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24 alternatives to The Dirt

Mötley Crüe's tell-all, collective autobiography

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.

1. 1
   The Dirt▲66

   No-holds-barred autobiography of Mötley Crüe

   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

   A year in the life of a shattered rock star

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Heroin Diaries▲66

   The book every rock and drug historian needs to read

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Greatest▲92

   My Own Story (Muhammad Ali Autobiography)

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Jacked▲71

   The outlaw story of Grand Theft Auto

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy▲62

   Interviews with the world's best comedians

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Long Hard Road Out of Hell▲56

   Marilyn Manson's dark and twisted autobiography

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Bowie: The Biography▲90

   Discover the man behind the myth

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Incognito▲70

    The secret lives of the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Bruce▲62

    The definitive Bruce Springsteen bio

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography▲66

    Autobio from one of the first New York punks

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Psychedelic Suburbia▲70

    David Bowie and the Beckenham Arts Lab

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove▲60

    Questlove's Autobiography

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Dataclysm▲71

    What our online lives tell us about our offline selves

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Tubes▲54

    A Journey to the Center of the Internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Game▲63

    Penetrating the secret society of pickup artists

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    A Life Decoded▲67

    My genome: My life

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Flip Book Fan▲54

    A breezy little book

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Shallows▲65

    What the internet is doing to our brains

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Smartbomb▲57

    The quest for art, entertainment & big bucks

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The 50th Law▲73

    The stories and techniques behind 50 Cent's fearlessness.

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Decoded▲65

    Jay Z behind the music

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists▲71

    Encyclopedia of Hip Hop

    2015 · its alternatives →

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