50 Books like Catch a Wave

Heroes And Villains

by Steven Gaines • 1986

Sunny surf pop hid abuse, Brian Wilson's breakdown, and Charles Manson as a houseguest.

3.85

771

🎸 Band Biographies 🎵 Rock History 🏠 Family Dysfunction

Heroes And Villains 97%

Sunny surf pop hid abuse, Brian Wilson's breakdown, and Charles Manson as a houseguest.

by Steven Gaines 1986

3.85

771 ratings

🎸 Band Biographies 🎵 Rock History 🏠 Family Dysfunction

Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys

by Mark Dillon • 2012

Fifty songs that built and nearly destroyed a California garage band turned icon.

3.92

128

🎵 Song By Song Biography 🎸 1960s Rock 🎛️ Studio Innovation

Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys 96%

Fifty songs that built and nearly destroyed a California garage band turned icon.

by Mark Dillon 2012

3.92

128 ratings

🎵 Song By Song Biography 🎸 1960s Rock 🎛️ Studio Innovation

Wouldn't it Be Nice

by Charles L. Granata • 2003

Brian Wilson quit the road, made an album America ignored, and Britain crowned it a masterpiece.

3.93

513

🎧 Album Deep Dives 🎛️ Music Production ✍️ Songwriting Process

Wouldn't it Be Nice 95%

Brian Wilson quit the road, made an album America ignored, and Britain crowned it a masterpiece.

by Charles L. Granata 2003

3.93

513 ratings

🎧 Album Deep Dives 🎛️ Music Production ✍️ Songwriting Process

SMiLE

by Domenic Priore • 2005

His band buried his pop symphony. Bootleggers kept it alive. It took 37 years to finally premiere.

3.80

145

🎸 1960s Music 📼 Lost Albums ⚔️ Creative Differences

SMiLE 94%

His band buried his pop symphony. Bootleggers kept it alive. It took 37 years to finally premiere.

by Domenic Priore 2005

3.80

145 ratings

🎸 1960s Music 📼 Lost Albums ⚔️ Creative Differences

Understanding John Lennon

by Francis Kenny • 2020

Three forces made John Lennon, then broke him: Liverpool, a lost mother, and McCartney.

4.00

🎸 Music Biography 🎵 Rock History 💔 Childhood Trauma

Understanding John Lennon 93%

Three forces made John Lennon, then broke him: Liverpool, a lost mother, and McCartney.

by Francis Kenny 2020

4.00

9 ratings

🎸 Music Biography 🎵 Rock History 💔 Childhood Trauma

Shakey

by Jimmy McDonough • 2002

His health failed, his relationships crumbled, and still he refused to compromise a single note.

4.09

8k+

🧑‍🎤 Rock History 🎸 Singer-Songwriters 🌴 Laurel Canyon Scene

Shakey 92%

His health failed, his relationships crumbled, and still he refused to compromise a single note.

by Jimmy McDonough 2002

4.09

8k+ ratings

🧑‍🎤 Rock History 🎸 Singer-Songwriters 🌴 Laurel Canyon Scene

Glory Days

by Dave Marsh • 1987

The contract was signed on a car hood. The battle to control his music nearly broke him.

3.78

387

🎤 Music Biographies 📰 Rock Criticism 🏭 Working Class Life

Glory Days 92%

The contract was signed on a car hood. The battle to control his music nearly broke him.

by Dave Marsh 1987

3.78

387 ratings

🎤 Music Biographies 📰 Rock Criticism 🏭 Working Class Life

Look at Me!

by Jonathan Reiss • 2020

Murdered at 20, after becoming more famous in jail than most artists ever get outside it.

