I saw Guns N’ Roses for the first time in my life this month, so naturally I had to beef up on my GN’R factoids. This book isn’t really that, though. Duff McKagan writes about his alcohol addiction and his dances with death. He writes about how he overcame it all and has to tell himself every day that he’s an addict. Did you ever think a memoir could be a page-turner? This one is. One hundred percent. Its structure is perfect — it starts with his daughter’s 13th birthday party, then goes to his childhood, then begins the tale of Guns N’ Roses and beyond. His stories are gnarly, but he’s eloquent in telling them. He’s wise. He’s funny. He made me cry a little. It’s all I talked about while I read it, and I’ll probably continue talking about it for a while.

From The Best Books We Read in July 2016 at Book Riot.