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The Best Music Books of 2021

"This year, many of the books we loved most used music as a lens through which to examine broader issues of politics, history, and identity — whether it was the story of capitalist circulation as heard by Joshua Clover in the Modern Lovers' "Roadrunner," Hanif Abdurraqib riffing on everything from Soul Train to 1920s dance crazes in his panoramic A Little Devil in America, or Eric Harvey exploring depictions of African American life in Eighties pop culture."
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A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Hanif Abdurraqib)
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
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Hanif Abdurraqib
Music Stories From the Cosmic Barrio (Betto Arcos)
Music Stories From the Cosmic Barrio
2
Betto Arcos
Nothin' but a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s American Hard Rock Explosion (Tom Beaujour, Richard Bienstock)
Nothin' but a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s American Hard Rock Explosion
3
Tom Beaujour, Richard Bienstock
Chronicling Stankonia (Regina)
Chronicling Stankonia
4
Regina
Liner Notes for the Revolution (Daphne)
Liner Notes for the Revolution
5
Daphne
Roadrunner (Joshua Clover)
Roadrunner
6
Joshua Clover
Where the Devil Don't Stay: Traveling the South With the Drive-By Truckers (Stephen Deusner)
Where the Devil Don't Stay: Traveling the South With the Drive-By Truckers
7
Stephen Deusner
Nina Simone's Gum (Warren Ellis)
Nina Simone's Gum
8
Warren Ellis
Saved by a Song (Mary Gauthier)
Saved by a Song
9
Mary Gauthier
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music (Dave Grohl)
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
10
Dave Grohl
Who Got the Camera? a History of Rap and Reality (Eric Harvey)
Who Got the Camera? a History of Rap and Reality
11
Eric Harvey
The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop (Clover Hope)
The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop
12
Clover Hope
Last Chance Texaco (Rickie Lee Jones)
Last Chance Texaco
13
Rickie Lee Jones
Common Tones: Selected Interviews With Artists and Musicians 1995-2020 (Alan Licht)
Common Tones: Selected Interviews With Artists and Musicians 1995-2020
14
Alan Licht
Fallopian Rhapsody: The Story of the Lunachicks (The Lunachicks (With Jeanne Fury))
Fallopian Rhapsody: The Story of the Lunachicks
15
The Lunachicks (With Jeanne Fury)
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present (Paul McCartney)
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present
16
Paul McCartney
Someone Should Pay for Your Pain (Franz Nicolay)
Someone Should Pay for Your Pain
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Franz Nicolay
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)
18
Dan Ozzi
From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan (Raekwon (With Anthony Bozza))
From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan
19
Raekwon (With Anthony Bozza)
Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975 (Richard Thompson (Scott Timberg))
Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975
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Richard Thompson (Scott Timberg)
Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir (Stevie Van Zandt)
Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir
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Stevie Van Zandt
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
22
Michelle Zauner
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