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Daisy Jones & The Six Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,966,413 ratings — published 2019
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Girl in a Band Girl in a Band (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.68 — 33,355 ratings — published 2015
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High Fidelity High Fidelity (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.89 — 220,614 ratings — published 1995
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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.11 — 16,273 ratings — published 2007
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Songbook Songbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.56 — 14,398 ratings — published 2002
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This Is Your Brain on Music This Is Your Brain on Music (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.89 — 69,459 ratings — published 2006
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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 (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.21 — 18,615 ratings — published 2001
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A Visit from the Goon Squad A Visit from the Goon Squad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.70 — 257,493 ratings — published 2010
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This Song Will Save Your Life This Song Will Save Your Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.90 — 27,211 ratings — published 2013
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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 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.87 — 42,712 ratings — published 2007
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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.19 — 38,070 ratings — published 1996
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.94 — 76,979 ratings — published 2007
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Born to Run Born to Run (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.19 — 57,589 ratings — published 2016
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Rip it Up and Start Again. Post-punk 1978-1984 Rip it Up and Start Again. Post-punk 1978-1984 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.06 — 9,705 ratings — published 2005
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The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.42 — 175,111 ratings — published 2021
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Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.31 — 11,299 ratings — published 2015
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England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.07 — 7,500 ratings — published 1991
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The Music Shop The Music Shop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.84 — 36,302 ratings — published 2017
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On the Come Up On the Come Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.26 — 101,993 ratings — published 2019
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Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.12 — 36,548 ratings — published 2001
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The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.14 — 50,889 ratings — published 2001
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Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,810 ratings — published 2007
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Talking to Girls About Duran Duran Talking to Girls About Duran Duran (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.59 — 8,720 ratings — published 2010
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Chronicles, Volume One Chronicles, Volume One (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.98 — 63,412 ratings — published 2004
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What to Listen for in Music What to Listen for in Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.94 — 9,605 ratings — published 1939
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Honey Honey (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.44 — 16,842 ratings — published 2024
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One Direction: Who We Are: Our Official Autobiography One Direction: Who We Are: Our Official Autobiography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.44 — 3,776 ratings — published 2014
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Reckless: My Life as a Pretender Reckless: My Life as a Pretender (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.50 — 5,149 ratings — published 2015
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Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.95 — 6,719 ratings — published 1994
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How Music Works How Music Works (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.01 — 30,154 ratings — published 2014
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But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,466 ratings — published 1992
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Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.28 — 13,957 ratings — published 2014
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Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,480 ratings — published 1939
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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,839 ratings — published 2013
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Essays on Music Essays on Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.98 — 261 ratings — published 1962
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Music and Imagination Music and Imagination (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.84 — 164 ratings — published 1952
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Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay Z: A Library of America Special Publication Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay Z: A Library of America Special Publication (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.62 — 153 ratings — published
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Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,405 ratings — published 2021
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Grrrls on the Side Grrrls on the Side (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.49 — 171 ratings — published 2017
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Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,281 ratings — published 2017
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I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1) I Was Born for This (I Was Born for This, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.00 — 52,853 ratings — published 2018
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From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,728 ratings — published 1993
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Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelganger Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelganger (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.92 — 819 ratings — published 2004
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Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.03 — 612 ratings — published 2020
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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.83 — 37,351 ratings — published 2015
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Music, Society, Education (Music / Culture) Music, Society, Education (Music / Culture)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.44 — 57 ratings — published 1980
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Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.10 — 9,272 ratings — published 1994
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Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.51 — 34,536 ratings — published 2009
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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Essays They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 4.54 — 20,077 ratings — published 2017
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Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as about-music)
avg rating 3.95 — 9,371 ratings — published 2010
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