Tales of Rocking - Rock Music Fiction
Explore thrilling rock music fiction with Tales of Rocking! Dive into a curated list of books featuring wild tales, legendary bands, and the electrifying world of rock. Perfect for music lovers and fiction fans alike.
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How Soon is Never?
by Marc Spitz
From Spitz--"Spin" writer and author of "We Got the Neutron Bomb"--comes a poignant, hilarious novel of what happens when you're 30-something, strung-out, disillusioned . . …
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The Exes
by Pagan Kennedy
A novel on a Boston band made up of ex-boyfriends and girlfriends. It is a publicity stunt by two former lovers, songwriter Lilly and guitarist …
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I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
by Stephanie Kuehnert
A raw, edgy, emotional novel about growing up punk and living to tell. The Clash. Social Distortion. Dead Kennedys. Patti Smith. The Ramones. Punk rock …
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A & R
by Bill Flanagan
When Jim Cantone accepts an offer to become head of A & R (artists and repertoire) at WorldWide Records, he quickly finds himself in "a …
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Gary Benchley, Rock Star
by Paul Ford
Aspiring rock star Gary Benchley leaves his dead-end life to seek his fortune in that hotbed of hipsters--Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Earnestly optimistic, he chronicles his trials …
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The Wishbones
by Tom Perrotta
Everything is going pretty well for Dave Raymond. He's 31, but he still feels young. He's playing guitar with the Wishbones, a New Jersey wedding …
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The Other Life of Brian
by Graham Parker
The former singer-songwriter who created such albums as Howlin' Wind and Heat Treatment and Deepcut to Nowhere pens his first novel, a funny, strange tale …
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Tales of a Punk Rock Nothing
by Abram Shalom Himelstein
The classic underground novel about a Jewish kid from Tennessee, who moves to D.C. and hangs out with militant vegetarians, manifesto-writing shoplifters, and strippers who …
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How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets
by Garth Stein
Evan had a hit single. But that was 10 years ago. Now 31, he's drifting, playing in a local band and teaching middle-aged guys to …
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High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
From the bestselling author of About a Boy, A Long Way Down and Dickens and Prince, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and …
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
Read the cult-favorite coming of age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. …
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Too Much, Too Late
by Marc Spitz
Unlikely ex-rock star Sandy James grumbles, bemoans, and proselytizes about the long career but short success of his rock band, the Jane Ashers, in this …
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King Dork
by Frank Portman
High school loser Tom Henderson discovers that "The Catcher in the Rye" may hold the clues to the many mysteries in his life.
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Garden State
by Rick Moody
This first novel by the acclaimed author of Demonology and The Ice Storm traces a group of friends in Haledon, New Jersey, through one Spring …
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The Words of Every Song
by Liz Moore
From the acclaimed author of Long Bright River and Heft, a novel that allows us to take a peek behind the curtain of the music …
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The Smiths' Meat is Murder
by Joe Pernice
Joe Pernice is the singer-songwriter behind The Pernice Brothers. His previous band was The Scud Mountain Boys, and he has also recorded under the name …
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Never Mind the Goldbergs
by Matthue Roth
A seventeen-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl leaves her home in New York for the summer to film a television show in California.
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Pretty Little Dirty
by Amanda Boyden
A dazzling, racy, and exuberant debut--Amanda Boyden tells the story of two Midwestern girls of privilege in the late 70s and early 80s and their …
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Our Noise
by Jeff Gomez
Originally published as a serial 'zine of interelated stories, Our Noise quickly became popular as a cult favorite, garnering rave reviews from unde rground magazines …
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Fat Kid Rules the World
by K. L. Going
A Michael L. Printz Honor Book Troy Billings is seventeen, 296 pounds, friendless, utterly miserable, and about to step off a New York subway platform …
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Don't Sleep With Your Drummer
by Jen Sincero
At twenty-eight, Jenny Troanni has decided to become the rock goddess she was always meant to be. Items on her new to-do list include: 1) …