20 books written by or about women musicians

by Alternative Press
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20 books
In these 20 books, women musicians and writers highlight their struggles and triumphs in an arena dominated by men.
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Girl in a Band

Kim Gordon, 2015

Rat Girl

A Memoir
Kristin Hersh, 2010

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

A Memoir
Carrie Brownstein, 2015

Neon Angel

A Memoir of a Runaway
Cherie Currie, Tony O'Neill, 2011

Just Kids

Patti Smith, 2010

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

A Memoir
Viv Albertine, 2014

Celia

My Life
Celia Cruz, Ana Cristina Reymundo, 2005

My Love Story

Tina Turner, 2019

Girls to the Front

The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
Sara Marcus, 2010

Cinderella's Big Score

Women of the Punk and Indie Underground
Maria Raha, 2004

I Put A Spell On You

The Autobiography Of Nina Simone
Nina Simone, 1993

Tranny

Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
Laura Jane Grace, 2016

Words Will Break Cement

The Passion of Pussy Riot
Masha Gessen, 2014

Pussy Riot!

A Punk Prayer For Freedom
Pussy Riot, 2013

Women Who Rock

Bessie to Beyonce. Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl.
Evelyn McDonnell, 2018

Imagine John Yoko

John Lennon, Yoko Ono, 2018

Between a Heart and a Rock Place

A Memoir
Pat Benatar, 2011

No Walls and the Recurring Dream

A Memoir
Ani DiFranco, 2020

Lady Sings the Blues

The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography
Billie Holiday, William Dufty, 2011

k.d. lang

all you get is me
Victoria Starr, 1998