The most popular music books of 2023

Music books are for listeners and players alike. Read the stories of musicians and bands, the history of genres from classical to hip-hop, and what goes on inside the industry. You will also find guides to theory and to learning an instrument, whatever your level. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.

Cover of Sing Your Name Out Loud 15 Rules for Living Your Dream

Sing Your Name Out Loud 15 Rules for Living Your Dream

Jason Derulo

Published 2023

240 pages

Cover of Blanche The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

Blanche The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation

Nancy Schoenberger

Published 2023

227 pages

Cover of Son of the City

Son of the City

Dante Ross

Published 2023

387 pages

Cover of The Masters Conversations with Dylan, Lennon, Jagger, Townshend, Garcia, Bono, and Springsteen

The Masters Conversations with Dylan, Lennon, Jagger, Townshend, Garcia, Bono, and Springsteen

Jann S. Wenner

Published 2023

368 pages

Cover of Becoming Ella Fitzgerald The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

Judith Tick

2023 · 2025 edition

608 pages

Cover of This Must Be the Place

This Must Be the Place

Jesse Rifkin

Published 2023

544 pages

Cover of This Is Tap Savion Glover Finds His Funk

This Is Tap Savion Glover Finds His Funk

Selene Castrovilla

Published 2023

40 pages

Cover of Black Punk Now

Black Punk Now

Chris L. Terry, James Spooner

Published 2023

352 pages

Cover of Bee Gees

Bee Gees

Bob Stanley

Published 2023

392 pages

Cover of The Amplified Come as You are The Story of Nirvana

The Amplified Come as You are The Story of Nirvana

Michael Azerrad

Published 2023

614 pages

Cover of The Gospel of the Hold Steady How a Resurrection Really Feels

The Gospel of the Hold Steady How a Resurrection Really Feels

Michael Hann, The Hold The Hold Steady

Published 2023

206 pages

Cover of Swing of the Blade

Swing of the Blade

Brian Slagel, Mark Eglinton

Published 2023

192 pages

Cover of Dance Your Way Home

Dance Your Way Home

Emma Warren

2023 · 2024 edition

416 pages

Cover of Pitch Perfect and Persistent! The Musical Debut of Amy Cheney Beach

Pitch Perfect and Persistent! The Musical Debut of Amy Cheney Beach

Caitlin DeLems

Published 2023

40 pages

Cover of Fashion Killa How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion

Fashion Killa How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion

Sowmya Krishnamurthy

Published 2023

304 pages

Cover of Loaded The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

Loaded The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground

Dylan Jones

2023 · 2029 edition

320 pages

Cover of This Is Christmas, Song by Song The Stories Behind 100 Holiday Hits

This Is Christmas, Song by Song The Stories Behind 100 Holiday Hits

Annie Zaleski

Published 2023

224 pages

Cover of Sing, Memory

Sing, Memory

Makana Eyre

Published 2023

352 pages

Cover of All the Leaves Are Brown How the Mamas & the Papas Came Together and Broke Apart

All the Leaves Are Brown How the Mamas & the Papas Came Together and Broke Apart

Scott G. Shea

Published 2023

422 pages

Cover of Country and Midwestern

Country and Midwestern

Mark Guarino

Published 2023

524 pages

Cover of Listen On Music, Sound and Us

Listen On Music, Sound and Us

Michel Faber

Published 2023

368 pages

Cover of Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound

Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound

Dave Chisholm

Published 2023

150 pages

Cover of Bang Bang Crash

Bang Bang Crash

Nic Brown

Published 2023

224 pages

Cover of Tell It Like It Is

Tell It Like It Is

Aaron Neville

Published 2023

320 pages

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