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24 alternatives to The Sun & Moon & The Rolling Stones

An insider's biography of the greatest rock and roll band

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Sun & Moon & The Rolling Stones launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Grunge Is Dead: Oral History of Seattle Rock Music▲53

   Interviews from some of the grunge's most iconic bands

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time▲56

   This cover the best of the best music ever made.

   2015 · rollingstone.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Ricky Nelson Uncovered: How I Learned the Truth About His Final Days▲60

   Music lovers & hollywood junkies will love this insider info

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Heroin Diaries▲66

   The book every rock and drug historian needs to read

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Heroin Diaries▲66

   A year in the life of a shattered rock star

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   How Music Works by David Byrne▲61

   The joy, physics and business of making music

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   This Is Your Brain on Music▲63

   Exploring the connection between music and the human brain

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   How We Listen Now▲63

   Essays and conversations about music and technology

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Last Love Song▲117

   A biography of Joan Didion

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Google Guys▲64

    Inside the Brilliant Minds of Google's Founders

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Bowie: The Biography▲90

    Discover the man behind the myth

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Great Depression: A Diary▲66

    Day by day overview of the Great Depression

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sundial▲133

    Timehop for music

    2016 · usesundial.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Hamilton: The Revolution▲66

    Book version of the groundbreaking musical

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    MusicMap▲201

    Genealogy and history of popular music genres (1870-2016)

    2016 · musicmap.info · its alternatives →

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    The Best Song▲146

    The fun way to discover good music

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    It's a Long Story: My Life▲71

    Willie Nelson's musical & personal life story

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Lucky: Professor Green ▲59

    A rare insight into one of the most exciting musicians

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    My Cross to Bear▲54

    Rock music icon Gregg Allman's life journey

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing▲60

    Learn what separates the winners from the losers

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Dirt▲61

    Mötley Crüe's tell-all, collective autobiography

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Brothers▲71

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    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789▲65

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    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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