Reading Playlists: YA Books About Music Genres
YA books about hip hop, rock, K pop, country, & classical music.
Did you know March was Music in Our Schools Month? To celebrate our library took this idea from Karen Jensen on creating reading playlists of books that are about or feature specific music genres. It’s been a popular display & I wanted to share the playlists I created (not all of which are in our library; turns out, for example, we have zero books about country music!).
It’s been fun to see what genre the students gravitate towards; K Pop has had the most books taken from the display by far!
Have any other ideas for music genre reading playlists? Drop a note in the comments!
The Poet X by Eliabeth Acevedo
Rana Joon and the One and Only Now by Shideh Etaat
Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson
Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle
Rani Patel in Full Effect by Sonia Patel
Solo by Kwame Alexander
Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth
More Than Maybe by Erin Hahn
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by David Levithan
Punk Rock Karaoke by Bianca Xunise *graphic novel*
You'd Be Mine: A Novel by Erin Hahn
A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy
Open Road Summer by Emery Lord
Every Time You Hear That Song by Jenne Voris
Once Upon a K-Prom by Kat Cho
Shine and Bright by Jessica Jung
K Pop Confidential and K-Pop Revolution by Stephen Lee
ASAP by Axie Oh
Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon
Perfect Harmony by Emily Albright
Someday Somewhere by Lindsay Champion
The Notes by Catherine Con Morse
Always the Almost by Edward Underhill
The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr
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