Undisputed Top 20 Rock Novels of All Time - 2015

Two new entries made my list this year, including one in the top ten. The new entries are by Brian Costello (#8) and M. Thomas Gammarino (#17). You can read my review of Losing in Gainesville here, and my review of Big in Japan is forthcoming.

Enjoy the ride.

20 The Sound of Songs Across the Water by Rob Yardumian


19 The Cost of Living by Rob Roberge


18 The Last Rock Star Book, Or: Liz Phair, a Rant by Camden Joy


17 Big in Japan by M. Thomas Gammarino 


16 You Don’t Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem

  
15 A and R by Bill Flanagan


14 Saguaro: The Life and Adventures of Bobby Allen Bird by Carson Mell


13 Wise Young Fool by Sean Beaudoin


12 A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan


11 Wonderland by Stacey D'Erasmo 


10 Great Jones Street by Don DeLillo


9 How the Mistakes Were Made by Tyler McMahon


8 Losing in Gainesville by Brian Costello


7 The Blue Bourbon Orchestra by Carson Mell


6 The Wishbones by Tom Perrotta


5 Never Mind the Pollacks by Neal Pollack


4 Stone Arabia by Dana Spiotta


3 High Fidelity by Nick Hornby 


2 The Commitments by Roddy Doyle


1 Banned for Life by D. R. Haney


Yours in laying down the law,

Art

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