1) Greil Marcus Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads

2) David Margolick Strange Fruit

3) Stuart Stott We Shall Overcome

4) Harvey Sachs The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824

5) Dave Marsh Louie Louie: The History and Mythology of the World's Most Famous Rock 'n Roll Song

6) Cecil Brown Stagolee Shot Billy

7) Rebecca Rischin For the End of Time: The Story of the Messiaen Quartet

8) Eric Siblin The Cello Suites: J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece