https://www.amazon.com/High-Times-Hard-Anita-ODay/dp/0879101180

https://www.amazon.com/Straight-Life-Story-Art-Pepper/dp/0306805588

https://www.amazon.com/ART-Why-Stuck-Junkie-Jazzman/dp/1494297574

https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Soul-Music-Southern-Freedom/dp/0316332739

And this essential book that almost no one has ever heard of, although it is the only book from its time, written by an actual jazz musician who was there . An absolute gem.
https://www.amazon.com/JAZZ-MASTERS-THIRTIES-Rex-Stewart/dp/B000W2S6DY