Best Non Fiction About Music

1.
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk 4.19 avg rating — 35,974 ratings
2.
Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating — 333,589 ratings
3.
Chronicles, Volume One
Chronicles, Volume One
by: Bob Dylan
3.98 avg rating — 60,436 ratings
4.
Life
Life 3.89 avg rating — 97,133 ratings
5.
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 4.22 avg rating — 17,531 ratings
6.
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time 3.87 avg rating — 41,519 ratings
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The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
by: Tommy Lee
4.14 avg rating — 48,129 ratings
8.
Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain
Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain 4.12 avg rating — 34,280 ratings
9.
No One Here Gets Out Alive
No One Here Gets Out Alive 3.94 avg rating — 45,763 ratings
10.
Cash
Cash 4.02 avg rating — 24,975 ratings
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Slash
Slash
by: Slash
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30,028 ratings
12.
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung 4.02 avg rating — 9,732 ratings
13.
I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie 3.70 avg rating — 21,012 ratings
14.
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley 4.17 avg rating — 9,894 ratings
15.
The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star 4.14 avg rating — 38,554 ratings
16.
Love, Janis
Love, Janis 4.11 avg rating — 3,951 ratings
17.
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 — 15,699 ratings
18.
Miles: The Autobiography
Miles: The Autobiography 4.21 avg rating — 16,135 ratings
19.
Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge
Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge
by: Mark Yarm
4.27 avg rating — 4,277 ratings
20.
Scar Tissue
Scar Tissue 4.11 avg rating — 99,099 ratings
21.
Clapton: The Autobiography
Clapton: The Autobiography 3.83 avg rating — 28,819 ratings
22.
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain 3.95 avg rating — 72,826 ratings
23.
The Real Frank Zappa Book
The Real Frank Zappa Book 4.13 avg rating — 6,579 ratings
24.
Bound for Glory
Bound for Glory 4.14 avg rating — 5,965 ratings
25.
Angels Dance and Angels Die: The Tragic Romance of Pamela and Jim Morrison
Angels Dance and Angels Die: The Tragic Romance of Pamela and Jim Morrison 4.07 avg rating — 895 ratings
26.
Rip it Up and Start Again. Post-punk 1978-1984
Rip it Up and Start Again. Post-punk 1978-1984 4.07 avg rating — 9,086 ratings
27.
The Beatles Anthology
The Beatles Anthology 4.38 avg rating — 17,683 ratings
28.
England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond
England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond 4.07 avg rating — 7,297 ratings
29.
Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs
Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs 3.95 avg rating — 6,593 ratings
30.
The Beatles: The Biography
The Beatles: The Biography
by: Bob Spitz
4.09 avg rating — 13,233 ratings
31.
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution 3.95 avg rating — 8,795 ratings
32.
Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota 3.82 avg rating — 13,992 ratings
33.
It's So Easy: And Other Lies
It's So Easy: And Other Lies 4.23 avg rating — 12,205 ratings
34.
I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen 4.19 avg rating — 5,123 ratings
35.
Hammer of the Gods
Hammer of the Gods 3.86 avg rating — 13,504 ratings
36.
Shakey: Neil Young's Biography
Shakey: Neil Young's Biography 4.09 avg rating — 8,316 ratings
37.
Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag
Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag 4.10 avg rating — 8,984 ratings
38.
Songbook
Songbook 3.56 avg rating — 14,165 ratings
39.
Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story 3.85 avg rating — 28,394 ratings
40.
Born to Run
Born to Run 4.19 avg rating — 53,071 ratings
41.
Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix 4.17 avg rating — 10,213 ratings
42.
Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend
Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend 4.13 avg rating — 4,203 ratings
43.
How Music Works
How Music Works 4.01 avg rating — 27,467 ratings
44.
Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin
Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin 3.83 avg rating — 2,276 ratings
45.
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century 3.99 avg rating — 3,711 ratings
46.
I, Me, Mine
I, Me, Mine 4.05 avg rating — 5,328 ratings
47.
Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer
Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer 4.17 avg rating — 2,128 ratings
48.
This Is Your Brain on Music
This Is Your Brain on Music 3.89 avg rating — 66,726 ratings
49.
I Am Ozzy
I Am Ozzy 4.11 avg rating — 30,577 ratings
50.
Beastie Boys Book
Beastie Boys Book 4.53 avg rating — 13,805 ratings
51.
