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Howard Sounes

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Biographer of Bob Dylan, Charles Bukowski and Paul McCartney. Also histories and true crime - Fred & Rose, Heist - with The Fred West Tapes new in 2025.

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Average rating: 4.0 · 15,933 ratings · 980 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan 4.01 avg rating — 5,054 ratings — published 2001 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fred & Rose 4.05 avg rating — 3,976 ratings — published 1995 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life 4.21 avg rating — 3,479 ratings — published 1998 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney 3.80 avg rating — 1,241 ratings — published 2010 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse 3.57 avg rating — 800 ratings — published 2013 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notes from the Velvet Underground: The Life of Lou Reed 3.66 avg rating — 305 ratings — published 2015 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heist: The True Story of the World's Biggest Cash Robbery 3.68 avg rating — 254 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Woman: Myra Hindley’s Prison Love Affair and Escape Attempt 3.85 avg rating — 182 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bukowski in Pictures 4.10 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seventies: The Sights, Sounds and Ideas of a Brilliant Decade 3.77 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Howard Sounes liked Natasha Alsop's review of The Fred West Tapes: Secrets of the Fred & Rose West Murder Investigation: "Disturbing at times but never unnecessarily graphic. Lots of details in here that I, as someone who consumes a lot of true crime content, was unaware of. This book really compliments the author's podcast on the subject."
Oct 27, 2025 02:32AM · see review
Howard Sounes liked Bobby24's review of The Fred West Tapes: Secrets of the Fred & Rose West Murder Investigation: "The best compliment i think one could make is to say an author has written a definitive book on a topic and i would say that about him, namely his first book on this topic. When you work on a topic like this it must be hard if not impossible to let go" Read more of this review »
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Howard Sounes and 14 other people liked Louise's review of Notes from the Velvet Underground: The Life of Lou Reed: "This is a reporter style narrative of the messy life of Lou Reed. It is "clearly written" and "non-judgmental" as author Howard Sounes says a good biography should be. The approach is linear starting with the family, childhood and youth. You get clea" Read more of this review »
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“I do believe that it takes a strong dose of alienation to make a good artist or writer in the modern world. You can’t be too well-adjusted and still have anything interesting to say.”
― Howard Sounes, Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life

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“she picked him up by the neck and throttled him, actually lifting his body off the floor.”
― Howard Sounes, Fred & Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors

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“You will always be Mrs West, all over the world. That is important to me and to you.”
― Howard Sounes, Fred & Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors

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