You don't have to be a Dylan fanatic, or even care about him much, to appreciate this first volume of his autobiography. He describes his life and the period of the early 60's in a remarkably vivid (and surprisingly lucid!) way.

I too liked Cronicles -- Part 1. He discusses his life in such an indirect way, that it's difficult to match up what he says with what I think I know about him. For example, he talks about what was going through his head when he was recording a certain album, but neglects to mention which album. That's kind of interesting.

I was reading it one night while my wife was watching "E.R." on the television. Dylan talks about the first time he heard the famous Robert Johnson album and how transfixed he was by it. I was thinking "Wow, it's been years since I've heard that record!" Just then, on the TV, they start playing a song from it. Spooky, huh!? -- I just thought I'd mention that.