Best Non Fiction About Music

101.
Things The Grandchildren Should Know
Things The Grandchildren Should Know 4.25 avg rating — 8,719 ratings
102.
Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past
Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past 3.84 avg rating — 2,965 ratings
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The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy
The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy 4.34 avg rating — 554 ratings
104.
Beethoven: The Universal Composer
Beethoven: The Universal Composer 4.02 avg rating — 1,924 ratings
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Silence: Lectures and Writings
Silence: Lectures and Writings
by: John Cage
4.22 avg rating — 3,569 ratings
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Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece
Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece 4.26 avg rating — 1,327 ratings
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Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend
Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend 4.20 avg rating — 1,670 ratings
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Jimi Hendrix: Black Legacy
Jimi Hendrix: Black Legacy 4.58 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Five Against One
Five Against One
by: Kim Neely
3.86 avg rating — 853 ratings
110.
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé 4.17 avg rating — 1,748 ratings
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Dark Horse: The Life And Art Of George Harrison
Dark Horse: The Life And Art Of George Harrison 3.44 avg rating — 313 ratings
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The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History
The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History
by: Jim Walsh
3.82 avg rating — 1,622 ratings
113.
A Drink With Shane MacGowan
A Drink With Shane MacGowan 3.87 avg rating — 1,208 ratings
114.
It Came From Memphis
It Came From Memphis 4.14 avg rating — 553 ratings
115.
Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste
Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste 3.97 avg rating — 3,617 ratings
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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 3.97 avg rating — 2,168 ratings
117.
Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans
Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans 4.03 avg rating — 912 ratings
118.
Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd
Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd 4.17 avg rating — 3,102 ratings
119.
Mozart: A Life in Letters
Mozart: A Life in Letters 4.32 avg rating — 171 ratings
120.
The Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes
The Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes 3.80 avg rating — 2,130 ratings
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Bird Lives!: The High Life & Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker
Bird Lives!: The High Life & Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker 4.18 avg rating — 784 ratings
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Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. One
Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. One
by: V. Vale
4.22 avg rating — 491 ratings
123.
Britpop!: Cool Britannia And The Spectacular Demise Of English Rock
Britpop!: Cool Britannia And The Spectacular Demise Of English Rock 4.08 avg rating — 1,214 ratings
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The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music
The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music 3.95 avg rating — 460 ratings
125.
Complete
Complete 4.38 avg rating — 465 ratings
126.
Johnny Cash: The Life
Johnny Cash: The Life 4.28 avg rating — 4,323 ratings
127.
My Cross to Bear
My Cross to Bear 3.89 avg rating — 6,108 ratings
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I Lived to Tell It All
I Lived to Tell It All 4.16 avg rating — 990 ratings
129.
The Rolling Stone Interviews, 1967-1980
The Rolling Stone Interviews, 1967-1980 4.12 avg rating — 95 ratings
130.
The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret
The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret 4.07 avg rating — 2,416 ratings
131.
From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World
From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World 3.91 avg rating — 1,724 ratings
132.
Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited
Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited 3.98 avg rating — 1,535 ratings
133.
Lennon Remembers: The Full Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970
Lennon Remembers: The Full Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970 4.13 avg rating — 2,275 ratings
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Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation
Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation 3.75 avg rating — 6,224 ratings
135.
Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues 4.05 avg rating — 7,373 ratings
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Nico: Songs They Never Play on the Radio
Nico: Songs They Never Play on the Radio 3.96 avg rating — 928 ratings
137.
Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business
Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business 4.12 avg rating — 4,722 ratings
138.
Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd
Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd 3.98 avg rating — 1,244 ratings
139.
The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung [Oct 25, 2016] Scruton, Roger
The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung [Oct 25, 2016] Scruton, Roger 4.13 avg rating — 240 ratings
140.
But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz
But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz 4.24 avg rating — 3,184 ratings
141.
Exile On Main Street: A Season In Hell With The Rolling Stones
Exile On Main Street: A Season In Hell With The Rolling Stones 3.44 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
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Head-On/Repossessed
Head-On/Repossessed 4.36 avg rating — 1,123 ratings
143.
The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way)
The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way) 4.34 avg rating — 442 ratings
144.
The Book of Rock Lists
The Book of Rock Lists 3.85 avg rating — 163 ratings
144.
Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny
Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny 4.20 avg rating — 2,077 ratings
146.
A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America
A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America 4.14 avg rating — 371 ratings
147.
Rhythm and the Blues: A Life in American Music
Rhythm and the Blues: A Life in American Music 4.14 avg rating — 154 ratings
148.
Lennon: The Definitive Biography
Lennon: The Definitive Biography 4.06 avg rating — 1,885 ratings
149.
Beneath the Underdog
Beneath the Underdog 3.83 avg rating — 3,839 ratings
150.
Where Dead Voices Gather
Where Dead Voices Gather 3.92 avg rating — 300 ratings
150.
Krautrocksampler: One Head's Guide to the Great Kosmische Musik
Krautrocksampler: One Head's Guide to the Great Kosmische Musik 4.22 avg rating — 595 ratings
152.
