The novel Children of the Neon Bamboo will have you running to pick up the bass and improve your playing, chasing that ghost of musical excellence! Can’t recommend enough. Thank me later!
Children of the Neon Bamboo: B. Glynn Kimmey: 9798988054115: Amazon.com: Movies & TV
Fun read
Yay, a book club!
John Taylor’s book is well worth a read, especially if you grew up in the 80s, listening to Duran2
And while he is (cough) a guitarist, Steve Jones’s book is also excellent!
Thanks for the recs- I’ll check them out!
Highly recommend this one: Amazon.ca
It’s a fun read and profound. Doesn’t hurt that it’s from a bassist’s point of view 
I want to get Hooky’s books:
Haçienda, How Not To Run A Club
Substance: Inside New Order
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
Just started the audiobook today, and it’s SO good!
I assume this David Byrne is THE David Byrne grew up with, right? If so, I’m interested.
Some non-fiction books I like about music in general, not just bass:
For songwriting, Try This At Home by Frank Turner and Working On A Song by Anais Mitchell.
For music and psychology and life as a musician, Instrumental and Fire On All Sides, both by James Rhodes.
For fiction in which music is a predominant theme:
The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings.
White Tears by Hari Kundzu.
I’m just in the middle of reading Perfect Sound Whatever
Basically comedian James Acaster had a breakdown in 2017 and became obsessed with discovering albums that had been released during 2016 (he felt the best ever year for music).
It’s excellent for discovering stuff you might not know of (I’ve enjoyed looking for stuff on Spotify as I read each bit).
So if you enjoy writing by people who are just as obsessed with music as you are, then you might want to pick this up 
Thanks for the rec-- I’ll put it on my list.
Neil Peart was an amazing writer in not only song.
Ghost Rider, an auto-biographical memoir, was written along his journey on his motorcycle ventures after losing his then only daughter to an automobile accident followed by the loss of his wife less than a year later to cancer in the years 1997 and 1998 respectively. The hiatus left RUSH fans wondering if the band was still a unit. He did return to be part of the trio for another 15+ years.
Ghost Rider in my opinion is in the same realm of motorcyclist books similar to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in terms of spiritual journeys on two wheels.
wow- another great rec!
remarkably good and some really minblowing stories.
