Best Music Books

1.
High Fidelity
High Fidelity 3.90 avg rating β€” 211,781 ratings
2.
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist 3.69 avg rating β€” 85,265 ratings
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No One Here Gets Out Alive
No One Here Gets Out Alive 3.94 avg rating β€” 45,764 ratings
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Burning Down Rome
Burning Down Rome 4.08 avg rating β€” 73 ratings
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Past Deadline: A Blurry Glimpse Into the Aspen Music Beat
Past Deadline: A Blurry Glimpse Into the Aspen Music Beat 4.88 avg rating β€” 17 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 β€” 41,522 ratings
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A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 753,915 ratings
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Amadeus
Amadeus 4.15 avg rating β€” 18,795 ratings
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The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera 3.96 avg rating β€” 267,558 ratings
10.
Bel Canto
Bel Canto 3.94 avg rating β€” 312,382 ratings
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Slanted and Disenchanted
Slanted and Disenchanted 4.35 avg rating β€” 98 ratings
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Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now 4.17 avg rating β€” 4,039 ratings
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Somewhere in Hollywood
Somewhere in Hollywood 4.63 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
14.
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 β€” 872 ratings
15.
I, Me, Mine
I, Me, Mine 4.05 avg rating β€” 5,328 ratings
16.
Cry to Heaven
Cry to Heaven
by: Anne Rice
3.88 avg rating β€” 21,459 ratings
17.
Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley
Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley 4.02 avg rating β€” 1,776 ratings
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Cash
Cash 4.02 avg rating β€” 24,976 ratings
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Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus 4.08 avg rating β€” 13,445 ratings
20.
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk 4.19 avg rating β€” 35,978 ratings
21.
Bound for Glory
Bound for Glory 4.14 avg rating β€” 5,965 ratings
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Songbook
Songbook 3.56 avg rating β€” 14,165 ratings
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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 β€” 371 ratings
24.
Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating β€” 333,665 ratings
25.
Corelli’s Mandolin
Corelli’s Mandolin 4.03 avg rating β€” 91,609 ratings
26.
Clapton: The Autobiography
Clapton: The Autobiography 3.83 avg rating β€” 28,819 ratings
27.
Chronicles, Volume One
Chronicles, Volume One
by: Bob Dylan
3.98 avg rating β€” 60,440 ratings
28.
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 β€” 3,609 ratings
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Ragtime
Ragtime 3.89 avg rating β€” 45,693 ratings
30.
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 β€” 17,535 ratings
31.
U2 by U2
U2 by U2
by: U2
4.27 avg rating β€” 2,797 ratings
32.
What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know
What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know
by: Barry Maz
3.84 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
33.
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall 3.51 avg rating β€” 31,551 ratings
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John
John 4.12 avg rating β€” 9,083 ratings
35.
Mozart
Mozart 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,229 ratings
36.
Beethoven: The Universal Composer
Beethoven: The Universal Composer 4.02 avg rating β€” 1,925 ratings
37.
Daisy Jones & The Six
Daisy Jones & The Six 4.20 avg rating β€” 1,772,021 ratings
38.
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 β€” 405 ratings
38.
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 β€” 50 ratings
40.
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 β€” 14 ratings
41.
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 β€” 15,702 ratings
42.
An Equal Music
An Equal Music 3.80 avg rating β€” 10,957 ratings
43.
Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag
Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag 4.10 avg rating β€” 8,985 ratings
44.
Tell Me Why: The Beatles: Album By Album, Song By Song, The Sixties And After
Tell Me Why: The Beatles: Album By Album, Song By Song, The Sixties And After
by: Tim Riley
4.11 avg rating β€” 719 ratings
44.
Mainlines, Blood Feasts and Bad Taste
Mainlines, Blood Feasts and Bad Taste 3.95 avg rating β€” 2,343 ratings
46.
On the Road With the Ramones
On the Road With the Ramones 4.25 avg rating β€” 802 ratings
47.
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain 3.95 avg rating β€” 72,840 ratings
48.
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
The Ground Beneath Her Feet 3.80 avg rating β€” 12,090 ratings
49.
The Master Butchers Singing Club
The Master Butchers Singing Club 4.06 avg rating β€” 25,990 ratings
50.
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2) 3.90 avg rating β€” 36,225 ratings
51.
Crosby, Stills & Nash: The Authorized Biography (The Definitive Inside Story of the Supergroup
Crosby, Stills & Nash: The Authorized Biography (The Definitive Inside Story of the Supergroup 4.03 avg rating β€” 154 ratings
51.
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley 4.37 avg rating β€” 4,618 ratings
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The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 4.25 avg rating β€” 79,658 ratings
54.
Love, Janis
Love, Janis 4.11 avg rating β€” 3,951 ratings
55.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin 3.91 avg rating β€” 3,041 ratings
56.
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 β€” 7,026 ratings
57.
