Books like The Long Hard Road Out of Hell
12 books with a reading profile close to The Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson. Practical; an easy read.
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1
Fever Pitch
by Nick Hornby
entertainment, memoir
Nick Hornby chronicles his decades-long obsession with Arsenal Football Club, mapping his personal development against the team’s schedule and performance.
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Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
by Bill Buford
Also practical · entertainment, memoir
Bill Buford leaves his editorial position at The New Yorker to document the intense physical reality of professional cooking.
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Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
by Julie Powell
entertainment, memoir
Approaching her thirtieth birthday while stuck in a dead-end secretarial job, Julie Powell decides to cook every recipe in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking within a single year.
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Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail
by Rusty Young
entertainment, memoir
Rusty Young, an Australian backpacker, meets Thomas McFadden, a British drug trafficker who is serving a sentence in San Pedro prison in La Paz, Bolivia.
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The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
by Dave Grohl
entertainment, memoir
Dave Grohl documents his transition from a suburban teenager in Virginia to the drummer for Nirvana and the frontman of Foo Fighters.
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by Bill Bryson
entertainment, memoir
After living in Europe for twenty years, Bill Bryson returns to the United States and decides to hike the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail.
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Me
by Elton John
entertainment, memoir
In this autobiography, Elton John traces his life from a quiet childhood as Reginald Dwight in Pinner to his global dominance as a rock superstar.
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A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
entertainment, memoir
Following the success of his restaurant industry memoir, Anthony Bourdain embarks on a worldwide quest to find the perfect meal.
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Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
entertainment, memoir
Ten years after his debut, Anthony Bourdain evaluates the professional kitchen's transformation from a hidden subculture into a televised spectacle.
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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
memoir, narrative
Patrisse Khan-Cullors recounts the systemic pressures that shaped her life in Van Nuys, California, focusing on the heavy policing and incarceration of her brother, Monte.
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My Thoughts Exactly
by Lilly Allen
Also practical · entertainment, memoir
In this memoir, Lily Allen outlines the trajectory of her career from the perspective of a woman navigating the British pop industry and tabloid culture.
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Girl in a Band
by Kim Gordon
memoir, narrative
In this memoir, Kim Gordon traces her trajectory from a visual arts upbringing in Los Angeles to the center of the New York City post-punk scene.
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