The Illustrated Vivian Stanshall: A Fairytale of Grimm Art
The Illustrated Vivian Stanshall: A Fairytale of Grimm Art 4.91 avg rating — 216 ratings
52.
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation 4.14 avg rating — 5,536 ratings
53.
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Where Did You Sleep Last Night 3.56 avg rating — 388 ratings
54.
Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll
Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll 4.04 avg rating — 3,544 ratings
55.
Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me
Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me 3.72 avg rating — 15,768 ratings
56.
U2 by U2
U2 by U2
by: U2
4.27 avg rating — 2,797 ratings
57.
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley 4.37 avg rating — 4,618 ratings
58.
Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana
Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana 4.07 avg rating — 10,288 ratings
59.
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom 4.24 avg rating — 2,349 ratings
60.
Faithfull
Faithfull 4.01 avg rating — 3,341 ratings
61.
Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina
Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina 3.91 avg rating — 3,609 ratings
62.
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell 3.81 avg rating — 31,709 ratings
63.
Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends
Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends 3.84 avg rating — 2,144 ratings
64.
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now 4.17 avg rating — 4,039 ratings
65.
Autobiography
Autobiography
by: Morrissey
3.61 avg rating — 13,282 ratings
66.
Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division
Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division 3.92 avg rating — 8,998 ratings
67.
White Line Fever: The Autobiography
White Line Fever: The Autobiography 3.96 avg rating — 9,990 ratings
68.
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys 4.28 avg rating — 13,073 ratings
69.
Lords of Chaos
Lords of Chaos 3.68 avg rating — 8,661 ratings
70.
This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band
This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band 4.27 avg rating — 4,457 ratings
71.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon 4.02 avg rating — 3,525 ratings
72.
Shout! The Beatles in Their Generation
Shout! The Beatles in Their Generation 4.04 avg rating — 5,967 ratings
73.
Let it Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic
Let it Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic 3.90 avg rating — 2,466 ratings
74.
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta 4.22 avg rating — 1,994 ratings
75.
Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd
Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd 4.12 avg rating — 5,285 ratings
76.
Journals
Journals 4.01 avg rating — 17,519 ratings
77.
Hellfire
Hellfire 4.22 avg rating — 1,718 ratings
78.
Mozart
Mozart 4.11 avg rating — 1,229 ratings
79.
Passion Is a Fashion: The Real Story of the Clash
Passion Is a Fashion: The Real Story of the Clash 4.13 avg rating — 1,369 ratings
80.
Talking to Girls About Duran Duran
Talking to Girls About Duran Duran 3.59 avg rating — 8,611 ratings
81.
John
John 4.12 avg rating — 9,082 ratings
82.
The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones
The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones 4.08 avg rating — 2,418 ratings
83.
U2 at the End of the World
U2 at the End of the World 4.35 avg rating — 1,227 ratings
84.
Tune In (The Beatles: All These Years, #1)
Tune In (The Beatles: All These Years, #1) 4.72 avg rating — 4,037 ratings
85.
Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America
Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America 4.20 avg rating — 1,991 ratings
86.
Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties
Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties 4.25 avg rating — 5,721 ratings
87.
Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey
Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey 4.08 avg rating — 2,351 ratings
88.
Riders on the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors
Riders on the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors 3.99 avg rating — 7,026 ratings
89.
A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties 3.85 avg rating — 4,069 ratings
90.
Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians
Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians 4.22 avg rating — 823 ratings
91.
Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams
Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams 3.94 avg rating — 1,114 ratings
92.
Last Gang in Town: The Story and Myth of the Clash
Last Gang in Town: The Story and Myth of the Clash 3.97 avg rating — 407 ratings
93.
Beethoven
Beethoven 4.19 avg rating — 1,757 ratings
94.
Laurel Canyon
Laurel Canyon 3.79 avg rating — 2,832 ratings
95.
White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s
White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s
by: Joe Boyd
4.01 avg rating — 2,798 ratings
96.
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
97.
Me
Me 4.32 avg rating — 70,307 ratings
98.
Past Deadline: A Blurry Glimpse Into the Aspen Music Beat
Past Deadline: A Blurry Glimpse Into the Aspen Music Beat 4.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
99.
'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy and Other Misheard Lyrics
'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy and Other Misheard Lyrics 3.73 avg rating — 284 ratings
100.
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music 4.44 avg rating — 162,501 ratings
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