4.54

126

🎤 Hip Hop Biography 🔪 True Crime Biography 🎨 Troubled Artists

Look at Me! 92%

Murdered at 20, after becoming more famous in jail than most artists ever get outside it.

by Jonathan Reiss 2020

4.54

126 ratings

🎤 Hip Hop Biography 🔪 True Crime Biography 🎨 Troubled Artists

Brothers

by Alex Van Halen • 2024

Alex Van Halen remembers Eddie: the immigrant brotherhood that built rock's most explosive band.

4.08

9k+

🎸 Rock Music History 🎤 Band Memoirs 👥 Sibling Bands

Brothers 92%

Alex Van Halen remembers Eddie: the immigrant brotherhood that built rock's most explosive band.

by Alex Van Halen 2024

4.08

9k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Music History 🎤 Band Memoirs 👥 Sibling Bands

Wonderland Avenue

by Danny Sugerman • 1989

Jim Morrison gave him a purpose at 12; drugs gave him a heart infection at 21.

4.25

3k+

🎸 Rock And Roll Excess 💊 Addiction Recovery 🌟 Celebrity Addiction

Wonderland Avenue 92%

Jim Morrison gave him a purpose at 12; drugs gave him a heart infection at 21.

by Danny Sugerman 1989

4.25

3k+ ratings

🎸 Rock And Roll Excess 💊 Addiction Recovery 🌟 Celebrity Addiction

Prince

by Ronin Ro • 2011

A million-dollar unknown deal, then 'slave' scrawled on his cheek: the war for artistic control.

3.39

441

🎵 Music Biography 💿 Record Industry 🎨 Artistic Control

Prince 92%

A million-dollar unknown deal, then 'slave' scrawled on his cheek: the war for artistic control.

by Ronin Ro 2011

3.39

441 ratings

🎵 Music Biography 💿 Record Industry 🎨 Artistic Control

Slash

by Slash • 2007

The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.

4.00

31k+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💔 Band Breakups 💉 Heroin Addiction

Slash 92%

The story of Guns N' Roses: squalor, stadiums, and the addiction that burned it down.

by Slash 2007

4.00

31k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💔 Band Breakups 💉 Heroin Addiction

Scar Tissue

by Anthony Kiedis • 2004

His father gave him drugs at eleven. This is what happened after.

4.10

103k+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💉 Heroin Addiction 🩹 Recovery Journey

Scar Tissue 91%

His father gave him drugs at eleven. This is what happened after.

by Anthony Kiedis 2004

4.10

103k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 💉 Heroin Addiction 🩹 Recovery Journey

Hammer of the Gods

by Stephen Davis • 1985

A groupie, a fish, and a hotel room: the incident that defined Led Zeppelin's dark legend.

3.86

14k+

🎸 Rock Biography 🎶 Classic Rock 🕺 1970s Rock

Hammer of the Gods 91%

A groupie, a fish, and a hotel room: the incident that defined Led Zeppelin's dark legend.

by Stephen Davis 1985

3.86

14k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Biography 🎶 Classic Rock 🕺 1970s Rock

Cash

by Johnny Cash • 1997

He crawled into a cave to die and came out ready to play Folsom Prison.

4.01

26k+

🎸 Music Memoirs 🕶️ Outlaw Country 💊 Addiction Recovery

Cash 91%

He crawled into a cave to die and came out ready to play Folsom Prison.

by Johnny Cash 1997

4.01

26k+ ratings

🎸 Music Memoirs 🕶️ Outlaw Country 💊 Addiction Recovery

Here, There and Everywhere

by Geoff Emerick • 2006

The Beatles' most radical sounds were built by a teenager breaking every rule at Abbey Road.

4.29

7k+

🎸 Beatles History 🎛️ Music Production 🏢 Recording Studios

Here, There and Everywhere 91%

The Beatles' most radical sounds were built by a teenager breaking every rule at Abbey Road.

by Geoff Emerick 2006

4.29

7k+ ratings

🎸 Beatles History 🎛️ Music Production 🏢 Recording Studios

Beethoven

by Edmund Morris • 2005

A deaf composer whose life was chaos but whose music was perfect order: the Beethoven paradox.

