Best Oral Histories
1. 
Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live
by:
Tom Shales
4.08 avg rating — 19,830 ratings 2. 
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by:
Legs McNeil
4.19 avg rating — 35,977 ratings 3. 
Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused
by:
Melissa Maerz
4.40 avg rating — 2,893 ratings 4. 
I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
by:
Craig Marks
3.89 avg rating — 4,794 ratings 5. 
Welcome to Dunder Mifflin: The Ultimate Oral History of The Office 4.28 avg rating — 4,549 ratings
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Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association
by:
Terry Pluto
4.21 avg rating — 3,721 ratings 7. 
The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History
by:
Andy Greene
4.14 avg rating — 11,778 ratings 8. 
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
by:
Studs Terkel
4.24 avg rating — 5,742 ratings 9. 
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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
by:
Garrett M. Graff
4.72 avg rating — 41,758 ratings 
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Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
by:
Studs Terkel
4.19 avg rating — 2,895 ratings 
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Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s
by:
Lori Majewski
3.96 avg rating — 1,309 ratings 15. 
Secrets of the Force: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Wars
by:
Edward Gross
3.78 avg rating — 456 ratings 
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Modern Family: The Untold Oral History of One of Television's Groundbreaking Sitcoms
by:
Marc Freeman
4.29 avg rating — 496 ratings 18. 
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II 4.51 avg rating — 37,427 ratings
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The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek-The First 25 Years
by:
Mark A. Altman
4.09 avg rating — 1,387 ratings 
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Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop
by:
Marc Myers
3.78 avg rating — 1,736 ratings 
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Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s
by:
Henry Hampton
4.51 avg rating — 239 ratings 30. 
Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency 3.90 avg rating — 2,528 ratings
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As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew
by:
Jen Chaney
3.80 avg rating — 1,723 ratings 
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And Now...An Oral History of "Late Night with David Letterman," 1982-1993
by:
Brian Abrams
3.55 avg rating — 679 ratings 
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When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day
by:
Garrett M. Graff
4.50 avg rating — 2,808 ratings 
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Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
by:
David Zucker
4.17 avg rating — 3,499 ratings 42. 
They Say in Harlan County: An Oral History (Oxford Oral History Series) 4.20 avg rating — 154 ratings
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The People of Providence: A Housing Estate and Some of Its Inhabitants
by:
Tony Parker
4.50 avg rating — 72 ratings 45. 
The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal's Debauched Decade
by:
Martin Popoff
4.15 avg rating — 128 ratings 
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Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
by:
Max Brooks
3.90 avg rating — 55,050 ratings 48. 
Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072
by:
M.E. O'Brien
4.10 avg rating — 1,506 ratings 
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Gentlemen at the Bat: A Fictional Oral History of the New York Knickerbockers and the Early Days of Base Ball
by:
Howard Burman
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
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Speaking History: Oral Histories of the American Past, 1865-Present
by:
Sue Armitage
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings 
57. 
The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification in the 21st Century
by:
D.W. Gibson
4.01 avg rating — 190 ratings 58. 
Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Years
by:
D.L. Hughley
3.56 avg rating — 400 ratings 58. 
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The Tape-Recorded Interview: A Manual for Fieldworkers in Folklore and Oral History
by:
Edward D. Ives
3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings 
65. 
Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians: An Anthology of Oral History Education
by:
Barry A. Lanman
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings 66. 
This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead
by:
Blair Jackson
4.38 avg rating — 465 ratings 67. 
The Jazz of the Southwest: An Oral History of Western Swing
by:
Jean A. Boyd
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings 68. 
Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s
by:
Ira Gitler
4.21 avg rating — 39 ratings 69. 
Georgia Witness: A Contemporary Oral History of the State
by:
Stephen Doster
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings 
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Recording Oral History: A Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences 3.79 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Edward M. Kennedy: An Oral History (Oxford Oral History Series)
by:
Barbara A. Perry
4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings 
79. 
May Made Me: An Oral History of the 1968 Uprising in France
by:
Mitchell Abidor
3.69 avg rating — 54 ratings 80. 
The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up
by:
Budd Friedman
3.96 avg rating — 190 ratings 81. 
Slayers & Vampires: The Complete Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Buffy & Angel
by:
Edward Gross
3.52 avg rating — 321 ratings 82. 
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So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley
by:
Roger Steffens
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 506 ratings 85. 
The Daily Show: An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests
by:
Chris Smith
4.14 avg rating — 8,744 ratings 
87. 
Inside the Clinton White House: An Oral History (Oxford Oral History Series)
by:
Russell L. Riley
3.85 avg rating — 61 ratings 88. 
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Forgotten Voices of D-Day: A Powerful New History of the Normandy Landings in the Words of Those Who Were There
by:
Roderick Bailey
4.38 avg rating — 222 ratings 94. 
Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues (H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series)
by:
William Ferris
4.15 avg rating — 68 ratings 95. 
Voices of Valor: D-Day, June 6, 1944 (Includes 2 Audio CD's)
by:
Douglas Brinkley
4.09 avg rating — 74 ratings 96. 
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Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who've Lived It
by:
Studs Terkel
4.03 avg rating — 427 ratings