The Beatles Anthology
The Beatles Anthology 4.38 avg rating β€” 17,684 ratings
58.
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 β€” 3,350 ratings
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Laurel Canyon
Laurel Canyon 3.79 avg rating β€” 2,832 ratings
60.
Shakey: Neil Young's Biography
Shakey: Neil Young's Biography 4.09 avg rating β€” 8,316 ratings
61.
Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll
Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll 4.08 avg rating β€” 597 ratings
61.
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 β€” 2,144 ratings
63.
The Spanish Bow
The Spanish Bow 3.70 avg rating β€” 1,065 ratings
63.
Six-Figure Musician - How to Sell More Music, Get More People to Your Shows, and Make More Money in the Music Business
Six-Figure Musician - How to Sell More Music, Get More People to Your Shows, and Make More Money in the Music Business 3.99 avg rating β€” 126 ratings
63.
Rock My World
Rock My World 3.64 avg rating β€” 132 ratings
63.
Pieces: A Life in Eight Movements and a Prelude
Pieces: A Life in Eight Movements and a Prelude 3.66 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
63.
DJ Pascoe's Top 10 Tunes 2 - The best tracks from 101 of the hottest pop stars
DJ Pascoe's Top 10 Tunes 2 - The best tracks from 101 of the hottest pop stars it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
68.
Guitar Girl
Guitar Girl 3.63 avg rating β€” 3,649 ratings
69.
It Ain't No Sin To Be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen
It Ain't No Sin To Be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen 3.88 avg rating β€” 430 ratings
69.
Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound
Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound 4.31 avg rating β€” 248 ratings
71.
The Rough Guide to Classical Music
The Rough Guide to Classical Music 4.18 avg rating β€” 134 ratings
71.
Stephen Sondheim: A Life
Stephen Sondheim: A Life 4.15 avg rating β€” 884 ratings
71.
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 β€” 629 ratings
71.
Entertain Us: The Rise and Fall of Alternative Rock in the Nineties
Entertain Us: The Rise and Fall of Alternative Rock in the Nineties 3.95 avg rating β€” 125 ratings
75.
Close to the Edge: The Story of YES
Close to the Edge: The Story of YES 3.72 avg rating β€” 220 ratings
75.
Zen Guitar
Zen Guitar 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,555 ratings
77.
Roadshow: Landscape With Drums
Roadshow: Landscape With Drums 4.20 avg rating β€” 1,345 ratings
77.
Chords That Ukulele Players Really Want To Know
Chords That Ukulele Players Really Want To Know
by: Barry Maz
4.36 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
79.
Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession
Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession 4.26 avg rating β€” 591 ratings
79.
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century 3.99 avg rating β€” 3,711 ratings
81.
The Commitments (The Barrytown Trilogy, #1; Jimmy Rabbitte, #1)
The Commitments (The Barrytown Trilogy, #1; Jimmy Rabbitte, #1) 3.92 avg rating β€” 17,146 ratings
81.
Wild Wild World of the Cramps
Wild Wild World of the Cramps 3.90 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
83.
alt.punk
alt.punk 3.85 avg rating β€” 79 ratings
83.
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 β€” 2,513 ratings
83.
Wham! George & Me
Wham! George & Me 4.05 avg rating β€” 6,647 ratings
86.
The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge
The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge 3.96 avg rating β€” 116 ratings
87.
Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues 4.05 avg rating β€” 7,373 ratings
88.
Summer of Love: The Inside Story of LSD, Rock & Roll, Free Love and High Times in the Wild
Summer of Love: The Inside Story of LSD, Rock & Roll, Free Love and High Times in the Wild 3.85 avg rating β€” 79 ratings
88.
The Last Days (Peeps, #2)
The Last Days (Peeps, #2) 3.53 avg rating β€” 9,732 ratings
88.
The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata 3.86 avg rating β€” 34,040 ratings
88.
What to Listen for in Music
What to Listen for in Music 3.94 avg rating β€” 9,188 ratings
92.
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 β€” 6,225 ratings
93.
The Song of the Lark
The Song of the Lark 3.89 avg rating β€” 11,529 ratings
93.
A Natural Woman: A Memoir
A Natural Woman: A Memoir 3.78 avg rating β€” 5,382 ratings
95.
Eye Mind: The Saga of Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, The Pioneers of Psychedelic Sound
Eye Mind: The Saga of Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, The Pioneers of Psychedelic Sound 4.07 avg rating β€” 342 ratings
96.
The Time of Our Singing
The Time of Our Singing 4.26 avg rating β€” 4,147 ratings
96.
Neil and Me
Neil and Me 3.96 avg rating β€” 257 ratings
96.
People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee 'Scratch' Perry
People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee 'Scratch' Perry 4.04 avg rating β€” 152 ratings
96.
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys 4.28 avg rating β€” 13,075 ratings
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Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of the Ramones
Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of the Ramones 4.03 avg rating β€” 646 ratings
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