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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
1,494 books — 1,419 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
428 books — 350 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
129 books — 126 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
150 books — 69 voters

Ballet Boy by Anfaney GladwinGiraffes Can't Dance by Giles AndreaeFlora and the Flamingo by Molly IdleBarnyard Dance by Sandra BoyntonRap A Tap Tap by Leo Dillon
Picture Books About Dance
198 books — 66 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)
97 books — 35 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
63 books — 34 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
106 books — 28 voters

Ballet Boy by Anfaney GladwinBody Run by David J. BunnellForsaken Island by Sharon HinckTutu Much by Airin EmeryHidden Current by Sharon Hinck
Best Dance Books
19 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
78 books — 23 voters

Death of an Officer by Mark EllisJazz by Toni MorrisonWild Women and the Blues by Denny S. BryceDarkness and the Devil Behind Me by Persia WalkerHarlem Redux by Persia Walker
Adult Historical Fiction Set In the 1920's By African-Americans
19 books — 22 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

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
60 books — 13 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
159 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
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
Shine Bright by Danyel SmithThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorThe Echo Will Never Die by Lee "DJ Flash" JohnsonMy Life in the Purple Kingdom by BrownMarkSinging Like Germans by Kira Thurman
Music and Dance by African-Americans Published in Decade: 2020s
13 books — 3 voters

Total Jazz by BlutchMonk! by Youssef DaoudiAmerican Splendor by Harvey PekarChasin' the Bird by Dave ChisholmHot Jazz by Hunt Emerson
Jazz Illustrated
10 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.)
34 books — 3 voters

Jazz Rock Fusion by Julie CoryellElegant People by Curt BianchiRunning the Voodoo Down by Philip FreemanFootprints by Michelle MercerJaco by Bill Milkowski
Jazz Fusion II - Rock & Beyond
8 books — 2 voters
The Jazz Harmony Book by David BerkmanMel Bay Hokum by Leon GrizzardImprovisation by Derek BaileyMickey Baker's Complete Course in Jazz Guitar Book 1 | Jazz G... by Mickey BakerHarmonic Development and Contrapuntal Techniques for the Jazz... by Gary Motley
Jazz Theory and Harmony
5 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
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

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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