Best Non Fiction About Music
301. 
Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance 1985-95
by:
Michael Barclay
4.27 avg rating — 146 ratings 
305. 
We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk
by:
Marc Spitz
3.97 avg rating — 2,738 ratings 305. 
Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties
by:
Elijah Wald
3.98 avg rating — 2,412 ratings 
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Let's Spend the Night Together: Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies 3.59 avg rating — 1,972 ratings
314. 
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
by:
Peter Guralnick
3.99 avg rating — 1,088 ratings 
317. 
Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader
by:
Lester Bangs
3.95 avg rating — 2,343 ratings 318. 
Hilary and Jackie: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Shared a Passion, a Madness and a Man
by:
Hilary du Pré
3.83 avg rating — 534 ratings 319. 
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Wishing on the Moon: The Life and Times of Billie Holiday
by:
Donald Clarke
3.84 avg rating — 365 ratings 
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Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs
by:
Brendan Mullen
4.08 avg rating — 1,438 ratings 
331. 
Who Killed Martin Hannett?: The Story of Factory Records' Musical Magician
by:
Colin Sharp
3.58 avg rating — 55 ratings 331. 
Honky-Tonk Heroes and Hillbilly Angels: The Pioneers of Country and Western Music 3.65 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde
by:
Roger Scruton
4.22 avg rating — 85 ratings 338. 
343. 
Heroes And Villains: The True Story Of The Beach Boys
by:
Steven Gaines
3.86 avg rating — 733 ratings 344. 
Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music
by:
David N. Meyer
4.13 avg rating — 980 ratings 345. 
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
by:
Bill Brewster
4.23 avg rating — 2,233 ratings 345. 
Six-Figure Musician - How to Sell More Music, Get More People to Your Shows, and Make More Money in the Music Business
by:
David Hooper
3.99 avg rating — 125 ratings 
345. 
Free Pizza for Life, or The Early Days of Plan-It-X Records
by:
Chris Clavin
4.07 avg rating — 123 ratings 345. 
Tripping the World Fantastic: A Journey Through the Music of Our Planet
by:
Glenn Dixon
3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings 345. 
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Bluegrass in Baltimore: The Hard Drivin' Sound and Its Legacy
by:
Tim Newby
4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings 345. 
Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life
by:
David Cavanagh
4.36 avg rating — 408 ratings 
356. 
What's That Sound?: An Introduction to Rock and Its History
by:
John Covach
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 377 ratings 356. 
The Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It
by:
Philip Ball
3.95 avg rating — 872 ratings 
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356. 
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You
by:
Susan Rogers
3.82 avg rating — 3,684 ratings 362. 
Musik: Komponisten, Interpreten, Sachbegriffe
by:
Jürgen Hotz
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 362. 
Temperature's Rising: An Oral and Visual History of Galaxie 500
by:
Mike McGonigal
4.15 avg rating — 82 ratings 
362. 
Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury
by:
Matt Richards
4.23 avg rating — 3,425 ratings 
362. 
Strange Fascination: David Bowie : The Definitive Story
by:
David Buckley
3.95 avg rating — 1,106 ratings 370. 
370. 
Empire of Dirt: The Aesthetics and Rituals of British Indie Music
by:
Wendy Fonarow
3.74 avg rating — 73 ratings 370. 
All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
by:
David Sheff
4.20 avg rating — 848 ratings 370. 
Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury
by:
Lesley-Ann Jones
3.87 avg rating — 5,226 ratings 
376. 
Music, The Brain, And Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination
by:
Robert Jourdain
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,097 ratings 
376. 
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
by:
Dan Charnas
4.35 avg rating — 1,191 ratings 
376. 
The Dark Stuff: Selected Writings on Rock Music, 1972-1993
by:
Nick Kent
4.01 avg rating — 2,395 ratings 
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Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth: The Dark History of Prepubescent Pop, from the Banana Splits to Britney Spears
by:
Kim Cooper
3.92 avg rating — 211 ratings 381. 
Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America
by:
Tricia Rose
4.10 avg rating — 831 ratings 
381. 
From Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars 3.85 avg rating — 5,215 ratings
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A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music
by:
George E. Lewis
4.51 avg rating — 218 ratings 
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389. 
Rock and the Pop Narcotic: Testament for the Electric Church
by:
Joe Carducci
3.86 avg rating — 170 ratings 
398. 
No Depression: An Introduction to Alternative Country Music. Whatever That Is.
by:
Grant Alden
3.96 avg rating — 48 ratings 