Further Reading Mark Salzman wove many different subject areas into The Soloist and there are many different topics to discuss and explore. Use this list to help you find books that share some of the many themes from The Soloist, and enrich the time you spend On The Same Page with Duxbury Free Library and the rest of the community.

Fiction

Ashford, Jeffrey A web of circumstances

Alexie, Sherman Reservation blues

Atkins, Ace Crossroad blues: a Nick Travers mystery

Balint, Christine Ophelia's fan: a novel

Barnes, Linda Steel guitar

Bastable, Bernard Dead, Mr. Mozart; Too many notes, Mr. Mozart

Becker, Geoffrey Bluestown

Carpenter, William A keeper of sheep

Charbonnier, Rita Mozart's sister: a novel

Charles, Paul I love the sound of breaking glass

Cohen, Paula Gramercy Park

Collins, Jackie Lovers & players

Colwin, Laurie Goodbye without leaving

Conroy, Frank Body and soul

Cowell, Stephanie Marrying Mozart: a novel

Currey, Richard Lost highway

Davidson, Donald The big ballad jamboree: a novel

Doig, Ivan Prairie nocturne: a novel

Duchin, Peter Blue moon; Good morning, heartache

Due, Tananarive Joplin's ghost

Dunlap, Susanne Emily Liszt's kiss: a novel; Émilie's voice: a novel

Everett, Percival L. Glyph: a novel

Fitzhugh, Bill Fender benders

Ford, Robert The student conductor

Frame, Ronald The lantern bearers: a novel

Fulmer, David Jass

Galloway, Janice Clara

George, Nelson. The accidental hunter: a novel

Gowdy, Barbara Mister sandman: a novel

Grisham, John The last juror; The runaway jury

Guy, David Jake Fades: a novel of impermanence

Hackett, Joyce Disturbance of the inner ear

Halpin, Brendan Dear catastrophe waitress: a novel

Hijuelos, Oscar The mambo kings play songs of love

Hoeg, Peter The quiet girl

Holmes, Rupert Swing: a novel

Kiernan, Kristy Catching genius

Lalwani, Nikita Gifted: a novel

Lambright, Slim The sweethearts of soul

Landvik, Lorna Oh my stars: a novel

MacLaverty, Bernard Grace notes

MacPherson, Malcolm Deadlock

Mandel, Sally Heart and soul

Mansbach, Adam Shackling water

Margolis, Sue Breakfast at Stephanie's

McCrumb, Sharyn The songcatcher: a ballad novel

McFarland, Dennis The music room

McVeigh, Alice Ghost music

Merullo, Roland Breakfast with Buddha

Morrissey, Bill Edson

Neate, Patrick Twelve Bar Blues

Norman, Liane Ellison Stitches in air: a novel about Mozart's mother

Patchett, Ann Bel Canto: a novel

Perrotta, Tom The wishbones

Pollack, Neal Never mind the Pollacks: a rock and roll novel

Powers, Richard The time of our singing

Romano-Lax, Andromeda The spanish bow

Schaffert, Timothy The singing and dancing daughters of god

Schaub, Christine Finding Anna

See, Lisa Peony in love: a novel

Segal, Susan Aria: a novel

Shearer, Cynthia The celestial jukebox: a novel

Slater, Harrison Gradwell Nightmusic

Smith, Rosamond. (aka: Joyce Carol Oates) Double delight: a novel

Story, Rosalyn M. More than you know

Tremain, Rose Music & silence

Van Wormer, Laura Jury duty: a novel

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NonFiction

Bogira, Steve Courtroom 302: a year behind the scenes in an American criminal courthouse

Boyd, Jenny Musicians in tune: seventy-five contemporary musicians discuss the creative process

Brahm, Ajahn Who ordered this truckload of dung? Inspiring stories for welcoming life's difficulties

Burnett, D. Graham A trial by jury

Carson, Nancy Raising a star: the parent's guide to helping kids break into theater, film, television, or music

Dalai Lama XI How to see yourself as you really are

Dunne, Dominick Justice

Feige, David Indefensible: one lawyer's journey into the inferno of American justice

Feldman, David Henry Nature's gambit: child prodigies and the development of human potential

Hagen, Steve Buddhism is not what you think: finding freedom beyond beliefs

Hoffman, Miles The NPR classical music companion: terms and concepts from A to Z

Jourdain, Robert Music, the brain, and ecstasy: how music captures our imagination

Kenneson, Claude Musical prodigies: perilous journeys, remarkable lives

Klein, Alec A class apart: prodigies, pressure and passion inside one of America's best high schools

Kurtz, Glenn Practicing: a musician's return to music

Landaw, Jonathan Buddhism for dummies

Levitin, Daniel J. This is your brain on music: the science of a human obsession

Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis on music

Mithen, Steven J. The Singing neanderthals: the origins of music, language, mind, and body

Plotkin, Fred Classical music 101: a complete guide to learning and loving classical music

Rothwax, Harold Guilty

Sacks, Oliver W. Musicophilia: tales of music and the brain

Smith, Huston Buddhism: a concise introduction

Snow, Kimberley In Buddha's kitchen: cooking, being cooked, and other adventures in a meditation center

Sutin, Lawrence All is change: the two-thousand year journey of Buddhism to the west

Stanley, Jacqueline D. Jurors' Rights

Thurman, Robert A. The jewel tree of Tibet: the enlightenment engine of Tibetan Buddhism

Tindall, Blair Mozart in the jungle

Winslade, William J. The insanity plea

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Biography/Autobiography

Bettman, Otto Johann Sebastian Bach as his world knew him

Boyd, Pattie Wonderful tonight

Clapton, Eric Clapton: the autobiography

Cohodas, Nadine Queen: the life and music of Dinah Washington

Crosby, David Since then: how I survived everything and lived to tell about it

Dowley, Tim Bach

Duchin, Peter Ghost of a chance: a memoir

Eisler, Benita Chopin's funeral

Franklin, Aretha Aretha: from these roots

Geck, Martin Johann Sebastian Bach: his life and work

Geringer, Karl Johann Sebastian Bach: the culmination of an era

Getzinger, Donna Johann Sebastian Bach and the art of Baroque music

Gordon, Robert Can't be satisfied: the life and times of Muddy Waters

Helfgott, Gillian Love you to bits and pieces: life with David Helfgot

Morris, Edmund Beethoven: the universal composer

Wallace, Amy The prodigy

Wilson, Elizabeth Jacqueline du Pre: her life, her music, her legend

Wolff, Christopher Johann Sebastian Bach: the learned musician

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