Music Biographies

1.
Life
Life 3.89 avg rating — 97,134 ratings
2.
John Lennon: The Life
John Lennon: The Life 4.04 avg rating — 12,501 ratings
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Clapton: The Autobiography
Clapton: The Autobiography 3.83 avg rating — 28,819 ratings
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Slash
Slash
by: Slash
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30,029 ratings
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No One Here Gets Out Alive
No One Here Gets Out Alive 3.94 avg rating — 45,764 ratings
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The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band 4.14 avg rating — 48,130 ratings
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Cash
Cash 4.02 avg rating — 24,975 ratings
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Love, Janis
Love, Janis 4.11 avg rating — 3,951 ratings
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The Beatles Anthology
The Beatles Anthology 4.38 avg rating — 17,683 ratings
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Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury
Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury 3.87 avg rating — 5,226 ratings
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I Am Ozzy
I Am Ozzy 4.11 avg rating — 30,588 ratings
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Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me
Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me 3.72 avg rating — 15,769 ratings
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I, Me, Mine
I, Me, Mine 4.05 avg rating — 5,328 ratings
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Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating — 333,616 ratings
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life 3.88 avg rating — 105,641 ratings
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John
John 4.12 avg rating — 9,082 ratings
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Chronicles, Volume One
Chronicles, Volume One
by: Bob Dylan
3.98 avg rating — 60,438 ratings
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Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now 4.17 avg rating — 4,039 ratings
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Me
Me 4.32 avg rating — 70,308 ratings
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U2 by U2
U2 by U2
by: U2
4.27 avg rating — 2,797 ratings
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Broken Music: A Memoir
Broken Music: A Memoir
by: Sting
3.88 avg rating — 4,731 ratings
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Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography
Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography
by: Ian Carr
4.16 avg rating — 876 ratings
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Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll
Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll 4.01 avg rating — 30,099 ratings
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Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley 4.17 avg rating — 9,894 ratings
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Rave On: The Biography of Buddy Holly
Rave On: The Biography of Buddy Holly 4.24 avg rating — 358 ratings
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Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs
Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs 3.95 avg rating — 6,593 ratings
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Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation
Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation 3.75 avg rating — 6,224 ratings
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Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd
Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd 3.98 avg rating — 1,244 ratings
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Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley
Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley 4.09 avg rating — 3,067 ratings
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The Illustrated Vivian Stanshall: A Fairytale of Grimm Art
The Illustrated Vivian Stanshall: A Fairytale of Grimm Art 4.91 avg rating — 216 ratings
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Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?
Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? 3.54 avg rating — 14,194 ratings
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Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina
Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina 3.91 avg rating — 3,609 ratings
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Faithfull
Faithfull 4.01 avg rating — 3,340 ratings
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Mozart: A Life in Letters
Mozart: A Life in Letters 4.32 avg rating — 171 ratings
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Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend
Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend 4.13 avg rating — 4,203 ratings
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Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey
Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey 4.08 avg rating — 2,351 ratings
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Fleetwood: My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood: My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Mac 3.85 avg rating — 997 ratings
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A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead
A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead 4.25 avg rating — 2,910 ratings
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Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter 3.99 avg rating — 6,039 ratings
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Scar Tissue
Scar Tissue 4.11 avg rating — 99,100 ratings
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Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke
Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke 4.08 avg rating — 1,054 ratings
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The Beatles: The Biography
The Beatles: The Biography
by: Bob Spitz
4.09 avg rating — 13,233 ratings
43.
It's So Easy: And Other Lies
It's So Easy: And Other Lies 4.23 avg rating — 12,205 ratings
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Autobiography
Autobiography
by: Morrissey
3.61 avg rating — 13,282 ratings
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Bruce
Bruce 3.94 avg rating — 4,810 ratings
46.
Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven & Hell with Black Sabbath
Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven & Hell with Black Sabbath 4.01 avg rating — 3,895 ratings
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John Coltrane: His Life and Music (The Michigan American Music Series)
John Coltrane: His Life and Music (The Michigan American Music Series) 4.16 avg rating — 605 ratings
48.
U2 at the End of the World
U2 at the End of the World 4.35 avg rating — 1,227 ratings
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Robert Plant: A Life
Robert Plant: A Life
by: Paul Rees
3.79 avg rating — 1,206 ratings
50.
A Natural Woman: A Memoir
A Natural Woman: A Memoir 3.78 avg rating — 5,382 ratings
51.