4.02

2k+

🎵 Classical Music 🎼 Composer Biographies 🔥 Artistic Obsession

Beethoven 91%

A deaf composer whose life was chaos but whose music was perfect order: the Beethoven paradox.

by Edmund Morris 2005

4.02

2k+ ratings

🎵 Classical Music 🎼 Composer Biographies 🔥 Artistic Obsession

Tune In

by Mark Lewisohn • 2013

Before Beatlemania, there was a songwriting rivalry, a visionary manager, and six-hour Hamburg sets.

4.72

4k+

🇬🇧 British Invasion ⚓️ Merseybeat 🎤 Music Industry

Tune In 91%

Before Beatlemania, there was a songwriting rivalry, a visionary manager, and six-hour Hamburg sets.

by Mark Lewisohn 2013

4.72

4k+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Invasion ⚓️ Merseybeat 🎤 Music Industry

Iron Man

by Tony Iommi • 2011

A factory press severs his fingertips. Leather thimbles, detuned strings: heavy metal is born.

4.01

4k+

🎸 Heavy Metal Memoirs 💰 Music Industry Greed 🩹 Post-Injury Creativity

Iron Man 91%

A factory press severs his fingertips. Leather thimbles, detuned strings: heavy metal is born.

by Tony Iommi 2011

4.01

4k+ ratings

🎸 Heavy Metal Memoirs 💰 Music Industry Greed 🩹 Post-Injury Creativity

Boys in the Trees

by Carly Simon • 2015

The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.

3.67

12k+

🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir 🎸 Women In Rock 🧠 Mental Health And Creativity

Boys in the Trees 91%

The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.

by Carly Simon 2015

3.67

12k+ ratings

🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir 🎸 Women In Rock 🧠 Mental Health And Creativity

Michael Jackson, Inc.

by Zack O'Malley Greenburg • 2014

He bought the Beatles' catalog against all advice. It's now worth a billion dollars.

4.22

338

🎵 Music Business 🎩 Music Moguls 📜 Music Publishing

Michael Jackson, Inc. 91%

He bought the Beatles' catalog against all advice. It's now worth a billion dollars.

by Zack O'Malley Greenburg 2014

4.22

338 ratings

🎵 Music Business 🎩 Music Moguls 📜 Music Publishing

The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe

by James Patterson • 2025

A staged crime scene. A missing diary. The death of Marilyn Monroe was never a simple suicide.

3.66

6k+

🎬 Hollywood History 🎥 Classic Cinema 🕵️ Unsolved Mystery

The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe 91%

A staged crime scene. A missing diary. The death of Marilyn Monroe was never a simple suicide.

by James Patterson 2025

3.66

6k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood History 🎥 Classic Cinema 🕵️ Unsolved Mystery

Face the Music

by Paul Stanley • 2014

A deformed ear. Partial deafness. Face paint to hide them both. Then it became a rock god's armor.

4.13

5k+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🕺 1970s Rock Scene 🎭 Rock Theatricality

Face the Music 91%

A deformed ear. Partial deafness. Face paint to hide them both. Then it became a rock god's armor.

by Paul Stanley 2014

4.13

5k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🕺 1970s Rock Scene 🎭 Rock Theatricality

One Train Later

by Andy Summers • 2006

A missed train would have erased The Police. A life in the balance.

4.04

1k+

🎸 Rock Guitarists 🥁 Band Histories 🎨 Creative Process

One Train Later 91%

A missed train would have erased The Police. A life in the balance.

by Andy Summers 2006

4.04

1k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Guitarists 🥁 Band Histories 🎨 Creative Process

Crossroads

by Tom Graves • 2008

The crossroads devil never met Robert Johnson. The myth was stolen. His real story is stranger.