In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music
In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music 4.05 avg rating — 275 ratings
153.
Long Time Gone
Long Time Gone 4.03 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
154.
Music is My Mistress
Music is My Mistress 3.99 avg rating — 438 ratings
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Ain't No Grave: The Life and Legacy of Brother Claude Ely
Ain't No Grave: The Life and Legacy of Brother Claude Ely 3.59 avg rating — 872 ratings
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Skinhead... The Life I Chose: Memoirs of a Real Skin
Skinhead... The Life I Chose: Memoirs of a Real Skin 3.64 avg rating — 962 ratings
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Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present (Phono: Black Music and the Global Imagination) (Volume 1)
Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present (Phono: Black Music and the Global Imagination) (Volume 1) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
158.
I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp
I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp 3.63 avg rating — 2,429 ratings
159.
Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore
Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore 3.96 avg rating — 2,066 ratings
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We Owe You Nothing, Punk Planet : The Collected Interviews
We Owe You Nothing, Punk Planet : The Collected Interviews 3.97 avg rating — 1,300 ratings
161.
The Fallen: Searching for the Missing Members of The Fall
The Fallen: Searching for the Missing Members of The Fall 3.90 avg rating — 626 ratings
162.
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink 3.82 avg rating — 3,877 ratings
163.
Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn 4.32 avg rating — 738 ratings
164.
Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
Reckless: My Life as a Pretender 3.49 avg rating — 4,818 ratings
165.
The Dustbin of History
The Dustbin of History 3.56 avg rating — 144 ratings
166.
Mozart: A Life
Mozart: A Life
by: Peter Gay
3.68 avg rating — 658 ratings
167.
Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization 3.89 avg rating — 592 ratings
168.
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove 4.12 avg rating — 7,195 ratings
169.
24 Hour Party People: What the Sleeve Notes Never Tell You
24 Hour Party People: What the Sleeve Notes Never Tell You 3.94 avg rating — 1,393 ratings
169.
X-Ray: The Unauthorized Autobiography
X-Ray: The Unauthorized Autobiography 3.84 avg rating — 730 ratings
171.
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday 4.28 avg rating — 1,707 ratings
172.
Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed
Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed 4.02 avg rating — 89 ratings
173.
A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead
A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead 4.25 avg rating — 2,910 ratings
174.
Searching for Robert Johnson
Searching for Robert Johnson 3.88 avg rating — 740 ratings
175.
Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970
Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970 3.85 avg rating — 2,513 ratings
176.
Take It Like a Man: The Autobiography of Boy George
Take It Like a Man: The Autobiography of Boy George 4.06 avg rating — 1,368 ratings
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33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day
33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day 3.97 avg rating — 684 ratings
178.
I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution 3.89 avg rating — 4,793 ratings
179.
Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll
Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll 4.07 avg rating — 4,193 ratings
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Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles
Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles 4.29 avg rating — 6,426 ratings
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Songs
Songs 4.46 avg rating — 383 ratings
182.
And a Voice to Sing With
And a Voice to Sing With
by: Joan Baez
3.94 avg rating — 1,179 ratings
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Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music
Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 565 ratings
182.
Feel Like Going Home
Feel Like Going Home 4.18 avg rating — 497 ratings
185.
Jazz In The Bittersweet Blues Of Life
Jazz In The Bittersweet Blues Of Life 3.82 avg rating — 121 ratings
186.
Unsung Heroes Of Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth Of Rock In The Wild Years Before Elvis
Unsung Heroes Of Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth Of Rock In The Wild Years Before Elvis 4.08 avg rating — 395 ratings
187.
Neil and Me
Neil and Me 3.96 avg rating — 257 ratings
188.
The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart
The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart 4.10 avg rating — 2,034 ratings
189.
How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger
How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger 4.16 avg rating — 184 ratings
190.
Uptight: The Velvet Underground Story
Uptight: The Velvet Underground Story 3.87 avg rating — 603 ratings
191.
Blues People: The Negro Experience In White America And The Music That Developed From It
Blues People: The Negro Experience In White America And The Music That Developed From It 4.15 avg rating — 2,386 ratings
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Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years In New York That Changed Music Forever
Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years In New York That Changed Music Forever 3.90 avg rating — 2,630 ratings
193.
Rock Albums of the '70s: A Critical Guide
Rock Albums of the '70s: A Critical Guide 4.37 avg rating — 198 ratings
194.
Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance
Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance 3.91 avg rating — 1,494 ratings
195.
The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music
The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music 4.23 avg rating — 117 ratings
196.
Joy Division: Piece by Piece
Joy Division: Piece by Piece 3.82 avg rating — 212 ratings
197.
Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star
Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star 4.13 avg rating — 468 ratings
198.
In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992
In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992 3.84 avg rating — 763 ratings
198.
Classical Music, Why Bother?
Classical Music, Why Bother? 3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Broken Music: A Memoir
Broken Music: A Memoir
by: Sting
3.88 avg rating — 4,731 ratings
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