Oral Biographies
1. 
Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
by:
Studs Terkel
4.19 avg rating — 2,895 ratings 2. 
Ain't No Grave: The Life and Legacy of Brother Claude Ely
by:
Macel Ely II
3.59 avg rating — 872 ratings 3. 
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 4. 
6. 
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by:
Legs McNeil
4.19 avg rating — 35,980 ratings 
12. 
Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs
by:
Brendan Mullen
4.08 avg rating — 1,438 ratings 
15. 
Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction
by:
Brendan Mullen
3.82 avg rating — 493 ratings 
17. 
So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley
by:
Roger Steffens
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 507 ratings 18. 
And Now...An Oral History of "Late Night with David Letterman," 1982-1993
by:
Brian Abrams
3.55 avg rating — 679 ratings 19. 
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 20. 
22. 
This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead
by:
Blair Jackson
4.38 avg rating — 465 ratings 
25. 
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 26. 
The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography
by:
Charles White
4.03 avg rating — 572 ratings 
28. 
The Jazz of the Southwest: An Oral History of Western Swing
by:
Jean A. Boyd
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings 28. 
Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s
by:
Ira Gitler
4.21 avg rating — 39 ratings 32. 
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 
36. 
Speaking History: Oral Histories of the American Past, 1865-Present
by:
Sue Armitage
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings 
38. 
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 39. 
Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women's Prisons
by:
Robin Levi
4.36 avg rating — 775 ratings 
42. 
May Made Me: An Oral History of the 1968 Uprising in France
by:
Mitchell Abidor
3.69 avg rating — 54 ratings 43. 
The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up
by:
Budd Friedman
3.96 avg rating — 190 ratings 44. 
The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History
by:
Jim Walsh
3.82 avg rating — 1,622 ratings 44. 
Slayers & Vampires: The Complete Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Buffy & Angel
by:
Edward Gross
3.52 avg rating — 321 ratings 
48. 
Inside the Clinton White House: An Oral History (Oxford Oral History Series)
by:
Russell L. Riley
3.85 avg rating — 61 ratings 49. 
To a Violent Grave: An Oral Biography of Jackson Pollock
by:
Jeffrey Potter
4.23 avg rating — 39 ratings 
50. 
Georgia Witness: A Contemporary Oral History of the State
by:
Stephen Doster
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings 
55. 
The Last Honest Man: Mordecai Richler: An Oral Biography
by:
Michael Posner
4.12 avg rating — 33 ratings 
57. 
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 58. 
Full of Grace: An Oral Biography of John Cardinal O'Connor
by:
Terry Golway
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings 59. 
People from Our Side: A Life Story with Photographs and Oral Biography
by:
Peter Pitseolak
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 59. 
They Say in Harlan County: An Oral History (Oxford Oral History Series) 4.20 avg rating — 154 ratings
61. 
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 
63. 
Bill Clinton: As They Know Him : An Oral Biography
by:
David Gallen
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
64. 
66. 
Plain Speaking: an Oral Biography of Harry S Truman
by:
Merle Miller
4.19 avg rating — 1,077 ratings 
67. 
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 
71. 
This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else: Joy Division: The Oral History
by:
Jon Savage
4.32 avg rating — 1,225 ratings 