3.85

202

🎸 Delta Blues 🔍 Debunking Legends ⚰️ Posthumous Legacy

Crossroads 91%

The crossroads devil never met Robert Johnson. The myth was stolen. His real story is stranger.

by Tom Graves 2008

3.85

202 ratings

🎸 Delta Blues 🔍 Debunking Legends ⚰️ Posthumous Legacy

Born to Run

by Bruce Springsteen • 2016

Stadiums roared his anthems. Inside, he waged a lifelong war with depression and his father's ghost.

4.19

56k+

🎸 Songwriter Memoir 🏭 Blue Collar Roots 🌑 Depression And Art

Born to Run 90%

Stadiums roared his anthems. Inside, he waged a lifelong war with depression and his father's ghost.

by Bruce Springsteen 2016

4.19

56k+ ratings

🎸 Songwriter Memoir 🏭 Blue Collar Roots 🌑 Depression And Art

Walt Disney

by Neal Gabler • 2006

The Disney empire: one haunted man's attempt to build a reality he could finally control.

4.07

12k+

🎞️ Animation History 🎬 Hollywood Moguls 🎯 Creative Perfectionism

Walt Disney 90%

The Disney empire: one haunted man's attempt to build a reality he could finally control.

by Neal Gabler 2006

4.07

12k+ ratings

🎞️ Animation History 🎬 Hollywood Moguls 🎯 Creative Perfectionism

The Book of Drugs

by Mike Doughty • 2012

May 3, 2000: he poured the whiskey out. It was the first thing he didn't finish.

3.63

2k+

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🎵 Music Memoirs 🕊️ Recovery Memoirs

The Book of Drugs 90%

May 3, 2000: he poured the whiskey out. It was the first thing he didn't finish.

by Mike Doughty 2012

3.63

2k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Memoirs 🎵 Music Memoirs 🕊️ Recovery Memoirs

The Meaning of Mariah Carey

by Mariah Carey • 2020

To the world, a pop icon. To her music-mogul husband, a possession. Her story of escape.

4.09

25k+

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 👑 Pop Stardom 🌍 Biracial Identity

The Meaning of Mariah Carey 90%

To the world, a pop icon. To her music-mogul husband, a possession. Her story of escape.

by Mariah Carey 2020

4.09

25k+ ratings

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 👑 Pop Stardom 🌍 Biracial Identity

The Acid Queen

by Susannah Cahalan • 2025

Two hundred acid trips, one prison escape, 24 years underground: the woman behind Timothy Leary.

3.78

1k+

🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women'S Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives

The Acid Queen 90%

Two hundred acid trips, one prison escape, 24 years underground: the woman behind Timothy Leary.

by Susannah Cahalan 2025

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women'S Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives

Short Stories

by Columbus Short • 2020

A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.

3.94

293

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🖤 Black Hollywood 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery

Short Stories 90%

A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.

by Columbus Short 2020

3.94

293 ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🖤 Black Hollywood 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery

The Dirt

by Tommy Lee • 2001

One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.

4.14

50k+

📖 Oral History 🎸 Rock Memoirs 🥂 Fame And Excess

The Dirt 90%

One authorized biography, four versions of every disaster, and zero effort to agree on the facts.

by Tommy Lee 2001

4.14

50k+ ratings

📖 Oral History 🎸 Rock Memoirs 🥂 Fame And Excess

The Sound of the Machine

by Karl Bartos • 2022

From inside Kraftwerk: the drummer who programmed the beats, then walked away to find his own.

4.28

178

🎵 Music Memoirs ⚡ Krautrock 🎛️ Electronic Music

The Sound of the Machine 90%

From inside Kraftwerk: the drummer who programmed the beats, then walked away to find his own.

by Karl Bartos 2022

4.28

178 ratings

🎵 Music Memoirs ⚡ Krautrock 🎛️ Electronic Music

American Therapy

by Jonathan Engel • 2008

America's century in therapy: why the couch lost to the pill, the clipboard, and the meeting.

