Best Music Books

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Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division 4.14 avg rating — 5,474 ratings
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The Piano: Screenplay for a Film
The Piano: Screenplay for a Film 3.95 avg rating — 220 ratings
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This Is Your Brain on Music
This Is Your Brain on Music 3.89 avg rating — 66,737 ratings
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Poison Heart: Surviving the Ramones by Dee Dee Ramone (2009-08-21)
Poison Heart: Surviving the Ramones by Dee Dee Ramone (2009-08-21) 3.85 avg rating — 2,194 ratings
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Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley 4.17 avg rating — 9,895 ratings
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The Cellist of Sarajevo
The Cellist of Sarajevo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43,331 ratings
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The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love 3.66 avg rating — 12,667 ratings
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Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter 3.99 avg rating — 6,039 ratings
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A Simple Habana Melody
A Simple Habana Melody 3.48 avg rating — 428 ratings
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Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. One
Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. One
by: V. Vale
4.22 avg rating — 491 ratings
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Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me
Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me 3.72 avg rating — 15,771 ratings
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The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds
The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds 4.27 avg rating — 3,169 ratings
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Art Sex Music
Art Sex Music 3.96 avg rating — 1,644 ratings
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Jackie Leven Said
Jackie Leven Said 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Banjo Song Book | 75 Classic Bluegrass Songbook and Old-Time Tunes for 5-String Banjo | Easy-to-Read Tablature Sheet Music for Beginners | Scruggs Style and Three-Finger Picking Techniques
Banjo Song Book | 75 Classic Bluegrass Songbook and Old-Time Tunes for 5-String Banjo | Easy-to-Read Tablature Sheet Music for Beginners | Scruggs Style and Three-Finger Picking Techniques 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Clawhammer Banjo | Traditional Appalachian Banjo Songbook with Audio and Online Access | Learn Drop-Thumbing, Galax Lick, and More | 80 Pages of Banjo Tablature Sheet Music by Miles Krassen
Clawhammer Banjo | Traditional Appalachian Banjo Songbook with Audio and Online Access | Learn Drop-Thumbing, Galax Lick, and More | 80 Pages of Banjo Tablature Sheet Music by Miles Krassen 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Melodic Clawhammer Banjo
Melodic Clawhammer Banjo 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
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A Manual on How to Play the 5-String Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus
A Manual on How to Play the 5-String Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz
Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz 3.81 avg rating — 182 ratings
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The Trumpeter of Krakow
The Trumpeter of Krakow 3.75 avg rating — 7,774 ratings
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Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey
Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey 4.08 avg rating — 2,352 ratings
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Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo: Revised and Enhanced Edition | Complete Banjo Method Songbook with Online Audio & Video | Over 40 Bluegrass Songs Sheet Music for Beginners | Learn Scruggs-Style
Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo: Revised and Enhanced Edition | Complete Banjo Method Songbook with Online Audio & Video | Over 40 Bluegrass Songs Sheet Music for Beginners | Learn Scruggs-Style 4.35 avg rating — 121 ratings
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The Sanctuary Sparrow (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #7)
The Sanctuary Sparrow (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #7) 4.08 avg rating — 8,294 ratings
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Shoot the Piano Player
Shoot the Piano Player really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,657 ratings
125.
How to Play the 5-String Banjo
How to Play the 5-String Banjo 4.10 avg rating — 90 ratings
126.
R. Crumb Draws the Blues
R. Crumb Draws the Blues 4.17 avg rating — 255 ratings
127.
The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music
The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music 4.23 avg rating — 117 ratings
128.
And a Voice to Sing With
And a Voice to Sing With
by: Joan Baez
3.94 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
129.
Mozart: A Life
Mozart: A Life
by: Peter Gay
3.68 avg rating — 658 ratings
130.
Beethoven
Beethoven 4.19 avg rating — 1,757 ratings
130.