The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles
The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles 4.10 avg rating — 3,350 ratings
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Somebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir
Somebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir 3.76 avg rating — 1,667 ratings
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Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends
Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends 3.84 avg rating — 2,144 ratings
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Long Time Gone
Long Time Gone 4.03 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
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Rod: The Autobiography
Rod: The Autobiography 3.97 avg rating — 6,181 ratings
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I, Tina
I, Tina 4.13 avg rating — 2,737 ratings
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Who I Am: A Memoir
Who I Am: A Memoir 3.71 avg rating — 9,408 ratings
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Mozart
Mozart 4.11 avg rating — 1,229 ratings
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Beethoven
Beethoven 4.19 avg rating — 1,757 ratings
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Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix 4.17 avg rating — 10,213 ratings
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Thanks to Life: A Biography of Violeta Parra
Thanks to Life: A Biography of Violeta Parra it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues 4.05 avg rating — 7,373 ratings
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Darker Than the Deepest Sea: The Search for Nick Drake
Darker Than the Deepest Sea: The Search for Nick Drake 3.73 avg rating — 519 ratings
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Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 4.22 avg rating — 17,531 ratings
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Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock
Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock 3.89 avg rating — 6,529 ratings
66.
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley 4.37 avg rating — 4,618 ratings
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X-Ray: The Unauthorized Autobiography
X-Ray: The Unauthorized Autobiography 3.84 avg rating — 730 ratings
68.
Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time
Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time 3.90 avg rating — 182 ratings
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Moonage Daydream: The Life & Times of Ziggy Stardust
Moonage Daydream: The Life & Times of Ziggy Stardust 4.36 avg rating — 563 ratings
70.
Heroes of Blues, Jazz, and Country
Heroes of Blues, Jazz, and Country 4.27 avg rating — 851 ratings
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Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream
Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream 3.59 avg rating — 11,295 ratings
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Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
by: Joe Klein
4.34 avg rating — 1,421 ratings
73.
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road 3.44 avg rating — 2,784 ratings
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Born to Run
Born to Run 4.19 avg rating — 53,075 ratings
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A Pirate Looks at Fifty
A Pirate Looks at Fifty 3.87 avg rating — 4,611 ratings
76.
Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison
Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison 4.19 avg rating — 616 ratings
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The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret
The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret 4.07 avg rating — 2,416 ratings
78.
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen 3.94 avg rating — 245 ratings
79.
Stevie Nicks: Rock's Mystical Lady
Stevie Nicks: Rock's Mystical Lady 3.38 avg rating — 50 ratings
80.
Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger 3.70 avg rating — 1,682 ratings
81.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon 4.02 avg rating — 3,525 ratings
82.
All Over the Place - The Rise of the Bangles from the L.A. Underground
All Over the Place - The Rise of the Bangles from the L.A. Underground 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings
83.
I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol
I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol 3.96 avg rating — 446 ratings
84.
White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s
White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s
by: Joe Boyd
4.01 avg rating — 2,798 ratings
85.
Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal
Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal 3.97 avg rating — 2,977 ratings
86.
Enter Night: A Biography of Metallica
Enter Night: A Biography of Metallica
by: Mick Wall
3.98 avg rating — 2,289 ratings
86.
Hammer of the Gods
Hammer of the Gods 3.86 avg rating — 13,504 ratings
88.
White Line Fever: Lemmy: The Autobiography
White Line Fever: Lemmy: The Autobiography 3.96 avg rating — 9,990 ratings
89.
Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens
Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens 4.28 avg rating — 40 ratings
90.
When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin
When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin
by: Mick Wall
3.94 avg rating — 4,522 ratings
91.
Neil Young: The Definitive History
Neil Young: The Definitive History 3.92 avg rating — 40 ratings
91.
Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story
Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story 4.15 avg rating — 1,892 ratings
93.
The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy
The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy 4.34 avg rating — 554 ratings
94.
The Clash
The Clash
by: The Clash
4.29 avg rating — 1,218 ratings
95.
Diana Ross: An Unauthorized Biography
Diana Ross: An Unauthorized Biography 3.93 avg rating — 525 ratings
96.
Is That it?
Is That it? 3.93 avg rating — 835 ratings
97.
Lennon: The Definitive Biography
Lennon: The Definitive Biography 4.06 avg rating — 1,885 ratings
98.
Ziggyology: A Brief History Of Ziggy Stardust
Ziggyology: A Brief History Of Ziggy Stardust 3.96 avg rating — 543 ratings
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Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag
Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag 4.10 avg rating — 8,985 ratings
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Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music - The Definitive Life
Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music - The Definitive Life
by: Tim Riley
3.89 avg rating — 478 ratings
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