num_pages: 207
description: “All I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don’t like them as much as I do.” —Nick Hornby, from Songbook    Songs, songwriters, and why and how they get under our skin… Songbook is Nick Hornby’s labor of love. A shrewd, funny, and completely unique collection of musings on pop music, why it’s good, what makes us listen and love it so much, and the ways in which it attaches itself to our lives—all with the beat of a perfectly mastered mix tape. 
language: English
title: Songbook
titlecomplete: Songbook
genres: Pop Culture, Essays, Short Stories, Biography, Music, British Literature, Nonfiction, Memoir, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 13810
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism
publisher: Riverhead Books