Larger Than Life

By Maria Sherman,

Book cover of Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS

Book description

The music, the fans, the choreography, the clothes, the merch, the hysteria... the hair. The pop phenomenon that dominated the 1990s and 2000s has left a long-lasting mark on culture, yet no book has fully celebrated them. Maria Sherman has a deep love of boy bands and has written extensively…

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1 author picked Larger Than Life as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love reading about pop culture history and this was a technicolor burst of educational joy.

Written by a fan, this book was not a critical examination on the boy band industry but it was a delightful high-level look at male vocal groups from the Beatles to BTS. As someone with a fascination with fan culture, celebrity culture, and pop music, this book filled in some of the gaps in my knowledge, made me giggle, and brought back memories of my neighbor’s Tiger Beat posters.

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