3.39

🛋️ Psychotherapy History 🇺🇸 American Cultural History 🗣️ Talk Therapy

American Therapy 90%

America's century in therapy: why the couch lost to the pill, the clipboard, and the meeting.

by Jonathan Engel 2008

3.39

70 ratings

🛋️ Psychotherapy History 🇺🇸 American Cultural History 🗣️ Talk Therapy

Home

by Julie Andrews Edwards • 2008

Her stepfather taught her to sing. Her mother couldn't protect her. The stage became home.

3.97

22k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Theater Memoir 👧 Child Performer

Home 90%

Her stepfather taught her to sing. Her mother couldn't protect her. The stage became home.

by Julie Andrews Edwards 2008

3.97

22k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 🎭 Theater Memoir 👧 Child Performer

The Woman in Me

by Britney Spears • 2023

The world's biggest pop star, silenced for 13 years. This is the story they wouldn't let her tell.

3.83

584k+

🎤 Child Stardom 🎵 Pop Music Memoir ⛓️ Surviving Exploitation

The Woman in Me 90%

The world's biggest pop star, silenced for 13 years. This is the story they wouldn't let her tell.

by Britney Spears 2023

3.83

584k+ ratings

🎤 Child Stardom 🎵 Pop Music Memoir ⛓️ Surviving Exploitation

Under Their Thumb

by Bill German • 2009

A Brooklyn teenager's fanzine caught the Stones' eye. They opened their world; he lost his own.

3.99

424

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🎤 Music Journalism 📣 Fan Culture

Under Their Thumb 90%

A Brooklyn teenager's fanzine caught the Stones' eye. They opened their world; he lost his own.

by Bill German 2009

3.99

424 ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🎤 Music Journalism 📣 Fan Culture

How Music Works

by David Byrne • 2014

Cathedrals demanded chant. Car stereos demanded bass. The spaces we build write the music we hear.

4.00

29k+

🎶 Music History 💿 Music Industry 🎛️ Music Technology

How Music Works 90%

Cathedrals demanded chant. Car stereos demanded bass. The spaces we build write the music we hear.

by David Byrne 2014

4.00

29k+ ratings

🎶 Music History 💿 Music Industry 🎛️ Music Technology

Black Tooth Grin

by Zac Crain • 2008

Shredding, double whiskeys, and a brother's bond: the life and onstage murder of Dimebag Darrell.

4.00

546

🤘 Heavy Metal 🎸 Rock Star Biography ⭐ Texas Music Scene

Black Tooth Grin 90%

Shredding, double whiskeys, and a brother's bond: the life and onstage murder of Dimebag Darrell.

by Zac Crain 2008

4.00

546 ratings

🤘 Heavy Metal 🎸 Rock Star Biography ⭐ Texas Music Scene

Rick Rubin

by Jake Brown • 2009

A dorm-room label, Slayer, Johnny Cash: one producer's philosophy of removal over addition.

3.53

282

🎛️ Music Production 🎤 Hip Hop History 🎵 Music Industry

Rick Rubin 90%

A dorm-room label, Slayer, Johnny Cash: one producer's philosophy of removal over addition.

by Jake Brown 2009

3.53

282 ratings

🎛️ Music Production 🎤 Hip Hop History 🎵 Music Industry

Shout, Sister, Shout!

by Gayle Wald • 2007

The godmother of rock and roll played gospel guitar. Her grave stayed unmarked for decades.

4.05

356

⛪ Gospel Music 🎸 Rock Origins 🌉 Crossover Artists

Shout, Sister, Shout! 90%

The godmother of rock and roll played gospel guitar. Her grave stayed unmarked for decades.

by Gayle Wald 2007

4.05

356 ratings

⛪ Gospel Music 🎸 Rock Origins 🌉 Crossover Artists

I Am Ozzy

by Ozzy Osbourne • 2009

Invented heavy metal by accident, survived a near-fatal blackout, and woke up a reality TV dad.

