52 Book Club 2023: Summer Road Trip Challenge – Inspired by Classical Music

1.
Bel Canto
Bel Canto 3.94 avg rating — 312,402 ratings
2.
The Violin Conspiracy
The Violin Conspiracy 4.11 avg rating — 64,587 ratings
3.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,812 ratings
4.
The Mozart Code
The Mozart Code 3.46 avg rating — 894 ratings
5.
The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher 3.36 avg rating — 23,665 ratings
6.
A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing
A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing
by: Jessie Tu
3.18 avg rating — 11,724 ratings
7.
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay 4.38 avg rating — 2,115 ratings
7.
Light from Uncommon Stars
Light from Uncommon Stars
by: Ryka Aoki
4.05 avg rating — 36,858 ratings
7.
The Unwanted Marriage (The Windsors, #3)
The Unwanted Marriage (The Windsors, #3) 4.03 avg rating — 57,873 ratings
7.
Natural Beauty
Natural Beauty 3.80 avg rating — 21,445 ratings
7.
The Enchanted Sonata
The Enchanted Sonata 4.03 avg rating — 2,563 ratings
7.
Maddalena and the Dark
Maddalena and the Dark 3.37 avg rating — 1,261 ratings
13.
The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata 3.86 avg rating — 34,047 ratings
13.
Every Note Played
Every Note Played 4.12 avg rating — 46,682 ratings
13.
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera 3.96 avg rating — 267,580 ratings
13.
Ballad for Sophie
Ballad for Sophie 4.67 avg rating — 7,912 ratings
17.
An Equal Music
An Equal Music 3.80 avg rating — 10,957 ratings
17.
How Music Works
How Music Works 4.01 avg rating — 27,476 ratings
17.
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow 4.32 avg rating — 637,005 ratings
20.
On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach 3.62 avg rating — 99,819 ratings
20.
The Joy of Music
The Joy of Music 4.18 avg rating — 2,068 ratings
22.
Appassionata (Rutshire Chronicles #5)
Appassionata (Rutshire Chronicles #5) 3.90 avg rating — 3,185 ratings
22.
Unquiet: My Life with Beethoven: Words + Music
Unquiet: My Life with Beethoven: Words + Music 3.72 avg rating — 324 ratings
24.
The Travelling Hornplayer
The Travelling Hornplayer 3.85 avg rating — 1,317 ratings
24.
The Prague Sonata: Library Edition
The Prague Sonata: Library Edition 4.10 avg rating — 3,390 ratings
26.
The Courage Consort: Three Novellas
The Courage Consort: Three Novellas 3.44 avg rating — 1,049 ratings
27.
The Lost Stradivarius
The Lost Stradivarius 3.52 avg rating — 789 ratings
28.
Grace Notes
Grace Notes 3.76 avg rating — 1,617 ratings
29.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus 4.08 avg rating — 13,445 ratings
30.
Songs of Triumphant Love
Songs of Triumphant Love 3.32 avg rating — 31 ratings
31.
The Aerodynamics of Pork
The Aerodynamics of Pork 3.58 avg rating — 389 ratings
32.
Music & Silence
Music & Silence 3.95 avg rating — 4,802 ratings
33.
And After the Fire
And After the Fire 3.92 avg rating — 5,379 ratings
34.
The Song Beneath the Ice
The Song Beneath the Ice 3.37 avg rating — 38 ratings
35.
Mozart's Last Aria
Mozart's Last Aria
by: Matt Rees
3.22 avg rating — 1,822 ratings
36.
Marrying Mozart
Marrying Mozart 3.58 avg rating — 2,176 ratings
37.
A Minor Deception (Joseph Haydn Mystery, #1)
A Minor Deception (Joseph Haydn Mystery, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 39 ratings
38.
Aria to Death (Joseph Haydn Mystery, #2)
Aria to Death (Joseph Haydn Mystery, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings
39.
Prussian Counterpoint (Joseph Haydn Mystery Series, #3)
Prussian Counterpoint (Joseph Haydn Mystery Series, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
40.
Napoleon Symphony: A Novel in Four Movements
Napoleon Symphony: A Novel in Four Movements 3.60 avg rating — 351 ratings
41.
A Woman of Note
A Woman of Note 3.80 avg rating — 434 ratings
42.
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician 4.20 avg rating — 1,135 ratings
43.
The Mozart Conspiracy (Ben Hope, #2)
The Mozart Conspiracy (Ben Hope, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 6,527 ratings
44.
Mozart's Starling
Mozart's Starling 3.96 avg rating — 3,423 ratings
45.
Mozart's Sister (Ladies of History, #1)
Mozart's Sister (Ladies of History, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 2,133 ratings
46.
Bach, Beethoven and the Boys: Music History as It Ought to Be Taught
Bach, Beethoven and the Boys: Music History as It Ought to Be Taught 3.87 avg rating — 685 ratings
47.
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
by: Alex Ross
4.10 avg rating — 15,703 ratings
48.
Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa
Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa 3.90 avg rating — 6,805 ratings
49.
