The StoryGraph's Genre Challenge 2024 - hosted by thestorygraph

A biography or memoir about/by a musician
Memoirs are written by the person they're about, while biographies are accounts of a person's life written by somebody else. Both are valid for this prompt, but they should be by or about musicians. 
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George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle by Philip Norman

George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle

Philip Norman

512 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography music
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. by Viv Albertine

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.

Viv Albertine

432 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir music challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Tim— The Official Biography of Avicii by Måns Mosesson

Tim— The Official Biography of Avicii

Måns Mosesson

371 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography emotional informative reflective fast-paced
She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh

She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs

Sarah Smarsh

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative reflective slow-paced
The Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle by Rob Kenner

The Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle

Rob Kenner

11 hours, 59 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative medium-paced
Taylor Swift: The Whole Story by Chas Newkey-Burden

Taylor Swift: The Whole Story

Chas Newkey-Burden

224 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art biography childrens music emotional slow-paced
Bowie's Bookshelf: The Hundred Books That Changed David Bowie's Life by John O'Connell

Bowie's Bookshelf: The Hundred Books That Changed David Bowie's Life

John O'Connell

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative slow-paced
Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis

Nina Simone's Gum

Warren Ellis

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir music emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung by Min Kym

Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung

Min Kym

248 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction memoir music emotional reflective medium-paced
How to Write One Song by Jeff Tweedy

How to Write One Song

Jeff Tweedy

176 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction music informative fast-paced