4.16

36k+

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🤘 Heavy Metal History 💊 Addiction And Recovery

I Am Ozzy 90%

Invented heavy metal by accident, survived a near-fatal blackout, and woke up a reality TV dad.

by Ozzy Osbourne 2009

4.16

36k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Memoirs 🤘 Heavy Metal History 💊 Addiction And Recovery

Candace Pert

by Pamela Ryckman • 2023

She discovered the opiate receptor. The prize went to her male mentor. She never forgave science.

3.88

👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🧠 Neuroscience History 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine

Candace Pert 90%

She discovered the opiate receptor. The prize went to her male mentor. She never forgave science.

by Pamela Ryckman 2023

3.88

68 ratings

👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🧠 Neuroscience History 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine

Herbie Hancock

by Herbie Hancock • 2014

A five-dollar piano, Miles Davis at 23, a crack addiction hidden from everyone.

4.23

2k+

🎹 Jazz Memoirs 🎸 Jazz Fusion 🎺 Midcentury Jazz

Herbie Hancock 90%

A five-dollar piano, Miles Davis at 23, a crack addiction hidden from everyone.

by Herbie Hancock 2014

4.23

2k+ ratings

🎹 Jazz Memoirs 🎸 Jazz Fusion 🎺 Midcentury Jazz

My Effin' Life

by Geddy Lee • 2023

Three names before he was ten: a Holocaust survivor's son on the path to rock stardom.

4.55

9k+

🎸 Music Memoirs 🎹 Progressive Rock 🕯️ Holocaust Survival

My Effin' Life 90%

Three names before he was ten: a Holocaust survivor's son on the path to rock stardom.

by Geddy Lee 2023

4.55

9k+ ratings

🎸 Music Memoirs 🎹 Progressive Rock 🕯️ Holocaust Survival

Earth to Moon

by Moon Unit Zappa • 2024

She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.

4.20

3k+

🎬 Celebrity Childhood 🎨 Bohemian Childhood 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

Earth to Moon 90%

She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.

by Moon Unit Zappa 2024

4.20

3k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Childhood 🎨 Bohemian Childhood 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

The Harvard Psychedelic Club

by Don Lattin • 2010

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

3.92

2k+

🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States

The Harvard Psychedelic Club 90%

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

by Don Lattin 2010

3.92

2k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States

Wright Brothers, Wrong Story

by William Elliott azelgrove • 2018

Wilbur Wright solved flight alone. Orville Wright spent decades burying that fact.

3.66

130

🛩️ Aviation History 🔍 Revisionist Biography 🔧 Inventor Biography

Wright Brothers, Wrong Story 90%

Wilbur Wright solved flight alone. Orville Wright spent decades burying that fact.

by William Elliott azelgrove 2018

3.66

130 ratings

🛩️ Aviation History 🔍 Revisionist Biography 🔧 Inventor Biography

Faith, Hope and Carnage

by Nick Cave • 2022

Nick Cave's son died. The art that followed was improvised, spiritually hungry, built from wreckage.

4.41

8k+

🎵 Songwriting Craft 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 💔 Grief And Art

Faith, Hope and Carnage 90%

Nick Cave's son died. The art that followed was improvised, spiritually hungry, built from wreckage.

by Nick Cave 2022

4.41

8k+ ratings

🎵 Songwriting Craft 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 💔 Grief And Art

Our Noise

by John Cook • 2009

When the majors came knocking, Merge Records bet everything on handshakes and artistic freedom.

4.05

1k+

🎸 Indie Record Labels 🎶 Indie Rock History 🏗️ Diy Music Scenes

Our Noise 90%

When the majors came knocking, Merge Records bet everything on handshakes and artistic freedom.

by John Cook 2009

4.05

1k+ ratings

🎸 Indie Record Labels 🎶 Indie Rock History 🏗️ Diy Music Scenes

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