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Red Haze

by Lark Taylor • 2024

A rockstar spiraling toward self-destruction falls for the bodyguard hired to keep him alive.

4.08

1k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🎸 Rockstar Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🌈 Demisexual Discovery 🔥 Slow Burn

Red Haze

A rockstar spiraling toward self-destruction falls for the bodyguard hired to keep him alive.

by Lark Taylor 2024 319 pages

4.08

1k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🎸 Rockstar Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🌈 Demisexual Discovery 🔥 Slow Burn

A Lion's Tale

by Chris Jericho • 2007

Flea markets, circus tents, and a Japanese dojo: the unlikely apprenticeship of a WWE icon.

4.37

5k+

🤼 Pro Wrestling 🎬 Showbiz Memoirs 🏋️ Paying Dues 🛣️ Life On The Road 🎤 Backstage Stories

A Lion's Tale

Flea markets, circus tents, and a Japanese dojo: the unlikely apprenticeship of a WWE icon.

by Chris Jericho 2007 412 pages

4.37

5k+ ratings

🤼 Pro Wrestling 🎬 Showbiz Memoirs 🏋️ Paying Dues 🛣️ Life On The Road 🎤 Backstage Stories

All Our Broken Pieces

by L.D. Crichton • 2019

Her OCD demands ritual. His scars hide the past. A school project cracks their walls.

4.10

2k+

🎭 Dual Pov Romance 🧠 Mental Health Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🩹 Scarred Hero 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

All Our Broken Pieces

Her OCD demands ritual. His scars hide the past. A school project cracks their walls.

by L.D. Crichton 2019 405 pages

4.10

2k+ ratings

🎭 Dual Pov Romance 🧠 Mental Health Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🩹 Scarred Hero 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

Master of Reality

by John Darnielle • 2008

The staff took his Walkman. They cannot take the Black Sabbath album inside his head.

4.07

2k+

🏥 Psychiatric Ward 🎸 Music As Refuge 😤 Angry Teen Narrator 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age 📓 Epistolary Novel

Master of Reality

The staff took his Walkman. They cannot take the Black Sabbath album inside his head.

by John Darnielle 2008 112 pages

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏥 Psychiatric Ward 🎸 Music As Refuge 😤 Angry Teen Narrator 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age 📓 Epistolary Novel

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 📻 Bootleg Culture 🏛️ American Mythology

SMiLE

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

by Domenic Priore 2005 199 pages

3.80

145 ratings

🎸 1960s Music 📼 Lost Albums ⚔️ Creative Differences 📻 Bootleg Culture 🏛️ American Mythology

Sound

by Bella Bathurst • 2017

For twelve years, her world got quieter. Then a French surgeon offered to reverse the damage.

3.91

288

🦻 Hearing Loss 🏥 Medical Memoir 👁️ Invisible Disability 🔊 Acoustic Ecology 🤟 Deaf Culture

Sound

For twelve years, her world got quieter. Then a French surgeon offered to reverse the damage.

by Bella Bathurst 2017 223 pages

3.91

288 ratings

🦻 Hearing Loss 🏥 Medical Memoir 👁️ Invisible Disability 🔊 Acoustic Ecology 🤟 Deaf Culture

The Ensemble

by Aja Gabel • 2018

Four musicians form a string quartet, then spend thirty years learning what it costs to stay.

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10k+

🎻 Classical Music Fiction 🫂 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎭 The Cost Of Ambition 😢 Bittersweet Endings

The Ensemble

Four musicians form a string quartet, then spend thirty years learning what it costs to stay.

by Aja Gabel 2018 352 pages

3.48

10k+ ratings

🎻 Classical Music Fiction 🫂 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎭 The Cost Of Ambition 😢 Bittersweet Endings

Under Your Spell

by Laura Wood • 2024

Her one-night stand at a funeral is the reclusive rock star she has to live with.

4.08

17k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 👯 Sisterhood 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌙 One Night Stand 🖤 Found Family

Under Your Spell

Her one-night stand at a funeral is the reclusive rock star she has to live with.

by Laura Wood 2024 352 pages

4.08

17k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 👯 Sisterhood 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌙 One Night Stand 🖤 Found Family

The Billboard Guide to Writing and Producing Songs that Sell

by Eric Beall • 2009

The songwriting craft manual from an A&R insider: write the song they can't skip past.

