Best Non Fiction About Music

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Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings
Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings 4.05 avg rating — 581 ratings
202.
Society's Child: My Autobiography
Society's Child: My Autobiography
by: Janis Ian
4.01 avg rating — 1,195 ratings
202.
The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles
The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles 4.10 avg rating — 3,350 ratings
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Heroes of Blues, Jazz, and Country
Heroes of Blues, Jazz, and Country 4.27 avg rating — 851 ratings
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Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession
Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession 4.26 avg rating — 591 ratings
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Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf
Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf 4.22 avg rating — 576 ratings
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The Lives of the Great Composers
The Lives of the Great Composers 4.28 avg rating — 1,599 ratings
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Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music
Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music 3.54 avg rating — 1,136 ratings
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The Trouser Press Record Guide: The Ultimate Guide to Alternative Music
The Trouser Press Record Guide: The Ultimate Guide to Alternative Music 4.34 avg rating — 447 ratings
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Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll
Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll 4.07 avg rating — 257 ratings
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Bowie: A Biography
Bowie: A Biography 3.75 avg rating — 1,378 ratings
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How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music
How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music 3.89 avg rating — 1,096 ratings
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Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal
Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal 3.97 avg rating — 2,977 ratings
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A Cure For Gravity: A Musical Pilgrimage
A Cure For Gravity: A Musical Pilgrimage 4.21 avg rating — 496 ratings
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Visions of Jazz: The First Century
Visions of Jazz: The First Century 4.18 avg rating — 390 ratings
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Rock Bottom: Dark Moments in Music Babylon
Rock Bottom: Dark Moments in Music Babylon 3.51 avg rating — 455 ratings
217.
No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan
No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan 4.11 avg rating — 2,245 ratings
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Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke
Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke 4.08 avg rating — 1,054 ratings
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Zappa: A Biography
Zappa: A Biography 3.82 avg rating — 1,097 ratings
220.
Girl in a Band
Girl in a Band 3.67 avg rating — 31,031 ratings
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Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's Life and 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict
Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's Life and 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict 4.03 avg rating — 1,623 ratings
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Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye
Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye 4.11 avg rating — 1,794 ratings
223.
Courtney Love: The Real Story
Courtney Love: The Real Story 3.65 avg rating — 2,469 ratings
224.
The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll
The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll 4.13 avg rating — 293 ratings
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Who I Am
Who I Am 3.71 avg rating — 9,408 ratings
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Hank Williams: The Biography
Hank Williams: The Biography 4.08 avg rating — 837 ratings
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Anthologie de l'ambient - D'Éric Satie à Moby : nappes, aéroports et paysages sonores
Anthologie de l'ambient - D'Éric Satie à Moby : nappes, aéroports et paysages sonores 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir
Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir 4.03 avg rating — 2,478 ratings
229.
Walk On: The Spiritual Journey Of U2
Walk On: The Spiritual Journey Of U2 3.81 avg rating — 976 ratings
229.
Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music
Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music
by: Ted Gioia
4.30 avg rating — 753 ratings
231.
Can't Be Satisfied
Can't Be Satisfied 4.10 avg rating — 1,117 ratings
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Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business 3.95 avg rating — 954 ratings
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Five Lessons on Wagner
Five Lessons on Wagner 3.86 avg rating — 65 ratings
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I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March up Freedom's Highway
I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March up Freedom's Highway
by: Greg Kot
3.88 avg rating — 580 ratings
235.
Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Island
Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Island 3.80 avg rating — 301 ratings
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Rythm Oil: A Journey Through The Music Of The American South
Rythm Oil: A Journey Through The Music Of The American South 4.08 avg rating — 137 ratings
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Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock 'N' Roll Survivor
Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards: Memoirs of a Rock 'N' Roll Survivor
by: Al Kooper
4.06 avg rating — 513 ratings
237.
Composed: A Memoir
Composed: A Memoir 3.81 avg rating — 2,494 ratings
239.
Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music
Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music 4.30 avg rating — 1,169 ratings
240.
Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelganger
Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelganger 3.92 avg rating — 810 ratings
241.
Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco
Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco 4.03 avg rating — 502 ratings
241.
Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979
Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979 4.52 avg rating — 574 ratings
241.
The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory
The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory 3.93 avg rating — 4,824 ratings
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The Advanced Genius Theory: Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time?
The Advanced Genius Theory: Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time? 3.56 avg rating — 405 ratings
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Radio On: A Listener's Diary
Radio On: A Listener's Diary 3.44 avg rating — 1,591 ratings
245.
Daisy Jones & The Six
Daisy Jones & The Six 4.20 avg rating — 1,772,009 ratings
247.
Chords That Ukulele Players Really Want To Know
Chords That Ukulele Players Really Want To Know
by: Barry Maz
4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music
Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music
by: Greg Kot
3.75 avg rating — 750 ratings
248.
The Complete What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know
The Complete What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know
by: Barry Maz
4.24 avg rating — 50 ratings
250.
More Of What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know
More Of What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know
by: Barry Maz
4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
251.
All the Rage: A Riotous Romp Through Rock & Roll History
All the Rage: A Riotous Romp Through Rock & Roll History 4.11 avg rating — 263 ratings
252.
Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock and Roll, 1947-1977
Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock and Roll, 1947-1977 3.78 avg rating — 312 ratings
252.
The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll
The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll 3.97 avg rating — 497 ratings
252.
What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know
What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know
by: Barry Maz
3.84 avg rating — 55 ratings
252.
Frank: The Voice
Frank: The Voice 4.13 avg rating — 2,523 ratings
252.
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl 3.83 avg rating — 36,214 ratings
257.
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock
by: Nik Cohn
3.75 avg rating — 564 ratings
257.
Temptations
Temptations 4.18 avg rating — 320 ratings
259.
Innocent When You Dream: The Tom Waits Reader
Innocent When You Dream: The Tom Waits Reader
by: Tom Waits
4.11 avg rating — 1,203 ratings
260.
Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love & Karaoke
Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love & Karaoke 3.64 avg rating — 3,365 ratings
260.
The Ring of the Nibelung
The Ring of the Nibelung 4.29 avg rating — 1,088 ratings
262.
The Jazz Tradition
The Jazz Tradition 3.68 avg rating — 56 ratings
262.
Moonwalk
Moonwalk 4.33 avg rating — 6,167 ratings
264.
Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics
Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics 4.17 avg rating — 495 ratings
264.
A Girl Called Dusty
A Girl Called Dusty 3.30 avg rating — 33 ratings
266.
Pearl Jam: Place/Date
Pearl Jam: Place/Date 4.15 avg rating — 241 ratings
266.
Hell Bent for Leather: Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict
Hell Bent for Leather: Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict 3.80 avg rating — 508 ratings
266.
The Band That Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic
The Band That Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic 3.66 avg rating — 629 ratings
269.
Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix and Post-War Pop
Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix and Post-War Pop really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 402 ratings
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BILL BRUFORD THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Yes, "King Crimson","Earthworks" and More
BILL BRUFORD THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Yes, "King Crimson","Earthworks" and More 4.10 avg rating — 463 ratings
271.
Herbert Von Karajan: A Life in Music
Herbert Von Karajan: A Life in Music 4.22 avg rating — 89 ratings
271.
Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band
Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band 3.85 avg rating — 1,317 ratings
273.
Pearl Jam Vs Ames Bros
Pearl Jam Vs Ames Bros
by: Ames Bros
4.49 avg rating — 35 ratings
273.
Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads
Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads 3.64 avg rating — 1,081 ratings
275.
Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists
Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists
by: A.V. Club
3.75 avg rating — 1,087 ratings
276.
Margrave of the Marshes
Margrave of the Marshes
by: John Peel
3.99 avg rating — 3,205 ratings
277.
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities 4.23 avg rating — 1,518 ratings
278.
Japrocksampler: How the Post-war Japanese Blew Their Minds on Rock 'n' Roll
Japrocksampler: How the Post-war Japanese Blew Their Minds on Rock 'n' Roll 3.95 avg rating — 715 ratings
279.
The Lives of John Lennon
The Lives of John Lennon 3.35 avg rating — 1,697 ratings
279.
The Lizard King: The Essential Jim Morrison
The Lizard King: The Essential Jim Morrison 4.03 avg rating — 2,726 ratings
281.
The Man Comes Around: The Spiritual Journey of Johnny Cash
The Man Comes Around: The Spiritual Journey of Johnny Cash 4.03 avg rating — 234 ratings
281.
Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie
Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie 3.88 avg rating — 474 ratings
283.
Transformer
Transformer 3.63 avg rating — 961 ratings
283.
Rod: The Autobiography
Rod: The Autobiography 3.97 avg rating — 6,181 ratings
285.
Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession
Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession 3.61 avg rating — 220 ratings
285.
Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir
Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir 3.70 avg rating — 3,156 ratings
287.
Stand & Deliver: The Autobiography
Stand & Deliver: The Autobiography
by: Adam Ant
3.98 avg rating — 1,223 ratings
287.
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto 3.74 avg rating — 72,259 ratings
289.
Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s
Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s 4.29 avg rating — 142 ratings
289.
Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes, and The Sound Of Los Angeles
Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes, and The Sound Of Los Angeles 3.96 avg rating — 294 ratings
289.
The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square
The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square 4.01 avg rating — 1,580 ratings
292.
Crazy from the Heat
Crazy from the Heat 3.86 avg rating — 1,522 ratings
293.
Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day
Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day 3.99 avg rating — 807 ratings
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This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx
This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx 4.17 avg rating — 5,021 ratings
294.
My Life
My Life 4.25 avg rating — 109 ratings
296.
Babylon's Burning: From Punk to Grunge
Babylon's Burning: From Punk to Grunge 3.60 avg rating — 244 ratings
297.
Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley
Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley 4.09 avg rating — 3,067 ratings
297.
Duke Ellington's America
Duke Ellington's America 4.09 avg rating — 54 ratings
299.
Full Moon: The Amazing Rock and Roll Life of Keith Moon
Full Moon: The Amazing Rock and Roll Life of Keith Moon 4.03 avg rating — 258 ratings
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Face the Music: A Life Exposed
Face the Music: A Life Exposed 4.13 avg rating — 5,228 ratings
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