Lennon: The Definitive Biography
Lennon: The Definitive Biography 4.06 avg rating — 1,885 ratings
132.
Broken Music: A Memoir
Broken Music: A Memoir
by: Sting
3.88 avg rating — 4,732 ratings
133.
Blue Bells of Scotland (Blue Bells Trilogy, #1)
Blue Bells of Scotland (Blue Bells Trilogy, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 1,531 ratings
133.
Going Down With Janis
Going Down With Janis 3.76 avg rating — 229 ratings
133.
Dirt Music
Dirt Music 3.87 avg rating — 15,187 ratings
133.
Jacqueline du Pré: A Biography
Jacqueline du Pré: A Biography 4.15 avg rating — 149 ratings
133.
In Over Her Head
In Over Her Head 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
133.
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
133.
Out of Darkness: The Jeff Healey Story
Out of Darkness: The Jeff Healey Story 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings
133.
The Richard Farina Dulcimer Book
The Richard Farina Dulcimer Book 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
133.
Tonight At Noon: A Love Story
Tonight At Noon: A Love Story 3.81 avg rating — 105 ratings
133.
Grow Teach Repeat The Art of Teaching Guitar
Grow Teach Repeat The Art of Teaching Guitar 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
133.
The New York Times Essential Library- Jazz: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings
The New York Times Essential Library- Jazz: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings 3.74 avg rating — 100 ratings
133.
The Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It
The Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It 3.95 avg rating — 872 ratings
133.
Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn 4.32 avg rating — 738 ratings
133.
Interactive Listening: a new approach to music
Interactive Listening: a new approach to music it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
133.
Blinded by the Sun
Blinded by the Sun 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
133.
Completeness of the Soul: The Life and Opinions of Jay Breeze, Rock Star
Completeness of the Soul: The Life and Opinions of Jay Breeze, Rock Star
by: Jim Booth
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
133.
A Girl Called Dusty
A Girl Called Dusty 3.30 avg rating — 33 ratings
133.
Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #4)
Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #4) 3.86 avg rating — 25,060 ratings
133.
Learn Guitar - Method book with Indian songs (Tamil and Bollywood) - Absolute Beginners
Learn Guitar - Method book with Indian songs (Tamil and Bollywood) - Absolute Beginners 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
133.
The Music Parents' Guide: A Survival Kit for the New Music Parent
The Music Parents' Guide: A Survival Kit for the New Music Parent 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
133.
Night People (Things We Lost in the Night, #1)
Night People (Things We Lost in the Night, #1) 4.49 avg rating — 43 ratings
133.
2000 Tunes
2000 Tunes 4.58 avg rating — 26 ratings
133.
Music Theory in One Lesson: Discover How Easy Music Theory Can Be!
Music Theory in One Lesson: Discover How Easy Music Theory Can Be! 4.11 avg rating — 45 ratings
133.
Leavin' Trunk Blues (Nick Travers #2)
Leavin' Trunk Blues (Nick Travers #2) 3.89 avg rating — 514 ratings
133.
Tunes of the Twenties and All That Jazz
Tunes of the Twenties and All That Jazz it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
133.
Music From Standing Waves
Music From Standing Waves 4.24 avg rating — 122 ratings
133.
Dear Mr. Kershaw: A Pensioner Writes
Dear Mr. Kershaw: A Pensioner Writes 4.10 avg rating — 48 ratings
133.
Stories of Music, Volume 1
Stories of Music, Volume 1 4.72 avg rating — 18 ratings
133.
The Roll
The Roll
by: Joe Hnida
4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
133.
Queen's Soprano
Queen's Soprano 3.56 avg rating — 773 ratings
133.
Stories of Music, Volume 2
Stories of Music, Volume 2 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
133.
The Essential Carl Mahogany
The Essential Carl Mahogany 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
133.
The Cantatas of J. S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text
The Cantatas of J. S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text 4.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
133.
