Subject: Rock music › History and criticism

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• Songbook by Nick Hornby (1,342 copies)
• Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a… by Lester Bangs (589 copies)
• Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes by Greil Marcus (239 copies)
• Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs… by Lester Bangs (194 copies)
• A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song by Steve Turner (175 copies)
• The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll: The… by Rolling Stone Magazine (175 copies)
• Let it Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's… by Jim DeRogatis (146 copies)
• 20 Years of Rolling Stone: What a Long, Strange Trip It's… by Jann Wenner (120 copies)
• The Dark Stuff: Selected Writings on Rock Music by Nick Kent (116 copies)
• Into the Heart: The Stories Behind Every U2 Song by Niall Stokes (99 copies)
• All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop,… by Michael Erlewine (98 copies)
• Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock and Roll,… by James Miller (95 copies)
• The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll by Charlie Gillett (85 copies)
• Transformer: The Lou Reed Story by Victor Bockris (80 copies)
• She's a Rebel: The Histroy of Women in Rock and Roll (Live… by Gillian G. Gaar (76 copies)
• Rock of Ages: The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll by Ed Ward (72 copies)
• It Was Twenty Years Ago Today: Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts… by Derek Taylor (72 copies)
• Cinderella's Big Score: Women of the Punk and Indie… by Maria Raha (69 copies)
• New Book of Rock Lists by Dave Marsh (65 copies)
• Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock by Nik Cohn (62 copies)
• The Aesthetics of Rock (Da Capo Paperback) by Richard Meltzer (61 copies)
• The Book of Rock Lists by Dave Marsh (60 copies)
• Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Island by Greil Marcus (57 copies)
• Rock 'N' Roll Babylon by Gary Herman (53 copies)
• Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music… by Jim DeRogatis (52 copies)
• Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs: A Field Guide (33 1/3) by L. D. Beghtol (48 copies)
• Sound Effects by Simon Frith (46 copies)
• A Whore Just Like the Rest: The Music Writings of Richard… by Richard Meltzer (45 copies)
• The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion, and Rock'N'Roll by Simon Reynolds (43 copies)
• The Boy Looked at Johnny: The Obituary of Rock and Roll by Julie Burchill (41 copies)
• The Dark Side of the Moon: The Making of the Pink Floyd… by John Harris (40 copies)
• 100 Best Album Covers by Storm Thorgerson (39 copies)
• Rock She Wrote by Evelyn McDonnell (38 copies)
• Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out by Bill Graham (37 copies)
• On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word by Simon Frith (32 copies)
• Night Beat: A Shadow History of Rock and Roll by Mikal Gilmore (30 copies)
• The Secret History of Rock: The Most Influential Bands… by Roni Sarig (30 copies)
• Kill Your Idols: A New Generation of Rock Writers… by Jim DeRogatis (28 copies)
• CREEM: America's Only Rock 'N' Roll Magazine by Robert Matheu (28 copies)
• Rock Bottom: Dark Moments in Music Babylon by Pamela Des Barres (28 copies)
• Bat Chain Puller: Rock and Roll in the Age of Celebrity by Kurt Loder (27 copies)
• Woodstock: The Oral History by Joel Makower (26 copies)
• Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay: An Anthology by William McKeen (25 copies)
• Rock and Roll: Its History and Stylistic Development (3rd… by Joe Stuessy (24 copies)
• Blissed Out: The Raptures of Rock by Simon Reynolds (23 copies)
• Grown Up All Wrong: 75 Great Rock and Pop Artists from… by Robert Christgau (20 copies)
• Shots from the Hip (Penguin Originals) by Charles Shaar Murray (19 copies)
• The People's Music by Ian MacDonald (19 copies)
• Manic Pop Thrill by Rachel Felder (18 copies)
• Seven Years of Plenty: Handbook of Irrefutable Pop… by Ben Thompson (18 copies)

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