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Daisy Jones & The Six Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1964 times as music)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,820,169 ratings — published 2019
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1867 times as music)
avg rating 3.95 — 73,659 ratings — published 2007
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This Is Your Brain on Music This Is Your Brain on Music (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1820 times as music)
avg rating 3.89 — 67,387 ratings — published 2006
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Just Kids Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1811 times as music)
avg rating 4.21 — 345,019 ratings — published 2010
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How Music Works How Music Works (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1746 times as music)
avg rating 4.00 — 28,104 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 1643 times as music)
avg rating 4.10 — 15,817 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 1568 times as music)
avg rating 4.19 — 36,443 ratings — published 1996
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Life Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1383 times as music)
avg rating 3.89 — 97,936 ratings — published 2010
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The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1326 times as music)
avg rating 4.44 — 165,647 ratings — published 2021
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Chronicles, Volume One Chronicles, Volume One (Paperback)
by (shelved 1319 times as music)
avg rating 3.98 — 61,137 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 1254 times as music)
avg rating 4.21 — 17,810 ratings — published 2001
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Girl in a Band Girl in a Band (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1131 times as music)
avg rating 3.67 — 31,589 ratings — published 2015
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High Fidelity High Fidelity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1022 times as music)
avg rating 3.90 — 213,966 ratings — published 1995
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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 938 times as music)
avg rating 4.06 — 9,229 ratings — published 2005
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Born to Run Born to Run (Hardcover)
by (shelved 935 times as music)
avg rating 4.19 — 54,290 ratings — published 2016
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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 883 times as music)
avg rating 3.83 — 36,541 ratings — published 2015
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Miles: The Autobiography Miles: The Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 867 times as music)
avg rating 4.20 — 16,506 ratings — published 1989
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Scar Tissue Scar Tissue (Paperback)
by (shelved 859 times as music)
avg rating 4.10 — 100,757 ratings — published 2004
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No One Here Gets Out Alive No One Here Gets Out Alive (Paperback)
by (shelved 843 times as music)
avg rating 3.94 — 46,146 ratings — published 1980
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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 833 times as music)
avg rating 3.87 — 41,868 ratings — published 2007
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What to Listen for in Music What to Listen for in Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 812 times as music)
avg rating 3.94 — 9,323 ratings — published 1939
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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 801 times as music)
avg rating 4.14 — 48,865 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 701 times as music)
avg rating 4.12 — 34,991 ratings — published 2001
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A Visit from the Goon Squad A Visit from the Goon Squad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 700 times as music)
avg rating 3.70 — 247,486 ratings — published 2010
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The History of Jazz The History of Jazz (Paperback)
by (shelved 657 times as music)
avg rating 4.07 — 5,583 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 631 times as music)
avg rating 4.28 — 13,313 ratings — published 2014
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Me Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 623 times as music)
avg rating 4.32 — 71,498 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 596 times as music)
avg rating 4.14 — 12,645 ratings — published 2017
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (Paperback)
by (shelved 594 times as music)
avg rating 4.01 — 9,861 ratings — published 1987
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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 583 times as music)
avg rating 3.95 — 8,978 ratings — published 2010
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Cash Cash (Paperback)
by (shelved 566 times as music)
avg rating 4.01 — 25,286 ratings — published 1997
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The Woman in Me The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 550 times as music)
avg rating 3.83 — 564,330 ratings — published 2023
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Clapton: The Autobiography Clapton: The Autobiography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 546 times as music)
avg rating 3.83 — 29,188 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 533 times as music)
avg rating 3.70 — 21,307 ratings — published 1987
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The Beatles Anthology The Beatles Anthology (Hardcover)
by (shelved 529 times as music)
avg rating 4.37 — 17,856 ratings — published 2000
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I Am Ozzy I Am Ozzy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 524 times as music)
avg rating 4.15 — 33,944 ratings — published 2009
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Slash Slash (Hardcover)
by (shelved 521 times as music)
avg rating 4.00 — 30,394 ratings — published 2007
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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 520 times as music)
avg rating 4.06 — 7,348 ratings — published 1991
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If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 519 times as music)
avg rating 3.91 — 962,189 ratings — published 2009
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Hammer of the Gods Hammer of the Gods (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 511 times as music)
avg rating 3.86 — 13,659 ratings — published 1985
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Songbook Songbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 510 times as music)
avg rating 3.56 — 14,212 ratings — published 2002
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Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division (Paperback)
by (shelved 505 times as music)
avg rating 3.93 — 9,103 ratings — published 1995
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Journals Journals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 505 times as music)
avg rating 4.01 — 17,650 ratings — published 2002
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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 489 times as music)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,601 ratings — published 2005
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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 482 times as music)
avg rating 4.25 — 5,784 ratings — published 1994
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Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa (Paperback)
by (shelved 476 times as music)
avg rating 3.89 — 6,952 ratings — published 2011
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Autobiography Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 471 times as music)
avg rating 3.61 — 13,428 ratings — published 2013
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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 468 times as music)
avg rating 4.14 — 39,060 ratings — published 2007
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Lick (Stage Dive, #1) Lick (Stage Dive, #1)
by (shelved 467 times as music)
avg rating 4.04 — 93,807 ratings — published 2013
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Beastie Boys Book Beastie Boys Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 466 times as music)
avg rating 4.53 — 14,069 ratings — published 2018
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Friedrich Nietzsche
“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

Aldous Huxley
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
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