4.13

🎯 Commercial Songwriting ✍️ Songwriting Craft 💼 Music Business 🪝 Hook Writing 🎛️ Music Production

The Billboard Guide to Writing and Producing Songs that Sell

The songwriting craft manual from an A&R insider: write the song they can't skip past.

by Eric Beall 2009 288 pages

4.13

45 ratings

🎯 Commercial Songwriting ✍️ Songwriting Craft 💼 Music Business 🪝 Hook Writing 🎛️ Music Production

The Girl in the Love Song

by Emma Scott • 2020

A homeless boy, a birthday cake, and songs she never realizes are for her.

4.12

10k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏥 Illness Romance 💭 Secret Pining 🔥 Slow Burn 🎵 Music And Fame

The Girl in the Love Song

A homeless boy, a birthday cake, and songs she never realizes are for her.

by Emma Scott 2020 368 pages

4.12

10k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏥 Illness Romance 💭 Secret Pining 🔥 Slow Burn 🎵 Music And Fame

Big Girl Small

by Rachel DeWoskin • 2011

A teen singer with dwarfism enters an arts school. One boy sees her, not her size.

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2k+

🎭 Performing Arts School 💔 First Love Gone Wrong 📱 Public Shaming 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age 🗣️ Witty Narrator

Big Girl Small

A teen singer with dwarfism enters an arts school. One boy sees her, not her size.

by Rachel DeWoskin 2011 294 pages

3.34

2k+ ratings

🎭 Performing Arts School 💔 First Love Gone Wrong 📱 Public Shaming 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age 🗣️ Witty Narrator

Before My Heart Stops

by Paul Cardall • 2010

He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.

3.98

392

🏥 Medical Memoir ⛪ Mormon Memoir 🫀 Organ Transplant ✨ Inspirational Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

Before My Heart Stops

He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.

by Paul Cardall 2010 290 pages

3.98

392 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir ⛪ Mormon Memoir 🫀 Organ Transplant ✨ Inspirational Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

If Not for My Baby

by Kate Golden • 2025

A cynical waitress takes a backup singer gig on tour and falls for the Irish frontman.

3.81

8k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🚐 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌵 Small Town Texas 🎶 Found Family On Tour

If Not for My Baby

A cynical waitress takes a backup singer gig on tour and falls for the Irish frontman.

by Kate Golden 2025 448 pages

3.81

8k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🚐 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌵 Small Town Texas 🎶 Found Family On Tour

Decoded

by Jay-Z • 2009

His annotated lyrics reveal how the corner became a boardroom and rhyme became high poetry.

3.86

8k+

🎤 Hip Hop Memoirs 🎵 Lyricism 💼 Street Entrepreneurship 🎶 Rap Poetics ✊ Conscious Hip Hop

Decoded

His annotated lyrics reveal how the corner became a boardroom and rhyme became high poetry.

by Jay-Z 2009 317 pages

3.86

8k+ ratings

🎤 Hip Hop Memoirs 🎵 Lyricism 💼 Street Entrepreneurship 🎶 Rap Poetics ✊ Conscious Hip Hop

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 🚐 Touring Life 🍄 Psychedelic Era

One Train Later

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

by Andy Summers 2006 368 pages

4.04

1k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Guitarists 🥁 Band Histories 🎨 Creative Process 🚐 Touring Life 🍄 Psychedelic Era

Music Heard So Deeply

by Betsey King • 2015

In a therapist's hands, live music rebuilds speech and movement where medicine alone falls short.

4.65

🎵 Music Therapy 📖 Healthcare Memoir 🎨 Creative Arts Therapies 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation 🤝 Therapeutic Alliance

Music Heard So Deeply

In a therapist's hands, live music rebuilds speech and movement where medicine alone falls short.

by Betsey King 2015 228 pages

4.65

23 ratings

🎵 Music Therapy 📖 Healthcare Memoir 🎨 Creative Arts Therapies 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation 🤝 Therapeutic Alliance

Between Never and Forever

by Brit Benson • 2023

Their first kiss was goodbye. She became a rockstar. He became a father. The spark never died.

4.21

9k+

🎸 Rockstar Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 😢 Angsty Romance

Between Never and Forever

Their first kiss was goodbye. She became a rockstar. He became a father. The spark never died.

by Brit Benson 2023 484 pages

4.21

9k+ ratings

🎸 Rockstar Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 😢 Angsty Romance

Effortless

by S.C. Stephens • 2011

Her rock star boyfriend's tour sparks jealousy and secrets that threaten to tear them apart.

4.34

100k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🌍 Long Distance Love 🤔 Trust Issues 🖤 Past Trauma 😩 Angsty

Effortless

Her rock star boyfriend's tour sparks jealousy and secrets that threaten to tear them apart.

by S.C. Stephens 2011 487 pages

4.34

100k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🌍 Long Distance Love 🤔 Trust Issues 🖤 Past Trauma 😩 Angsty

Music Theory Secrets

by Brent Coppenbarger • 2014

94 strategies to turn music theory into something anyone can read, write, and hear.

3.71

🎼 Music Theory 🎤 Sight Singing 👂 Ear Training 🎶 Music Notation 🎹 Chord Theory

Music Theory Secrets

94 strategies to turn music theory into something anyone can read, write, and hear.

by Brent Coppenbarger 2014 156 pages

3.71

7 ratings

🎼 Music Theory 🎤 Sight Singing 👂 Ear Training 🎶 Music Notation 🎹 Chord Theory

August and Everything After

by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski • 2018

Scandal sends Quinn to the shore, where a wounded musician's songs crack open hidden grief.

3.41

5k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 🎵 Music As Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Healing Together

August and Everything After

Scandal sends Quinn to the shore, where a wounded musician's songs crack open hidden grief.

by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski 2018 336 pages

3.41

5k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 🎵 Music As Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Healing Together

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 💰 Music Industry 🎨 Artistic Integrity

Glory Days

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

by Dave Marsh 1987 424 pages

3.78

387 ratings

🎤 Music Biographies 📰 Rock Criticism 🏭 Working Class Life 💰 Music Industry 🎨 Artistic Integrity

Sound Within Sound

by Kate Molleson • 2022

A microtonal Mexican, an Ethiopian nun, and eight more composers the classical canon erased.

4.34

181

🧪 Experimental Music 🗓️ 20th Century Music 👩 Women Composers 📜 Forgotten Composers 🔌 Electronic Music

Sound Within Sound

A microtonal Mexican, an Ethiopian nun, and eight more composers the classical canon erased.

by Kate Molleson 2022 312 pages

4.34

181 ratings

🧪 Experimental Music 🗓️ 20th Century Music 👩 Women Composers 📜 Forgotten Composers 🔌 Electronic Music

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 💔 Trauma And Creativity 📱 Digital Age Celebrity

Look at Me!

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

by Jonathan Reiss 2020 304 pages

4.54

126 ratings

🎤 Hip Hop Biography 🔪 True Crime Biography 🎨 Troubled Artists 💔 Trauma And Creativity 📱 Digital Age Celebrity

Stella Maris

by Cormac McCarthy • 2022

A math prodigy in 1972 Wisconsin carries a devastating secret into a psychiatric hospital.

3.84

23k+

🧠 Mathematical Genius 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💔 Taboo Sibling Love 👻 Hallucinated Companions 🌌 Existential Inquiry

Stella Maris

A math prodigy in 1972 Wisconsin carries a devastating secret into a psychiatric hospital.

by Cormac McCarthy 2022 190 pages

3.84

23k+ ratings

🧠 Mathematical Genius 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💔 Taboo Sibling Love 👻 Hallucinated Companions 🌌 Existential Inquiry

Mile Marker Zero

by William McKeen • 2011

1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.

3.93

500+

🏝️ Island Life 🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle ✌️ Counterculture 🎨 Creative Communities 🖊️ Gonzo Journalism

Mile Marker Zero

1970s Key West: a drug-fueled creative paradise that produced genius, excess, and its own collapse.

by William McKeen 2011

3.93

500+ ratings

🏝️ Island Life 🌴 Bohemian Lifestyle ✌️ Counterculture 🎨 Creative Communities 🖊️ Gonzo Journalism

Gus

by Kim Holden • 2015

A rock star raging through grief collides with the quiet assistant refusing to be his enabler.

