Book description
A groundbreaking portrait of Kerouac as a young artist—from the award-winning author of Minor Characters
In The Voice is All, Joyce Johnson, author of her classic memoir, Door Wide Open, about her relationship with Jack Kerouac, brilliantly peels away layers of the Kerouac legend to show how, caught between two…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Voice Is All as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
We all grew up with the legends of Jack Kerouac and the Beats, and I love those legends.
Now here is the day-to-day truth behind how it all happened, how the Beats came together, and how Kerouac’s masterpiece On The Road was actually written. Joyce Johnson – a girlfriend of Kerouac’s with access to his daily journals – is an exceptional writer herself, which makes the paradigm shift of this book a joy to read.
I loved Kerouac’s old legend; now I love the facts behind it, and feel closer to his works than ever.
If you love The Voice Is All...
These Blue Mountains
A moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness.
German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Hedda…
Want books like The Voice Is All?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like The Voice Is All.
Share your top 3 reads of 2025!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,340
readers submitted
so far, will you?
📚 If you like The Voice Is All, you might also like...
Foxfire in the Snow
It's a time of change, between magic and alchemy.
Born the heir of a master woodcutter in a queendom defined by guilds and matrilineal inheritance, nonbinary Sorin can’t quite seem to find their place. At seventeen, an opportunity to attend an alchemical guild fair and secure an apprenticeship with the…
The Main Gate
Dr. Elise Marquette has spent years burying the past—until the past refuses to stay buried.
Hired to join Earth’s first interstellar contact team, she hopes the vastness of space will finally offer distance from the ghosts of war and the wounds left by a mother who never let her be…
