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Books About Music (Nonfiction)

A mix here, lots of punk, some memoir, some cultural and oral history. Something different, when you're ready.
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Disgraceland (Jake Brennan)
Disgraceland
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Jake Brennan
Horror Stories (Liz Phair)
Horror Stories
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Liz Phair
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain)
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
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Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain
Rip It Up and Start Again: Post-Punk 1978-1984 (Simon Reynolds)
Rip It Up and Start Again: Post-Punk 1978-1984
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Simon Reynolds
Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007) (Dan Ozzi)
Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994-2007)
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Dan Ozzi
Why Karen Carpenter Matters (Karen Tongson)
Why Karen Carpenter Matters
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Karen Tongson
Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me (Steven Hyden)
Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me
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Steven Hyden
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 (Lizzy Goodman)
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011
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Lizzy Goodman
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys (Viv Albertine)
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys
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Viv Albertine
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (Carrie Brownstein)
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
10
Carrie Brownstein
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib)
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
11
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
The Dirt (Motley Crue)
The Dirt
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Motley Crue
Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music (Ann Powers)
Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music
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Ann Powers
One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time (Craig Brown)
One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time
14
Craig Brown
Girl in a Band (Kim Gordon)
Girl in a Band
15
Kim Gordon
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
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Patti Smith
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Hanif Abdurraqib)
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
17
Hanif Abdurraqib
Im With the Band (Pamela)
Im With the Band
18
Pamela
England's Dreaming (Jon Savage)
England's Dreaming
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Jon Savage
Our Band Could Be Your Life
Our Band Could Be Your Life
20
We Were Feminist Once: From Riot Grrl to Covergirl, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement (Andi Zeisler)
We Were Feminist Once: From Riot Grrl to Covergirl, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement
21
Andi Zeisler
Resistance (Tori Amos)
Resistance
22
Tori Amos
Bedsit Disco Queen: How I Grew Up and Tried to Be a Pop Star (Tracey Thorn)
Bedsit Disco Queen: How I Grew Up and Tried to Be a Pop Star
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Tracey Thorn
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest (Hanif Abdurraqib)
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest
24
Hanif Abdurraqib
Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of LA Punk (John Doe W/ Tom Desavia & Friends)
Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of LA Punk
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John Doe W/ Tom Desavia & Friends
The Wrecking Crew (Kent Hartman)
The Wrecking Crew
26
Kent Hartman
Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana
Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana
27
Yeah Yeah Yeah (Bob Stanley)
Yeah Yeah Yeah
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Bob Stanley
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