The Noise of Time
The Noise of Time 3.75 avg rating — 26,208 ratings
50.
This Is Your Brain on Music
This Is Your Brain on Music 3.89 avg rating — 66,736 ratings
51.
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier 3.98 avg rating — 6,513 ratings
52.
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad 4.35 avg rating — 6,300 ratings
53.
The Ensemble
The Ensemble
by: Aja Gabel
3.48 avg rating — 10,552 ratings
54.
Carmen Abroad: Bizet's Opera on the Global Stage
Carmen Abroad: Bizet's Opera on the Global Stage 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
55.
The Edge of Beyond: Ralph Vaughan Williams in the First World War
The Edge of Beyond: Ralph Vaughan Williams in the First World War it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
56.
Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces
Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces 3.89 avg rating — 427 ratings
57.
Bach Cello Suites
Bach Cello Suites 4.18 avg rating — 117 ratings
58.
A Very Nice Girl
A Very Nice Girl 3.35 avg rating — 8,938 ratings
59.
The Great Passion
The Great Passion 3.95 avg rating — 1,468 ratings
60.
The Music Shop
The Music Shop 3.84 avg rating — 33,827 ratings
61.
The Rehearsal
The Rehearsal 3.43 avg rating — 6,421 ratings
62.
The Ballroom
The Ballroom
by: Anna Hope
3.79 avg rating — 6,948 ratings
63.
The Time of Our Singing
The Time of Our Singing 4.26 avg rating — 4,147 ratings
64.
Lev's Violin: An Italian Adventure
Lev's Violin: An Italian Adventure 3.86 avg rating — 295 ratings
65.
The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher 3.60 avg rating — 15,373 ratings
66.
Take Nothing With You
Take Nothing With You 4.07 avg rating — 3,224 ratings
67.
Life, Death and Cellos (The Stockwell Park Orchestra Series Book 1)
Life, Death and Cellos (The Stockwell Park Orchestra Series Book 1) 4.01 avg rating — 126 ratings
68.
Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music
Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music 3.39 avg rating — 3,134 ratings
69.
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Do Not Say We Have Nothing 3.92 avg rating — 23,796 ratings
70.
The Cellist of Sarajevo
The Cellist of Sarajevo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43,330 ratings
71.
Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung
Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung
by: Min Kym
3.91 avg rating — 1,740 ratings
72.
The Spanish Bow
The Spanish Bow 3.70 avg rating — 1,065 ratings
73.
The Lost Pianos of Siberia
The Lost Pianos of Siberia 3.96 avg rating — 2,136 ratings
74.
The Hearing Trumpet
The Hearing Trumpet really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,850 ratings
75.
Meeting Mozart: A Novel Drawn From the Secret Diaries of Lorenzo Da Ponte
Meeting Mozart: A Novel Drawn From the Secret Diaries of Lorenzo Da Ponte 4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings
76.
This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity, #1)
This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 109,915 ratings
77.
Finding Yvonne
Finding Yvonne 3.55 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
78.
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 955,745 ratings
79.
Passenger (Passenger, #1)
Passenger (Passenger, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 42,037 ratings
80.
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 866,452 ratings
81.
The Lucy Variations
The Lucy Variations
by: Sara Zarr
3.56 avg rating — 5,056 ratings
82.
Night Music
Night Music 3.81 avg rating — 719 ratings
83.
Perfect Harmony
Perfect Harmony 3.77 avg rating — 143 ratings
84.
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven 4.08 avg rating — 1,681 ratings
85.
Beethoven
Beethoven 4.19 avg rating — 1,757 ratings
86.
Year of Wonder: Classical Music for Every Day
Year of Wonder: Classical Music for Every Day 4.41 avg rating — 1,334 ratings
87.
The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy
The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy 4.34 avg rating — 554 ratings
88.
Why Mahler?: How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World
Why Mahler?: How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World 3.75 avg rating — 463 ratings
89.
Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America From the Great War Through the Cold War
Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America From the Great War Through the Cold War 3.60 avg rating — 88 ratings
90.
The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824
The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824 3.59 avg rating — 984 ratings
91.
Evening in the Palace of Reason
Evening in the Palace of Reason 4.07 avg rating — 1,215 ratings
92.
Testimony: The Memoirs
Testimony: The Memoirs 4.10 avg rating — 917 ratings
93.
Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein
Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein 3.90 avg rating — 1,605 ratings
94.
Listen to This
Listen to This
by: Alex Ross
3.95 avg rating — 2,905 ratings
95.
I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello
I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello 3.63 avg rating — 235 ratings
96.
Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin
Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin 4.27 avg rating — 503 ratings
97.
Mole Music (Reading Rainbow Books)
Mole Music (Reading Rainbow Books) 4.26 avg rating — 611 ratings
98.
The Bear and the Piano
The Bear and the Piano 4.28 avg rating — 4,142 ratings
99.
Why Beethoven Threw the Stew
Why Beethoven Threw the Stew 4.05 avg rating — 294 ratings
100.
Bantam of the Opera
Bantam of the Opera 3.58 avg rating — 118 ratings
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