Harry Styles: The Biography, Offstage

by Ali Cronin

Although millions know his songs, and almost the entire world knows the story of his beginnings with One Direction, there's so much more to Harry Styles. Learn all about the story of his life, and all the "little things" that make Harry Styles such an icon.

From The X-Factor to One Direction to his incredible self-titled solo album, Harry Styles is an icon for our times. This unofficial biography details his early days discovering his love of music, right through to his first acting role in the action-packed Dunkirk . This is every fan's guide to Harry's transition from schoolboy to superstar.

• Packed with Harry quotes, stories, and facts!
• Quizzes to test your Harry knowledge!
• Record your favorite Harry moments! And much more!

192 pages, Paperback

Published August 29, 2017

About the author

Hello. I write YA / NA novels, I’m tall, and my hair is now shorter and redder than in this pic. Other than that, we’re good.

My books have been translated into several languages and have reached the top 10 of both the Amazon and iBooks charts. My LinkedIn page has more CV stuff, plus editorial endorsements.

My favourite food is Thai curry with coconut rice and Christmas cake, tho’ not at the same time HAHA.
I love a stud, of the metal-on-clothes-and-shoes variety. I don’t like studly men. They’re weird and serious. I like silly men, who are weird and lovely.

If I could have anyone over for tea, it’d be Vanessa Bell (for talking about sex in posh accents), Diana Athill (ditto, plus books), Mary Wesley (ditto again, plus the war), Lee Mack (he funny) and Don Draper (he sexy. And, yes, a bit studly. But he’s from the ‘60s so it’s OK).

Reviews

[chloe glenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can’t remember the last time I finished a book in two days!! I loved this so much, and I learned a lot. I enjoyed all of the quizzes, and “harry facts”! I only wish there was more information about other things. Like his life later in the band, not just 2011 & 2012. Also, the author never got the title “From The Dining Table” right and it drove me CRAZY! She kept calling it “From The Dining ROOM Table”. I mean reasonable to get that wrong but if your writing a BOOK about his life, you should get it right. Other than that it was great! Definitely recommend!

[Camryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked the book! I like how it had a quiz at the end!

[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a Harry Styles and One Direction fan, I absolutely loved this book!

[Rayjan Koehler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of a dry read to me..
Perfect for a teenage fangirl I suppose.

I got it at Dollar Tree so for $1, and i don't think I would've gotten my monies-worth if i spent the actual retail (whatever it is). The book isn't completely bad, but I'm not the intended audience.

It did say he dated a 30-some year old when he was still 17...so really weird. Where i come from that's illegal 🚫 for an adult to mess with a 17 year old, but maybe that's different in Hollywood.


Definitely won't be reading this again, but wasn't really for me anyway.

I do like 1 direction songs a little, but not a superfan or anything. I didn't even know the band members names before I found the book, Or that they decided to go on a break. I was hoping for a little more on singing or being a part of music production or something, but it was more about the guy & all the females he dated or people assumed that he dated and other personal tidbits.

[Anita · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I've recently been getting into HS music and watching youtube videos about him. I know he was in the band One Direction but that is about it. I found him to be a fun and interesting person from his interviews and since I love reading biographies, I picked this up on my Ipad. I found it to be a waste of $9.99. It seemed way too generic, short and full of quizzes and useless fillers. While I still find Harry to be interesting, I would not recommend this book unless you are around 7-9 years old.

[Dill E. Dally · Rating 2 out of 5]

Worth the $2 it cost me, but kind of disturbing to read. Kept imagining if someone wrote a book like this about me, sharing the details of my birth down to the minute and exact location and the weather and all of that. There’s a page dedicated to the reader writing what Harry would like about them if he only met them. Just feels a little odd, but maybe my relationship to him isn’t parasocial enough.

[Christy kearney · Rating 2 out of 5]

More of a book report with doodles, magazine quotations and internet findings than an actual biography. Perfect for the super fan but then maybe not bc most of the info was surface level that you could find with a quick google search.

[anna · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5

this book was fun but also not really all that. i knew most of the information in the book due to being a harry styles fan already. there were a lot of fun activity pages but at the end of the day just seemed like a waste of paper.

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun read. Very interactive also, which I enjoyed. Learned a lot too.

[Christine :) · Rating 5 out of 5]

beautiful 10/10

[Abigail · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok

It had lots of facts and quizzes, but I've read better bios. It was good and short though if you like really fangirlish books. The thing I didn't like was the constant of telling the reader to look something up on YouTube or Google...

[Cassidy Wisbiski · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Cassidy Wisbiski · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it I liked how it talked about his life and how there's quiz at the end. I bought it to school and one of my friends couldn't stop smiling at him.

[Joel Buck]

Kevin gave me this as a joke and in honor of the unashamed love for Harry Style and 1D he cultivated in me, so I told him I’d read it and I did. Ridiculous.