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Tchaikovsky: The Man Revealed

By John Suchet

The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction

By R V Cassill (late of Brown University)

Classic Ephemera: A Musical Miscellany (Classic FM)

By Darren Henley, Tim Lihoreau, Howard Goodall

A Booze & Vinyl Christmas: Merry Music-and-Drink Pairings to Celebrate the Season

By Andre Darlington, Jason Varney

Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation

By Daniel Rachel

No Regrets: Writings on Scott Walker

By Rob Young

Shiny and New: Ten Moments of Pop Genius that Defined the '80s

By Dylan Jones

Believe in Magic: 30 Years of Heavenly Recordings

By Robin Turner

Perfect Sound Whatever: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

By James Acaster

Hip-Hop Is History: The New York Times bestseller

By Questlove, Ben Greenman

Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation

By Daniel Rachel

The Beautiful Ones

By Prince

31 Songs

By Nick Hornby

The Classical Music Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

By DK, Katie Derham

Curepedia: An immersive and beautifully designed A-Z biography of The Cure

By Simon Price

Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984)

By Douglas MacIntyre, Grant McPhee

The Foghorn's Lament: The Disappearing Music of the Coast

By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Paper Cuts: How I Destroyed the British Music Press and Other Misadventures

By Ted Kessler

Shiny and New: Ten Moments of Pop Genius that Defined the '80s

By Dylan Jones

Faster Than A Cannonball: 1995 and All That

By Dylan Jones

Industry of Magic & Light

By David Keenan

Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation

By Daniel Rachel

Joan Baez: The Last Leaf

By Elizabeth Thomson

M Train

By Ms Patti Smith

Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany

By Uwe Schutte

Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock

By Richie Unterberger

Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution

By Richie Unterberger

1966: The Year the Decade Exploded

By Jon Savage

Psychedelia and Other Colours

By Rob Chapman

HELL BENT FOR LEATHER: Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict

By Hunter