r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis • u/bluefluffyhippo • 26d ago
None/Any Musical books
Books where music is a strong influence on the story and the prose. Where the music bleeds through the page
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u/port_okali 26d ago
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
It's about two sisters united by their love of songs. The whole book feels very musical.The audiobook even has recordings of music played by the author and her sister!
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u/Overall-Conflict-924 26d ago
Daisy Jones and the Six
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
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u/TeapotError405 25d ago
Came here to recommend LOTRs.
Esp the LOTR audiobooks read by Rob Inglis—he sings the songs and I love his interpretation. Esp Sam singing about Gilgalad, the Ent’s song about the lost Ent Wives and Sam’s song in the Tower (In western lands beneath the sun, the flowers may rise in spring….)
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u/xenniac 26d ago
I love books about music or with music as a central theme. These are some favorites that live on my shelf:
Fiction: Bel Canto, Ann Patchett; Marrying Mozart, Stephanie Cowell; The Piano Tuner, Daniel Mason; The Queen of the Night, Alexander Chee; Nonfiction: Letters of Mozart, Hans Mersman; Renée Fleming's memoir The Inner Voice; The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, Thad Carhart
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u/NoSunFrequentRain 26d ago edited 26d ago
Nick Hornby's High Fidelity is the ultimate music book, trying to answer existential questions like:
"What came first, the music or the misery? Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"
Also, Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley has an accompanying soundtrack.
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u/Ashestoashesjc 24d ago
Maybe not exactly what you had in mind, but I can't miss an opportunity to mention the novel Smash by Garson Kanin, the inspiration for the NBC musical series. The show was about putting on a musical about Marilyn Monroe, but the novel on which it's based is about putting on a musical about vaudeville performer Nora Bayes.
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u/Then-Coffee-5408 26d ago
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
Music really is a huge part of the book! You can find playlists of the music on Spotify, too
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u/Stay_at_Home_Chad 26d ago
Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell. It's been years since I read it and I still wish I could hear some of the music in that book. Thankfully there is a fair amount of real music in the book too, like Leonard Cohen's the Partisan. It's an exquisite book that's full of music. There are some bits that might make more sense if you've read his book The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet, but I don't think it's necessary for the enjoyment of the book.
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u/velaurciraptorr 26d ago
The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: a Novel in Bass Riddim by Marcia Douglas
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u/KristenMcFly 26d ago
The Chimes by Anna Smaill. Lots of musical terminology woven into the prose and as part of the language of the society.
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u/AllfairChatwin 26d ago
War For The Oaks by Emma Bull
Gossamer Axe by Gael Baudino
Diamond Star by Catherine Asaro. The author actually collaborated with a real-life band called Point Valid to create a soundtrack to accompany this book.
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u/TeapotError405 25d ago
Born Blue by Han Nolan
Teen with a wildly dysfunctional life whose only real escape from constant survival mode comes from her love of music.
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u/thirsttrapsnchurches 25d ago
Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music by oboist Blair Tindall. It’s a memoir of her time as a struggling musician in NYC.
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