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24 alternatives to The Dirt

No-holds-barred autobiography of Mötley Crüe

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Dirt launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Dirt▲61

   Mötley Crüe's tell-all, collective autobiography

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Slash▲58

   Slash's tell-all autobiography of excess and rock 'n' roll

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Heroin Diaries▲66

   The book every rock and drug historian needs to read

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Heroin Diaries▲66

   A year in the life of a shattered rock star

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Bruce▲62

   The definitive Bruce Springsteen bio

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Jacked▲71

   The outlaw story of Grand Theft Auto

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   The Greatest▲92

   My Own Story (Muhammad Ali Autobiography)

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography▲66

   Autobio from one of the first New York punks

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Long Hard Road Out of Hell▲56

   Marilyn Manson's dark and twisted autobiography

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Life▲66

    The riveting memoir of Keith Richards

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore▲74

    Detailed biography of a quiet revolutionary

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Bowie: The Biography▲90

    Discover the man behind the myth

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Narco-nomics▲63

    How to run a drug cartel

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy▲62

    Interviews with the world's best comedians

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Long Walk to Freedom ▲71

    The autobiography of Nelson Mandela

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Psychedelic Suburbia▲70

    David Bowie and the Beckenham Arts Lab

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hustle▲64

    The Life Changing Effects of Constant Motion

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Last Love Song▲117

    A biography of Joan Didion

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk▲67

    The backstory of the rise of Punk Music

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Do No Harm▲55

    Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove▲60

    Questlove's Autobiography

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Hustle▲71

    A new book about hustling

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Song Machine▲105

    There's a reason hit songs offer guilty pleasure

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Incognito▲70

    The secret lives of the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

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