Punk History, Biographies, and Fiction

1.
Punk Paradox: A Memoir
Punk Paradox: A Memoir 4.10 avg rating — 814 ratings
2.
England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond
England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond 4.07 avg rating — 7,297 ratings
3.
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution 3.95 avg rating — 8,796 ratings
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Revenge of the She-Punks: A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot
Revenge of the She-Punks: A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot 3.77 avg rating — 763 ratings
5.
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk 4.19 avg rating — 35,978 ratings
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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk 4.19 avg rating — 35,978 ratings
7.
From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World
From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World 3.91 avg rating — 1,724 ratings
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Drugs are Nice: A Post-Punk Memoir
Drugs are Nice: A Post-Punk Memoir 3.98 avg rating — 1,171 ratings
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Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk
Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk
by: John Doe
4.10 avg rating — 2,205 ratings
10.
Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital
Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital 4.05 avg rating — 1,046 ratings
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The Downtown Pop Underground: New York City and the Literary Punks, Renegade Artists, DIY Filmmakers, Mad Playwrights, and Rock 'n' Roll Glitter Queens Who Revolutionized Culture
The Downtown Pop Underground: New York City and the Literary Punks, Renegade Artists, DIY Filmmakers, Mad Playwrights, and Rock 'n' Roll Glitter Queens Who Revolutionized Culture 3.96 avg rating — 212 ratings
11.
The Riot Grrrl Collection
The Riot Grrrl Collection 4.39 avg rating — 683 ratings
13.
Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now!
Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now! 3.89 avg rating — 407 ratings
14.
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl 3.83 avg rating — 36,214 ratings
15.
Shotgun Seamstress Zine Collection: Six Zines By & For Black Punks
Shotgun Seamstress Zine Collection: Six Zines By & For Black Punks
by: Osa Atoe
4.82 avg rating — 66 ratings
16.
Bet My Soul on Rock 'n' Roll: Diary of a Black Punk Icon
Bet My Soul on Rock 'n' Roll: Diary of a Black Punk Icon 3.48 avg rating — 33 ratings
17.
Exile in Guyville: How a Punk Rock Redneck Faggot Texan Moved to West Hollywood and Refused to Be Shiny and Happy
Exile in Guyville: How a Punk Rock Redneck Faggot Texan Moved to West Hollywood and Refused to Be Shiny and Happy 4.04 avg rating — 375 ratings
18.
Punk Rock: An Oral History
Punk Rock: An Oral History
by: John Robb
4.01 avg rating — 641 ratings
18.
The Lost Women of Rock Music: Female Musicians of the Punk Era
The Lost Women of Rock Music: Female Musicians of the Punk Era 3.70 avg rating — 43 ratings
20.
Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
by: Tim Mohr
4.03 avg rating — 1,151 ratings
20.
Marky Ramone: Punk Rock Blitzkrieg
Marky Ramone: Punk Rock Blitzkrieg 4.05 avg rating — 1,072 ratings
22.
Smash!: Green Day, the Offspring, Rancid, Nofx, and the '90s Punk Explosion
Smash!: Green Day, the Offspring, Rancid, Nofx, and the '90s Punk Explosion 3.84 avg rating — 900 ratings
22.
The Best of Punk Magazine
The Best of Punk Magazine 4.42 avg rating — 191 ratings
24.
Smash the System!: Punk Anarchism as a Culture of Resistance
Smash the System!: Punk Anarchism as a Culture of Resistance 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
24.
In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992
In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992 3.84 avg rating — 763 ratings
26.
Alone and Gone: The Story of Toronto's Post Punk Underground
Alone and Gone: The Story of Toronto's Post Punk Underground liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
27.
Smash Your Head On the Punk Rock: A Novel
Smash Your Head On the Punk Rock: A Novel 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
27.
The Story of Crass
The Story of Crass 3.94 avg rating — 467 ratings
29.
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
by: Phuc Tran
4.29 avg rating — 9,605 ratings
29.
American Hardcore: A Tribal History
American Hardcore: A Tribal History 3.97 avg rating — 3,946 ratings
31.
Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982
Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982 3.98 avg rating — 474 ratings
31.
Lonely Boy
Lonely Boy 4.05 avg rating — 2,899 ratings
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Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout 4.32 avg rating — 10,755 ratings
34.
The First Rule of Punk
The First Rule of Punk 4.08 avg rating — 7,883 ratings
35.
Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth about Reality
Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth about Reality 4.02 avg rating — 7,042 ratings
35.
Burning Down the Haus
Burning Down the Haus
by: Tim Mohr
4.03 avg rating — 1,151 ratings
37.
Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)
Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)
by: Dan Ozzi
4.38 avg rating — 6,024 ratings
37.
A Punkhouse in the Deep South: The Oral History of 309
A Punkhouse in the Deep South: The Oral History of 309 4.20 avg rating — 93 ratings
39.
We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk
We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk 3.97 avg rating — 2,738 ratings
40.
Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye
Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye 4.07 avg rating — 2,946 ratings
41.
Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007)
Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007)
by: Dan Ozzi
4.38 avg rating — 6,024 ratings
42.
Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story
Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story
by: Alice Bag
4.20 avg rating — 1,026 ratings
42.
Ramones at 40
Ramones at 40 4.24 avg rating — 55 ratings
44.
Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and EMO
Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and EMO 3.55 avg rating — 1,557 ratings
44.
Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone
Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone 4.01 avg rating — 1,517 ratings
46.
One Two Three Four Ramones
One Two Three Four Ramones 3.72 avg rating — 75 ratings
47.
Ramones
Ramones 3.46 avg rating — 360 ratings
48.
Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83
Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83
by: Tesco Vee
4.24 avg rating — 380 ratings
48.
Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of the Ramones
Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of the Ramones 4.03 avg rating — 646 ratings
50.
Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones
Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones 3.85 avg rating — 2,194 ratings
51.
Sex Pistols: The Graphic Novel
Sex Pistols: The Graphic Novel 2.95 avg rating — 93 ratings
52.
Anger Is an Energy: My Life Uncensored
Anger Is an Energy: My Life Uncensored 3.77 avg rating — 2,579 ratings
53.
We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement
We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement 4.11 avg rating — 3,249 ratings
53.
CBGB and OMFUG: Thirty Years from the Home of Underground Rock
CBGB and OMFUG: Thirty Years from the Home of Underground Rock 4.39 avg rating — 183 ratings
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Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB's and Five Decades of Rock and Roll: The Memoirs of an Alchemical Guitarist
Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB's and Five Decades of Rock and Roll: The Memoirs of an Alchemical Guitarist 3.68 avg rating — 246 ratings
56.
CBGB
CBGB
by: Ian Brill
3.09 avg rating — 124 ratings
57.
I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp
I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp 3.63 avg rating — 2,429 ratings
58.
The High Desert
The High Desert 4.41 avg rating — 1,434 ratings
58.
Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture
Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture 3.66 avg rating — 526 ratings
60.
Black Punk Now
Black Punk Now 4.30 avg rating — 255 ratings
60.
I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol
I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol 3.96 avg rating — 446 ratings
62.
Kids of the Black Hole: Punk Rock in Postsuburban California
Kids of the Black Hole: Punk Rock in Postsuburban California 3.56 avg rating — 64 ratings
63.
The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere.
The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. 4.41 avg rating — 1,434 ratings
64.
The Secret History of Black Punk: Record Zero
The Secret History of Black Punk: Record Zero 4.59 avg rating — 90 ratings
65.
Steady Rollin'
Steady Rollin' 3.97 avg rating — 30 ratings