High Fidelity by Nick HornbyRead about the other entries on the list.
This iconic 1996 book has sold more than 1 million copies, and been immortalized on screen (as a movie in 2000, and as a Hulu adaptation starring Zoë Kravitz in 2020), and even in a Broadway show. Rob Fleming owns a record shop in London, and he’sgoing through an existential crisis after his girlfriend dumps him. Inspired by two quirky employees who are obsessed with creating “top five” mixtapes, Rob decides to look back at his five worst break-ups. What follows is a story that has something for everyone—love lost and found, friendship, and of course plenty of music. That mix of ingredients—rock, romance, nostalgia—makes it a perfect book to pick up after Daisy Jones.
High Fidelity also made Glenn Dixon's top ten list of novels about fictional bands, Robert Haller's list of six top novels referencing pop music, Brian Boone's list of five classic books Hollywood should adapt into corny sitcoms, Lisa Jewell's six best books list, Jen Harper's list of seven top books to help you get through your divorce, Chris Moss's top 19 list of books on "how to be a man," Jeff Somers's lists of five of the best novels in which music is a character and six books that’ll make you glad you’re single, Chrissie Gruebel's top ten list of books set in London, Ted Gioia's list of ten of the best novels on music, Melissa Albert's top five list of books that inspire great mix tapes, Rob Reid's six favorite books list, Ashley Hamilton's list of 8 books to read with a broken heart, Tiffany Murray's top 10 list of rock'n'roll novels, Mark Hodkinson's critic's chart of rock music in fiction, and John Sutherland's list of the best books about listing.
--Marshal Zeringue
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