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Daisy Jones & The Six Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2039 times as music)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,966,242 ratings — published 2019
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1913 times as music)
avg rating 3.94 — 76,970 ratings — published 2007
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Just Kids Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1900 times as music)
avg rating 4.21 — 388,129 ratings — published 2010
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This Is Your Brain on Music This Is Your Brain on Music (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1868 times as music)
avg rating 3.89 — 69,452 ratings — published 2006
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How Music Works How Music Works (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1846 times as music)
avg rating 4.01 — 30,151 ratings — published 2014
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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 1706 times as music)
avg rating 4.11 — 16,271 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 1639 times as music)
avg rating 4.19 — 38,066 ratings — published 1996
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Life Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1435 times as music)
avg rating 3.90 — 100,178 ratings — published 2010
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The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1408 times as music)
avg rating 4.42 — 175,094 ratings — published 2021
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Chronicles, Volume One Chronicles, Volume One (Paperback)
by (shelved 1395 times as music)
avg rating 3.98 — 63,406 ratings — published 2004
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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 1284 times as music)
avg rating 4.21 — 18,614 ratings — published 2001
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Girl in a Band Girl in a Band (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1188 times as music)
avg rating 3.68 — 33,353 ratings — published 2015
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High Fidelity High Fidelity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1054 times as music)
avg rating 3.89 — 220,604 ratings — published 1995
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Born to Run Born to Run (Hardcover)
by (shelved 996 times as music)
avg rating 4.19 — 57,570 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 987 times as music)
avg rating 4.06 — 9,704 ratings — published 2005
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Miles: The Autobiography Miles: The Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 918 times as music)
avg rating 4.20 — 17,525 ratings — published 1989
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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 901 times as music)
avg rating 3.83 — 37,349 ratings — published 2015
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Scar Tissue Scar Tissue (Paperback)
by (shelved 893 times as music)
avg rating 4.10 — 105,914 ratings — published 2004
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No One Here Gets Out Alive No One Here Gets Out Alive (Paperback)
by (shelved 862 times as music)
avg rating 3.94 — 47,225 ratings — published 1980
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What to Listen for in Music What to Listen for in Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 848 times as music)
avg rating 3.94 — 9,604 ratings — published 1939
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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 843 times as music)
avg rating 3.87 — 42,711 ratings — published 2007
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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 821 times as music)
avg rating 4.14 — 50,888 ratings — published 2001
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Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 727 times as music)
avg rating 4.12 — 36,542 ratings — published 2001
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A Visit from the Goon Squad A Visit from the Goon Squad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 715 times as music)
avg rating 3.70 — 257,474 ratings — published 2010
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The History of Jazz The History of Jazz (Paperback)
by (shelved 676 times as music)
avg rating 4.07 — 5,937 ratings — published 1997
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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 657 times as music)
avg rating 4.28 — 13,956 ratings — published 2014
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Me Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 644 times as music)
avg rating 4.32 — 74,484 ratings — published 2019
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Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 641 times as music)
avg rating 4.14 — 13,822 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 606 times as music)
avg rating 3.95 — 9,370 ratings — published 2010
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (Paperback)
by (shelved 605 times as music)
avg rating 4.01 — 10,112 ratings — published 1987
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The Woman in Me The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 590 times as music)
avg rating 3.83 — 600,680 ratings — published 2023
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Cash Cash (Paperback)
by (shelved 585 times as music)
avg rating 4.01 — 26,050 ratings — published 1997
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I Am Ozzy I Am Ozzy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 570 times as music)
avg rating 4.17 — 37,123 ratings — published 2009
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Clapton: The Autobiography Clapton: The Autobiography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 560 times as music)
avg rating 3.83 — 30,070 ratings — published 2007
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I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie (Paperback)
by (shelved 553 times as music)
avg rating 3.69 — 22,085 ratings — published 1987
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The Beatles Anthology The Beatles Anthology (Hardcover)
by (shelved 549 times as music)
avg rating 4.38 — 18,233 ratings — published 2000
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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 541 times as music)
avg rating 4.07 — 7,497 ratings — published 1991
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Hammer of the Gods Hammer of the Gods (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 530 times as music)
avg rating 3.86 — 14,148 ratings — published 1985
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Slash Slash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 528 times as music)
avg rating 4.01 — 31,497 ratings — published 2007
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Journals Journals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 523 times as music)
avg rating 4.02 — 18,139 ratings — published 2002
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Touching from a Distance Touching from a Distance (Paperback)
by (shelved 520 times as music)
avg rating 3.93 — 9,516 ratings — published 1995
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Songbook Songbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 517 times as music)
avg rating 3.56 — 14,398 ratings — published 2002
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If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 515 times as music)
avg rating 3.91 — 982,434 ratings — published 2009
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Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties (Paperback)
by (shelved 510 times as music)
avg rating 4.25 — 6,056 ratings — published 1994
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Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (Paperback)
by (shelved 510 times as music)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,818 ratings — published 2005
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Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa (Paperback)
by (shelved 495 times as music)
avg rating 3.89 — 7,526 ratings — published 2011
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Beastie Boys Book Beastie Boys Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 488 times as music)
avg rating 4.52 — 14,897 ratings — published 2018
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How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 482 times as music)
avg rating 4.24 — 7,368 ratings — published 2015
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The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 478 times as music)
avg rating 4.14 — 40,399 ratings — published 2007
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Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley (Hardcover)
by (shelved 475 times as music)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,549 ratings — published 1994
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Ludwig van Beethoven
“Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy”
― Ludwig van Beethoven

Friedrich Nietzsche
“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

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