The Story Of Rock and Soul Music: Album Reviews and Lists
The Story Of Rock and Soul Music: Album Reviews and Lists 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
133.
Prince And The Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983-1984
Prince And The Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983-1984 4.57 avg rating — 465 ratings
133.
The History of Hip Hop
The History of Hip Hop 3.43 avg rating — 30 ratings
133.
AI Performance: The Art of Live Automation: The ultimate 'how to' guide in creating stunning, technical and revolutionary live shows for any contemporary musical performer
AI Performance: The Art of Live Automation: The ultimate 'how to' guide in creating stunning, technical and revolutionary live shows for any contemporary musical performer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
133.
Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs
Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs 3.97 avg rating — 2,642 ratings
133.
The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy
The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy 4.34 avg rating — 554 ratings
133.
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
133.
Country and Blues Harmonica for the Musically Hopeless
Country and Blues Harmonica for the Musically Hopeless 3.98 avg rating — 47 ratings
133.
The History of Hip Hop: Volume Two
The History of Hip Hop: Volume Two 3.43 avg rating — 30 ratings
133.
Through the Fire
Through the Fire 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
133.
The Thresher
The Thresher 3.94 avg rating — 33 ratings
133.
Utopia Avenue
Utopia Avenue really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26,250 ratings
133.
Odyssey: Attila Balogh and the Quest for the Perfect Guitar
Odyssey: Attila Balogh and the Quest for the Perfect Guitar 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
133.
The Song Is You
The Song Is You 3.27 avg rating — 1,962 ratings
133.
Inside Passage: A Memoir
Inside Passage: A Memoir 4.12 avg rating — 427 ratings
133.
Classical Guitar Book in Open D Tuning: Arrangements in Open D Tuning with Tablature and Notation
Classical Guitar Book in Open D Tuning: Arrangements in Open D Tuning with Tablature and Notation it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
133.
ARIADNE & DIONYSUS
ARIADNE & DIONYSUS 4.40 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Lipatti
Lipatti it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
133.
More Brilliant Than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction
More Brilliant Than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction 4.33 avg rating — 291 ratings
133.
Lived Through That: ’90s Musicians Today
Lived Through That: ’90s Musicians Today 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
133.
Jennifer Juniper: A journey beyond the muse
Jennifer Juniper: A journey beyond the muse 3.86 avg rating — 576 ratings
133.
David Bowie: A Life
David Bowie: A Life 4.03 avg rating — 1,986 ratings
188.
Fat Kid Rules the World
Fat Kid Rules the World 3.80 avg rating — 8,244 ratings
188.
African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston
African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston 4.29 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix 3.93 avg rating — 738 ratings
188.
Jazz: A Listener's Guide (3rd Edition)
Jazz: A Listener's Guide (3rd Edition) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
188.
Age of Dreams
Age of Dreams 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
188.
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
188.
Offbeat Love Stories and More
Offbeat Love Stories and More 3.66 avg rating — 95 ratings
188.
Rock 'n' Roll Princesses Wear Black
Rock 'n' Roll Princesses Wear Black 4.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
188.
Learn Guitar with Tamil movie songs for absolute beginners: Sheet music method book of 30+ popular tamil film tunes (Learn Guitar - Method books 1)
Learn Guitar with Tamil movie songs for absolute beginners: Sheet music method book of 30+ popular tamil film tunes (Learn Guitar - Method books 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
188.
DJ Pascoe's Top 10 Tunes
DJ Pascoe's Top 10 Tunes it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
188.
Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future--The Definitive Biography of U2
Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future--The Definitive Biography of U2 3.67 avg rating — 723 ratings
188.
Music As Medicine: Deforia Lane's Life of Music, Healing, and Faith
Music As Medicine: Deforia Lane's Life of Music, Healing, and Faith 4.04 avg rating — 46 ratings
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In Mozart's Shadow: His Sister's Story
In Mozart's Shadow: His Sister's Story 3.65 avg rating — 802 ratings
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