Music

50 books
Bach's Musical Universe: The Composer and His Work Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

30/99

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Bach's Musical Universe: The Composer and His Work

Christoph Wolff

Music

A Sound Mind: How I Fell in Love With Classical Music (and Decided to Rewrite its Entire History) Bottom of the Pile
Bottom of the Pile

24/99

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45/99

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3/99

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A Sound Mind: How I Fell in Love With Classical Music (and Decided to Rewrite its Entire History)

Paul Morley

Music

Rough Draft: A Memoir Near the Top
Near the Top

64/99

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57/99

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71/99

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Rough Draft: A Memoir

Katy Tur

Music

The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

46/99

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The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America

Larry Tye

Music

This Year: 365 Songs Annotated: A Book of Days Near the Top
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64/99

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This Year: 365 Songs Annotated: A Book of Days

John Darnielle

Music

Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah Near the Top
Near the Top

69/99

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Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah

Charles King

Music

The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival Near the Top
Near the Top

64/99

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The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival

Anne Sebba

Music

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool Top of the Pile
Top of the Pile

86/99

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3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan

Music

Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

42/99

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34/99

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49/99

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Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records

Jim Ruland

Music

Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be Near the Top
Near the Top

61/99

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54/99

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Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be

Marissa R. Moss

Music

Blood Harmony: The Everly Brothers Story Near the Top
Near the Top

63/99

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68/99

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58/99

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Blood Harmony: The Everly Brothers Story

Barry Mazor

Music

Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007) Near the Top
Near the Top

70/99

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88/99

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Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)

Dan Ozzi

Music

They Just Seem a Little Weird (How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll) Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

29/99

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36/99

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22/99

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They Just Seem a Little Weird (How KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz Remade Rock and Roll)

Doug Brod

Music

The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera Near the Top
Near the Top

51/99

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38/99

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The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera

Matthew Aucoin

Music

A Few Words in Defense of Our Country: The Biography of Randy Newman Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

42/99

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A Few Words in Defense of Our Country: The Biography of Randy Newman

Robert Hilburn

Music

Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music Near the Top
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64/99

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60/99

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Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music

Alex Ross

Music

Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: The Early Years Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

26/99

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20/99

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31/99

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Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: The Early Years

Michael Posner

Music

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song Near the Top
Near the Top

54/99

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30/99

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Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

Judith Tick

Music

Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

41/99

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48/99

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34/99

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Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey

Robert "Mack" McCormick, ed. John Troutman

Music

The Search for John Lennon: The Life, Loves, and Death of a Rock Star Bottom of the Pile
Bottom of the Pile

4/99

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6/99

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The Search for John Lennon: The Life, Loves, and Death of a Rock Star

Lesley-Ann Jones

Music

Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

38/99

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52/99

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24/99

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Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah

Kathy Iandoli

Music

Holding the Note: Profiles in Popular Music Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

47/99

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40/99

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54/99

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Holding the Note: Profiles in Popular Music

David Remnick

Music

I Wanna Be Yours Near the Top
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65/99

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64/99

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66/99

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I Wanna Be Yours

John Cooper Clarke

Music

Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

42/99

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46/99

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39/99

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Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story

Joe Coscarelli

Music

Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small Hours (A Gift for Frank Sinatra Fans) Near the Top
Near the Top

53/99

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40/99

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66/99

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Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small Hours (A Gift for Frank Sinatra Fans)

Tony Oppedisano

Music

Why Beethoven: A Phenomenon in One Hundred Pieces Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

32/99

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36/99

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29/99

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Why Beethoven: A Phenomenon in One Hundred Pieces

Norman Lebrecht

Music

Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop Music: A History Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

49/99

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48/99

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50/99

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Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop Music: A History

Bob Stanley

Music

The Name of This Band Is R.E.M. Near the Top
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64/99

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60/99

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67/99

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The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.

Peter Ames Carlin

Music

Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska Near the Top
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72/99

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57/99

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86/99

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Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

Warren Zanes

Music

More Real Life Rock: The Wilderness Years, 2014–2021 Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

30/99

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36/99

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24/99

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More Real Life Rock: The Wilderness Years, 2014–2021

Greil Marcus

Music

Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

32/99

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35/99

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28/99

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Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince

Peter Ames Carlin

Music

The Story of ABBA: Melancholy Undercover Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

45/99

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46/99

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44/99

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The Story of ABBA: Melancholy Undercover

Jan Gradvall

Music

Nobody Ever Asked Me about the Girls: Women, Music, and Fame Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

34/99

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50/99

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17/99

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Nobody Ever Asked Me about the Girls: Women, Music, and Fame

Lisa Robinson

Music

But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?: An Oral History of the '60s Girl Groups Near the Top
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55/99

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61/99

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49/99

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But Will You Love Me Tomorrow?: An Oral History of the '60s Girl Groups

Laura Flam and Emily Sieu Liebowitz

Music

Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

40/99

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46/99

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34/99

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Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond

Sandra B. Tooze

Music

Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s Near the Top
Near the Top

50/99

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46/99

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55/99

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Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s

Alan Paul

Music

Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

35/99

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52/99

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18/99

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Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year

Michaelangelo Matos

Music

Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop Near the Top
Near the Top

60/99

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65/99

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54/99

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Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop

Danyel Smith

Music

The Story of The Bee Gees: Children of the World Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

48/99

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64/99

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32/99

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The Story of The Bee Gees: Children of the World

Bob Stanley

Music

Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist Near the Top
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63/99

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64/99

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62/99

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Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist

Liz Pelly

Music

Lou Reed: The King of New York Top of the Pile
Top of the Pile

76/99

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82/99

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69/99

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Lou Reed: The King of New York

Will Hermes

Music

Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run Top of the Pile
Top of the Pile

84/99

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88/99

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79/99

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Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run

Peter Ames Carlin

Music

Citizen Cash: The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

30/99

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30/99

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30/99

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Citizen Cash: The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash

Michael Stewart Foley

Music

Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell Near the Top
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62/99

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36/99

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Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell

Ann Powers

Music

Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll – An Insider's Exploration of the Crossroads That Shaped Music Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

35/99

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46/99

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24/99

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Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll – An Insider's Exploration of the Crossroads That Shaped Music

Lenny Kaye

Music

Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

40/99

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41/99

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Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur

Sheldon Pearce

Music

What's Good: Notes on Rap and Language Bottom of the Pile
Bottom of the Pile

13/99

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21/99

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5/99

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What's Good: Notes on Rap and Language

Daniel Levin Becker

Music

Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

28/99

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40/99

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16/99

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Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music

Amit Chaudhuri

Music

Dolly Parton Songteller: My Life in Lyrics Near the Top
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66/99

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73/99

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Dolly Parton Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

Dolly Parton and Robert K. Oermann

Music

150 Glimpses of the Beatles Top of the Pile
Top of the Pile

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78/99

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150 Glimpses of the Beatles

Craig Brown

Music