Subject: Popular music History and criticism

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31 Songs by Nick Hornby (2,291 copies)
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield (1,803 copies)
Ocean of Sound by David Toop (333 copies)
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc… by Bill Brewster (325 copies)
Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas (Stories… by Ace Collins (314 copies)
I hate myself and want to die : the 52 most depressing… by Tom Reynolds (285 copies)
20 Years of Rolling Stone: What a Long, Strange Trip It's… by Jann S. Wenner (242 copies)
Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City by Paul Morley (150 copies)
Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider… by Irwin Chusid (142 copies)
Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry by Clinton Heylin (124 copies)
Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs: A Field Guide (33 1/3) by L. D. Beghtol (102 copies)
The Faber Book of Pop by Hanif Kureishi (96 copies)
More Brilliant Than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction by Kodwo Eshun (94 copies)
Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music by Simon Frith (85 copies)
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music by Tony Palmer (84 copies)
On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word by Simon Frith (82 copies)
The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates by David Brackett (79 copies)
She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop &… by Lucy O'Brien (77 copies)
Touch me, I'm sick : the 52 creepiest love songs you've… by Tom Reynolds (75 copies)
Dream Lucky: When FDR was in the White House, Count Basie… by Roxane Orgill (66 copies)
Off the Record: An Oral History of Popular Music by Joe Smith (66 copies)
After the Ball by Ian Whitcomb (64 copies)
Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs by Phil Freeman (50 copies)
The Trouble with Music by Mat Callahan (48 copies)
The Rough Guide to Cult Pop by Paul Simpson (46 copies)
33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume One (33 1/3) by David Barker (46 copies)
Facing the Music by Simon Frith (45 copies)
Solo: Women Singer-Songwriters in Their Own Words by Marc Woodworth (42 copies)
Songs Sung Red, White, and Blue: The Stories Behind… by Ace Collins (42 copies)
Stand and Be Counted: A Revealing History of Our Times… by David Crosby (41 copies)
She Bop II: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop… by Lucy O'Brien (39 copies)
The Accidental Evolution of Rock'N'Roll: A Misguided Tour… by Chuck Eddy (39 copies)
The Great American Popular Singers by Henry Pleasants (32 copies)
The Crawdaddy! Book: Writings (and Images) from the… by Paul Williams (30 copies)
Beats of the Heart {complete series} by Jeremy Marre (29 copies)
Popular Musics of the Non-Western World: An Introductory… by Peter Manuel (26 copies)
The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio by Ben Fong-Torres (26 copies)
This Is Pop: In Search of the Elusive at Experience Music… by Eric Weisbard (23 copies)
Interpreting Popular Music by David Brackett (23 copies)
Soundtrack Available: Essays on Film and Popular Music by Pamela Robertson Wojcik (20 copies)
De Bril van Buddy Holly by Boudewijn Büch (18 copies)
You Must Remember This...: Popular Songwriters 1900-1980 by Mark White (13 copies)
What's that sound?: The contemporary music scene from… by Ben Fong-Torres (12 copies)
Instant karma : populærmusikkens kulturhistorie by Herman Willis (11 copies)
The World of Pop Music and Jazz (The Christian Encounters) by William Robert Miller (8 copies)
Stir It Up: Musical Mixes from Roots to Jazz by Gene Santoro (7 copies)
Born under a bad sign; by Tony Palmer (6 copies)
Popular song & youth today (Youth world) by Louis M. Savary (6 copies)
100 Albums That Changed Popular Music: A Reference Guide by Chris Smith (6 copies)
Rap (Entertainment World Series) by Keith Elliot Greenberg (4 copies)