Best Books on Music

The songs, the scenes and the people who made them. The top-rated non-fiction to read alongside the music documentaries.

1. Just Kids by Patti Smith (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
2. This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin (4/5) - View on Amazon
3. Chronicles by Bob Dylan (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
4. How Music Works by David Byrne (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
5. Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald - View on Amazon
6. The Song Machine by John Seabrook - View on Amazon
7. Life by Keith Richards (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
8. Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
9. Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil - View on Amazon
10. Decoded by Jay-Z - View on Amazon
11. Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff Chang - View on Amazon
12. Respect by David Ritz - View on Amazon
13. The Tao of Wu by RZA (Rapper) - View on Amazon
14. Miles by Miles Davis - View on Amazon
15. The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
16. Kind of Blue by Ashley Kahn - View on Amazon
17. Beethoven by Jan Swafford - View on Amazon
18. Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad - View on Amazon
19. Meet Me in the Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman - View on Amazon
20. Laurel Canyon by Michael Walker - View on Amazon
21. Blues people by Amiri Baraka - View on Amazon

Best Books on Music & Musicians

1. Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald - View on Amazon
2. The Song Machine by John Seabrook - View on Amazon
3. How Music Works by David Byrne (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
4. This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin (4/5) - View on Amazon
5. Just Kids by Patti Smith (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
6. Life by Keith Richards (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
7. Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
8. Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil - View on Amazon