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Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilJust Kids by Patti SmithChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanLife by Keith RichardsOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,442 books — 1,344 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsMina and the Undead by Amy McCawThe Awakening by Kate ChopinZeitoun by Dave Eggers
Best New Orleans Books
422 books — 346 voters

Eversea by Natasha BoydDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneScary Modsters…and Creepy Freaks by Diane RinellaPunk 57 by Penelope Douglas
Books and Music
122 books — 120 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldMary, Everything by Cassandra YorkeSpeak Easy, Anne by Brandy D. AndersonBitter Spirits by Jenn BennettRomancing the Rumrunner by Michelle McLean
1920s Romance
149 books — 69 voters

Ballet Boy by Anfaney GladwinGiraffes Can't Dance by Giles AndreaeBarnyard Dance by Sandra BoyntonFlora and the Flamingo by Molly IdleRap A Tap Tap by Leo Dillon
Picture Books About Dance
197 books — 65 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBreathe by Sara FujimuraBreakfast at Tiffany's by Truman CapoteAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Fetch Your White Gloves, and Swing to Jazz. Vintage and Vintage-esque Reads
62 books — 33 voters

Big Freedia by Big FreediaI Love My Doctor, But... by Lawrence W. GoldSexuality and Its Impact on History by Hunter S. JonesCreole by Sybil KeinBlack Life in Old New Orleans by Victor Block
New Orleans (nonfiction)
94 books — 32 voters
Dance Demons by Juliet M. SampsonA Tempest Soul by Oliver PhippsTaking Flight by Michaela DePrince84 Ribbons by Paddy EgerAstonish Me by Maggie Shipstead
Into the World of Dance
104 books — 27 voters

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve ValentineBright Young Things by Anna GodbersenThe Beautiful American by Jeanne MackinDiva by Jillian LarkinZ by Therese Anne Fowler
Jazz Age Covers
77 books — 22 voters
Ballet Boy by Anfaney GladwinTutu Much by Airin EmeryBreaking Pointe by Miriam LandisTap In by Airin EmeryHeather at the Barre by Sheri Cooper Sinykin
Best Dance Books
15 books — 20 voters

California Dreamin' by Pénélope BagieuBaby's in Black by Arne BellstorfThe Fifth Beatle by Vivek J. TiwaryKahe heli vahel. Graafiline romaan Arvo Pärdist by Joonas SildreLove in vain by J.M. Dupont
Graphic Novels and Comics About Music
162 books — 16 voters
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom RobbinsWaltz With Evil by P.D. RozziBlack Mamba Boy by Nadifa MohamedHula by Lisa SheaBallet Master by Cassie Mint
Types of Dance - Titles
157 books — 12 voters

Young Man with a Horn by Dorothy BakerThe Bass Saxophone by Josef ŠkvoreckýHalf Blood Blues by Esi EdugyanEl perseguidor by Julio CortázarHopscotch by Julio Cortázar
Jazz fiction
59 books — 12 voters
Never Enough by Lauren DaneBlindsight by Tina WainscottBeautiful Scars by Shiloh WalkerOver the Line by Cindy GerardHotter Than Wildfire by Lisa Marie Rice
Best Singers in Contemporary Romance
119 books — 10 voters

Jazz by Toni MorrisonWild Women and the Blues by Denny S. BryceDarkness and the Devil Behind Me by Persia WalkerHarlem Redux by Persia WalkerBlack Orchid Blues by Persia Walker
Adult Historical Fiction Set In the 1920's By African-Americans
16 books — 10 voters
Myself When I am Real by Gene SantoroQueen of Bebop by Elaine M. HayesThe Amazing Bud Powell by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.Soul on Soul by Tammy KernodleMorning Glory by Linda Dahl
Jazz Music, However
111 books — 7 voters

Five Days at Memorial by Sheri FinkTaste of Tremé by Todd-Michael St. PierreCreating the Big Easy by Anthony J. StanonisUntold by Lynette Norris WilkinsonSpirit World by Michael P. Smith
New Orleans History and Culture
138 books — 4 voters
The Jazz Harmony Book by David BerkmanThe Chord Scale Theory and Jazz Harmony by Barrie NettlesMel Bay Hokum by Leon GrizzardThe Jazz Standards by Ted GioiaImprovisation by Derek Bailey
Jazz Theory and Harmony
8 books — 3 voters

King Death's Garden by Ann HalamBlack Water Sister by Zen ChoSo Awkward Scrapbook by Julie BowerJasmine and Jake Rock the Boat by Sonya LalliYasmin's Parcels by Jill Atkins
"Jasmine" (Jasmin, Jazmyn, Jasminder, Jessamyn, Yasamin, etc.)
33 books — 3 voters
Chasin' the Bird by Dave ChisholmAmerican Splendor by Harvey PekarBix by Scott ChantlerTotal Jazz by BlutchMonk! by Youssef Daoudi
Jazz Illustrated
6 books — 2 voters

Play by Kylie ScottWicked Beat by Olivia CunningBackstage Crush by Kylie WalkerBeat of the Heart by Katie AshleyRock the Beat by Michelle A. Valentine
Bang Dem Sticks: Drummer Romance Heroes
10 books — 2 voters
Dark Notes by Pam GodwinThe Q by Beth BrowerSin & Discipline by Lily WhiteThe Mozart Season by Virginia Euwer WolffRhapsody by Kenya Wright
Musicians with classical leanings
15 books — 2 voters

Up From the Cradle of Jazz by Jason BerryGeorge Lewis by Tom BethellJammin' at the Margins by Krin GabbardBlowin' Hot And Cool by John GennariBill Russell's American Music by Mike Hazeldine
Historicism - Jazz on Jazz
9 books — 1 voter
Jazz Profiles by Reginald CarverFuture Jazz by Howard MandelIs Jazz Dead? by Stuart NicholsonLiving the Jazz Life by W. Royal Stokes
Jazz Today
4 books — 1 voter

Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! by Wynton MarsalisBefore John Was a Jazz Giant by Carole Boston WeatherfordLittle Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-BrownTrombone Shorty by Troy AndrewsJust a Lucky So and So by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Picture Books about Jazz by African-Americans
21 books — 1 voter
Shine Bright by Danyel SmithMy Life in the Purple Kingdom by BrownMarkSinging Like Germans by Kira ThurmanI Don't Like the Blues by B. Brian FosterThe Blues by Chris Thomas King
Music and Dance by African-Americans Published in Decade: 2020s
11 books — 1 voter

Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar Book with Online Audio by Tro... by Troy StetinaTed Greene -- Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing, Vol 2 by Ted GreeneJazz Guitar Single Note Soloing, Volume 1 by Ted GreeneTed Greene by Ted GreeneCreative Guitar by Guthrie Govan
Guitar Track For Jazz Players
15 books — 1 voter
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe History of Jazz by Ted GioiaBut Beautiful by Geoff DyerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books that Squidward would like
95 books — 1 voter

Jazz Dance by Marshall W. StearnsFootwork by Sarah PetronioThe Story of Jazz by Marshall W. StearnsSammy by Sammy Davis Jr.Tap! by Rusty E. Frank
Tap Dance Resources
39 books — 1 voter
Who Was Frederick Douglass? by April Jones PrinceWho Was Sojourner Truth? by Yona Zeldis McDonoughWhat Is Juneteenth? by Kirsti JewelWhat Is the Civil Rights Movement? by Sherri L. SmithWhat Is Black Lives Matter? by Lakita Wilson
Who Was/Is... (African Americans and Civil Rights Icons)
16 books — 1 voter

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