4.36

20k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🚐 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 🌸 Scarred Heroine 🖤 Grief And Healing

Gus

A rock star raging through grief collides with the quiet assistant refusing to be his enabler.

by Kim Holden 2015 389 pages

4.36

20k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🚐 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 🌸 Scarred Heroine 🖤 Grief And Healing

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 🎧 Roots Of Rock 🇺🇸 American Folklore

Crossroads

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

by Tom Graves 2008 133 pages

3.85

202 ratings

🎸 Delta Blues 🔍 Debunking Legends ⚰️ Posthumous Legacy 🎧 Roots Of Rock 🇺🇸 American Folklore

Guitars and Cages

by Layla Dorine • 2015

A musician drowning his grief in booze and blood takes in his abandoned nephew.

4.26

131

🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🏠 Found Family 👨‍👦 Reluctant Caretaker 💔 Tortured Hero 🥊 Cage Fighter

Guitars and Cages

A musician drowning his grief in booze and blood takes in his abandoned nephew.

by Layla Dorine 2015 476 pages

4.26

131 ratings

🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🏠 Found Family 👨‍👦 Reluctant Caretaker 💔 Tortured Hero 🥊 Cage Fighter

Thoughtful

by S.C. Stephens • 2015

A scarred musician falls for his best friend's girlfriend while sharing a house in Seattle.

4.23

17k+

🎸 Musician Romance 👥 Love Triangle 🤫 Emotional Affair 💔 Tortured Hero 👁️ Male Pov Retelling

Thoughtful

A scarred musician falls for his best friend's girlfriend while sharing a house in Seattle.

by S.C. Stephens 2015 560 pages

4.23

17k+ ratings

🎸 Musician Romance 👥 Love Triangle 🤫 Emotional Affair 💔 Tortured Hero 👁️ Male Pov Retelling

Mr Beethoven

by Paul Griffiths • 2020

A deaf Beethoven in 1833 Boston composes an oratorio through the hands of a teenage interpreter.

3.64

191

📚 Metafictional Novel 🎵 Classical Music Fiction 🤟 Deaf Protagonist ✋ Sign Language 🌊 Artist In Exile

Mr Beethoven

A deaf Beethoven in 1833 Boston composes an oratorio through the hands of a teenage interpreter.

by Paul Griffiths 2020 302 pages

3.64

191 ratings

📚 Metafictional Novel 🎵 Classical Music Fiction 🤟 Deaf Protagonist ✋ Sign Language 🌊 Artist In Exile

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 🦋 Identity Reinvention 🎷 Beat Generation

The Acid Queen

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

by Susannah Cahalan 2025 384 pages

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧪 Psychedelic History 👩‍🎤 Women's Biography 🕵️‍♀️ Fugitive Lives 🦋 Identity Reinvention 🎷 Beat Generation

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 🥁 Band Dynamics 🏚️ Post-War Germany

The Sound of the Machine

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

by Karl Bartos 2022 608 pages

4.28

178 ratings

🎵 Music Memoirs ⚡ Krautrock 🎛️ Electronic Music 🥁 Band Dynamics 🏚️ Post-War Germany

The Mixtape

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2021

A grieving musician hires a struggling single mom as his chef. The kitchen becomes their refuge.

4.18

34k+

🎤 Celebrity Romance 👧 Single Parent ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💛 Found Family

The Mixtape

A grieving musician hires a struggling single mom as his chef. The kitchen becomes their refuge.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2021 333 pages

4.18

34k+ ratings

🎤 Celebrity Romance 👧 Single Parent ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💛 Found Family

More Than Words

by Mia Sheridan • 2018

A translator in France rediscovers her childhood love, now a composer hiding a shameful secret.

3.86

30k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🧸 Childhood Friends 🎵 Musician Romance 💔 Wounded Hero 🤫 Hidden Disability

More Than Words

A translator in France rediscovers her childhood love, now a composer hiding a shameful secret.

by Mia Sheridan 2018 336 pages

3.86

30k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🧸 Childhood Friends 🎵 Musician Romance 💔 Wounded Hero 🤫 Hidden Disability

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 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Race In Entertainment

Short Stories

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

by Columbus Short 2020 133 pages

3.94

293 ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🖤 Black Hollywood 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Race In Entertainment

Smitten

by Lauren Rowe • 2020

A shy songwriter meets her favorite band's bassist, sparking a slow-burn romance that defies fame.

3.98

5k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💕 Shy Meets Shy 🎵 Musical Connection ✍️ Creative Partners 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Smitten

A shy songwriter meets her favorite band's bassist, sparking a slow-burn romance that defies fame.

by Lauren Rowe 2020 356 pages

3.98

5k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💕 Shy Meets Shy 🎵 Musical Connection ✍️ Creative Partners 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Running Barefoot

by Amy Harmon • 2012

A piano prodigy and a half-Navajo boy bond over music, but grief and prejudice separate them.

4.30

19k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💔 Grieving Heroine 🏘️ Small Town Prejudice 🌄 Native American Heritage

Running Barefoot

A piano prodigy and a half-Navajo boy bond over music, but grief and prejudice separate them.

by Amy Harmon 2012 443 pages

4.30

19k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💔 Grieving Heroine 🏘️ Small Town Prejudice 🌄 Native American Heritage

Sweet Thing

by Renee Carlino • 2013

A grieving pianist inherits a café and a musician roommate she's desperate not to fall for.

3.94

18k+

🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🎸 Musician Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Angsty Romance 🌅 Bittersweet Romance

Sweet Thing

A grieving pianist inherits a café and a musician roommate she's desperate not to fall for.

by Renee Carlino 2013 320 pages

3.94

18k+ ratings

🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🎸 Musician Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Angsty Romance 🌅 Bittersweet Romance

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 🎨 Artist-First Business 👢 Bootstrapping

Our Noise

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

by John Cook 2009 289 pages

4.05

1k+ ratings

🎸 Indie Record Labels 🎶 Indie Rock History 🏗️ Diy Music Scenes 🎨 Artist-First Business 👢 Bootstrapping

Beneath the Burn

by Pam Godwin • 2013

Rock star who flinches from touch, tattoo artist on the run. One night, then recaptured.

4.02

7k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🖤 Survivor Romance 🤚 Touch Aversion 🎨 Tattoo Artist Romance

Beneath the Burn

Rock star who flinches from touch, tattoo artist on the run. One night, then recaptured.

by Pam Godwin 2013 509 pages

4.02

7k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🖤 Survivor Romance 🤚 Touch Aversion 🎨 Tattoo Artist Romance

See A Little Light

by Bob Mould • 2011

Father's fury. The Ramones' first record. Then amphetamines and a closet that almost won.

3.80

2k+

🔥 Hardcore Punk 🌈 Closeted Identity 🤝 Creative Partnerships 🚌 Touring Life 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

See A Little Light

Father's fury. The Ramones' first record. Then amphetamines and a closet that almost won.

by Bob Mould 2011 403 pages

3.80

2k+ ratings

🔥 Hardcore Punk 🌈 Closeted Identity 🤝 Creative Partnerships 🚌 Touring Life 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

Wonderful

by S.C. Stephens • 2023

A newlywed rock star's marriage collides with a leaked sex tape and a pop star's schemes.

4.57

461

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Angsty Romance 🎵 Music Industry 💍 Marriage In Trouble

Wonderful

A newlywed rock star's marriage collides with a leaked sex tape and a pop star's schemes.

by S.C. Stephens 2023 705 pages

4.57

461 ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Angsty Romance 🎵 Music Industry 💍 Marriage In Trouble

Cash

by Johnny Cash • 1997

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

4.01

25k+

🎸 Music Memoirs 🕶️ Outlaw Country 💊 Addiction Recovery ✝️ Faith Journeys 🕊️ Redemption Stories

Cash

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

by Johnny Cash 1997 310 pages

4.01

25k+ ratings

🎸 Music Memoirs 🕶️ Outlaw Country 💊 Addiction Recovery ✝️ Faith Journeys 🕊️ Redemption Stories

Beat

by Vi Keeland • 2015

Her rockstar boyfriend headlines the tour. Falling for his opener was never part of the plan.

