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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Monk!: Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution by Youssef Daoudi

Monk!: Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution

Youssef Daoudi

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative fast-paced
Elton John by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Elton John

Little People, Big Dreams

Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

32 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography childrens music informative lighthearted fast-paced
Love and Hot Chicken by Mary Liza Hartong

Love and Hot Chicken

Mary Liza Hartong

272 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Rebel Rising: A Memoir by Rebel Wilson

Rebel Rising: A Memoir

Rebel Wilson

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir medium-paced
Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year by Paul Alexander

Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year

Paul Alexander

missing page info • missing pub info (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography
Life's Too Short: A Memoir by Darius Rucker

Life's Too Short: A Memoir

Darius Rucker

6 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir music
Die Träume anderer Leute by Judith Holofernes

Die Träume anderer Leute

Judith Holofernes

9 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography music emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk by Kathleen Hanna

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ memoir music medium-paced
Face the Music: A Life Exposed by Paul Stanley

Face the Music: A Life Exposed

Paul Stanley

480 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir music emotional reflective medium-paced
Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story by David Ritz, Ray Charles

Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story

David Ritz, Ray Charles

384 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography music challenging reflective slow-paced