14 Best music books like That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde by Daryl Sanders

Cover of That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde by Daryl Sanders

That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde

By: Daryl Sanders

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound is the definitive treatment of Bob Dylan’s magnum opus, Blonde on Blo…

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1. Chronicles, Volume One

By: Bob Dylan

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manif… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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"People were people."

-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One

"My big fear was that my guitar would go out of tune."

-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One

"Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on."

-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One

"Sebuah lagu laksana mimpi, dan kita berusaha untuk membuatnya jadi kenyataan."

-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One

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2. Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited

By: Clinton Heylin

3.98

Format: 816 pages, Paperback

In 1991 Clinton Heylin published what was considered the most definitive biography of Bob Dylan ava… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • music biography
  • history
Cover of Tarantula by Bob Dylan

3. Tarantula

By: Bob Dylan

3.68

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Music legend Bob Dylan's only work of fiction--a combinatio… read more

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Cover of Why Bob Dylan Matters by Richard F. Thomas

4. Why Bob Dylan Matters

By: Richard F. Thomas

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

"The coolest class on campus" - The New York Times When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded … read more

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Cover of A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks by Andy Gill, Kevin Odegard

5. A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks

By: Andy Gill , Kevin Odegard

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1974 Bob Dylan wrote, recorded, reconsidered, and then re-recorded the best-selling studio album… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction

6. Highway 61 Revisited

By: None

4.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

"In this book, Mark Polizzotti examines just what makes the songs on Highway 61 Revisited so affect… read more

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7. The Ballad of Bob Dylan: A Portrait

By: Daniel Mark Epstein

4.21

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Through the lens of four seminal concerts, acclaimed poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein offers… read more

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8. A Freewheelin' Time: Greenwich Village in the Sixties, Bob Dylan and Me

By: Suze Rotolo

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

A Freewheelin' Timeis Suze Rotolo's firsthand, eyewitness, participant-observer account of the imme… read more

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Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

9. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City by Kevin Baker

10. The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City

By: Kevin Baker

4.39

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan

11. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

By: James Kaplan

4.35

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the … read more

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  • music
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  • history
Cover of The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan

12. The Philosophy of Modern Song

By: Bob Dylan

3.80

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Vol… read more

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  • nonfiction
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"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"

-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song

Cover of Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska by Warren Zanes

13. Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

By: Warren Zanes

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, rev… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • music biography
  • history
"Nineteen eighty-two is as good a year as any to mark the threshold of a future we're still negotiating. It's been called the information age, the digital age, the new media age. It was the beginning …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Guitar Town was out, and it was doing okay," [Steve] Earle recalled. "But the label didn't want it to happen. Jimmy [Bowen] certainly didn't. He didn't like the record. He didn't like me. But it was …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

Cover of Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans by Kenneth Womack

14. Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans

By: Kenneth Womack

4.16

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

The first full-length biography of Mal Evans, the Beatles’ beloved friend, confidant, and roadie.  … read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer

15. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
Cover of There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden

16. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland

By: Steven Hyden

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album,  Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
Cover of Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy by Jamie Raskin

17. Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

By: Jamie Raskin

4.51

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

In this searing memoir, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the star… read more

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  • history
"If a person can grow through unthinkable trauma and loss, perhaps a nation may, too."

-Jamie Raskin, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

"Memory requires active engagement with the complexities of the past. It is not an unthinking or passive process, like breathing or (for most people) sleeping. I have found that good memory, like good…"

-Jamie Raskin, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy

Cover of That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde by Daryl Sanders

18. That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde

By: Daryl Sanders

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound is the definitive treatment of Bob Dylan’s magnum opus, Blonde on Blo… read more

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  • pop culture
  • music biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Double Life of Bob Dylan: A Restless, Hungry Feeling, 1941-1966 by Clinton Heylin

19. The Double Life of Bob Dylan: A Restless, Hungry Feeling, 1941-1966

By: Clinton Heylin

3.79

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

From the world's leading authority on Bob Dylan comes the definitive biography that promises to tra… read more

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Cover of Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members by Ray  Padgett

20. Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members

By: Ray Padgett

4.59

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

"More fine stories than you can count" — Greil Marcus Collecting over 40 original, in-depth interv… read more

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Cover of A Song For Everyone: The Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival by John Lingan

21. A Song For Everyone: The Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival

By: John Lingan

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Creedence Clearwater Revival, exploring the band's legendary rise to fa… read more

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15 Top history books like That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde by Daryl Sanders

Transform Your Habits

Chronicles, Volume One

Bob Dylan

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited

Clinton Heylin

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Why Bob Dylan Matters

Richard F. Thomas

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

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18 must-read audiobook books like Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska by Warren Zanes

Transform Your Habits

Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Ed Zwick

4.03

Transform Your Habits

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir

Stevie Van Zandt

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Lou Reed: The King of New York

Will Hermes

4.23

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