What to Read After Bach
Readers who loved Bach by John Eliot Gardiner keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Bach is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Bach
Schubert's Winter Journey
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Classical Style
The Music of the Spheres
Beethoven
Evening in the Palace of Reason
Words Without Music
The Great Pianists
Chopin
Testimony
History of Opera
Perfect Wrong Note
Musician's Way
Samuel Pepys
Life of Samuel Johnson
The Childhood of Jesus
Means of Ascent
Harvest
Musicophilia
Elizabeth Costello
The Path To Power
On the Move
Oresteia
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-eight Nights