4.12

9k+

🎸 Rockstar Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🚫 Forbidden Love 😢 Angsty Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing

Beat

Her rockstar boyfriend headlines the tour. Falling for his opener was never part of the plan.

by Vi Keeland 2015 300 pages

4.12

9k+ ratings

🎸 Rockstar Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🚫 Forbidden Love 😢 Angsty Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing

The Rules of Dating My Best Friend's Sister

by Vi Keeland • 2023

His late best friend's sister moves in next door: engaged, grieving, and impossible to resist.

4.02

7k+

👯‍♀️ Best Friend's Sister 🥁 Musician Hero 🔬 Woman In Stem 💔 Love Triangle 🏢 Forced Proximity

The Rules of Dating My Best Friend's Sister

His late best friend's sister moves in next door: engaged, grieving, and impossible to resist.

by Vi Keeland 2023 399 pages

4.02

7k+ ratings

👯‍♀️ Best Friend's Sister 🥁 Musician Hero 🔬 Woman In Stem 💔 Love Triangle 🏢 Forced Proximity

Everything and Nothing at Once

by Joel Leon • 2024

Black men don't get to be ordinary. One memoirist fights for the right to simply be.

4.32

158

✊🏿 Black Masculinity 🎭 Cultural Criticism 📝 Memoir Essays 👨‍👧 Black Fatherhood 🩹 Trauma Healing

Everything and Nothing at Once

Black men don't get to be ordinary. One memoirist fights for the right to simply be.

by Joel Leon 2024 304 pages

4.32

158 ratings

✊🏿 Black Masculinity 🎭 Cultural Criticism 📝 Memoir Essays 👨‍👧 Black Fatherhood 🩹 Trauma Healing

Swoon

by Lauren Rowe • 2021

A rock star drummer and his best friend's little sister: one wedding weekend to break every rule.

3.94

3k+

👫 Brother's Best Friend 💘 Childhood Crush 🎸 Rock Star Romance ⏳ Age Gap 🩷 Found Family

Swoon

A rock star drummer and his best friend's little sister: one wedding weekend to break every rule.

by Lauren Rowe 2021 337 pages

3.94

3k+ ratings

👫 Brother's Best Friend 💘 Childhood Crush 🎸 Rock Star Romance ⏳ Age Gap 🩷 Found Family

Small Worlds

by Caleb Azumah Nelson • 2023

A London trumpeter carries a love he cannot name and a father's silence in his chest.

4.26

12k+

🎷 Jazz-Infused Narrative 🇬🇭 Ghanaian Diaspora 💕 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👦 Father Son Reconciliation 🫂 Chosen Family

Small Worlds

A London trumpeter carries a love he cannot name and a father's silence in his chest.

by Caleb Azumah Nelson 2023 260 pages

4.26

12k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz-Infused Narrative 🇬🇭 Ghanaian Diaspora 💕 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👦 Father Son Reconciliation 🫂 Chosen Family

Franco

by Kim Holden • 2016

A British architect has months to conceive. An LA drummer makes her wish for years.

4.12

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🎸 Rock Star Romance 💌 Long-Distance Love 👶 Surprise Pregnancy 💔 Fertility Struggle ✨ Chance Meeting

Franco

A British architect has months to conceive. An LA drummer makes her wish for years.

by Kim Holden 2016 232 pages

4.12

8k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💌 Long-Distance Love 👶 Surprise Pregnancy 💔 Fertility Struggle ✨ Chance Meeting

One Direction

by One Direction • 2014

Five solo rejections. One last-minute group. The origin of the band that conquered pop.

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🎵 Pop Music 👥 Boy Bands 🏁 Band Origin Stories 💕 Fan Culture ⭐ Talent Shows

One Direction

Five solo rejections. One last-minute group. The origin of the band that conquered pop.

by One Direction 2014 352 pages

4.44

3k+ ratings

🎵 Pop Music 👥 Boy Bands 🏁 Band Origin Stories 💕 Fan Culture ⭐ Talent Shows

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