village… read more

Similar categories in Edward Cahill's Disorderly Men book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • historical
  • audiobook
Cover of Rock Concert: An Oral History as Told by the Artists, Backstage Insiders, and Fans Who Were There by Marc Myers

27. Rock Concert: An Oral History as Told by the Artists, Backstage Insiders, and Fans Who Were There

By: Marc Myers

3.78

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A lively, entertaining, wide-ranging oral history of the golden age of the rock concert based on ov… read more

Similar categories in Marc Myers's Rock Concert: An Oral History as Told by the Artists, Backstage Insiders, and Fans Who Were There book and Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
Cover of But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?: An Oral History of the ’60s Girl Groups by Laura Flam

28. 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 Ronnie Spector's Be My Baby

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Consent: A Memoir by Jill Ciment

29. Consent: A Memoir

By: Jill Ciment

3.96

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Anatomy of 55 More Songs by Marc Myers

30. Anatomy of 55 More Songs

By: Marc Myers

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed music journalist Marc Myers collects fift… read more

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

31. 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

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye

David Ritz

4.11

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Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

Cassandra Peterson

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Face It

Debbie Harry

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Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

Bernie Taupin

3.58

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Barbra Streisand

4.20

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3.62

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