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What to read after Mods! by Richard Barnes: 24 titles sharing themes of Fashion, Rock, Cultural & Social, and Genres & Styles, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Each title here shares meaningful common ground with Mods! — in theme, mood, or literary style.

Meet the Beatles A Cultural History of the Band That Shook Youth, Gender, and the World — Steven D. Stark

Meet the Beatles A Cultural History of the Band That Shook Youth, Gender, and the World

Steven D. Stark

Themes: Rock • Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles

Ripped, Torn and Cut Pop, Politics and Punk Fanzines From 1976 — Subcultures Network

Ripped, Torn and Cut Pop, Politics and Punk Fanzines From 1976

Subcultures Network

Themes: Rock • Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles

Totally Awesome 80s A Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars, and Trends of that Decadent Decade — Matthew Rettenmund

Totally Awesome 80s A Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars, and Trends of that Decadent Decade

Matthew Rettenmund

Themes: Rock • Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles

The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock — Simon Frith

The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock

Themes: Rock • Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles

What about Tomorrow? An Oral History of Russian Punk from the Soviet Era to Pussy Riot — Alexander Herbert

What about Tomorrow? An Oral History of Russian Punk from the Soviet Era to Pussy Riot

Alexander Herbert

Themes: Rock • Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles

Killer Show The Station Nightclub Fire, America’s Deadliest Rock Concert — John Barylick

Killer Show The Station Nightclub Fire, America’s Deadliest Rock Concert

Themes: Rock • Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles

The Great British Dream Factory The Strange History of Our National Imagination — Dominic Sandbrook

The Great British Dream Factory The Strange History of Our National Imagination

Dominic Sandbrook

Themes: Rock • Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles

Tramps Like Us Music & Meaning Among Springsteen Fans — Daniel Cavicchi

Tramps Like Us Music & Meaning Among Springsteen Fans

Daniel Cavicchi

Themes: Rock • Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles

American Bandstand Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock ‘n’ Roll Empire — John A. Jackson

American Bandstand Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock ‘n’ Roll Empire

John A. Jackson

Themes: Rock • Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles

Rumba Rules The Politics of Dance Music in Mobutu’s Zaire — Bob W. White

Rumba Rules The Politics of Dance Music in Mobutu’s Zaire

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

Identity and Everyday Life Essays in the Study of Folklore, Music and Popular Culture — Harris M. Berger

Identity and Everyday Life Essays in the Study of Folklore, Music and Popular Culture

Harris M. Berger

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

UK Hip-hop, Grime and the City The Aesthetics and Ethics of London’s Rap Scenes — Richard Bramwell

UK Hip-hop, Grime and the City The Aesthetics and Ethics of London’s Rap Scenes

Richard Bramwell

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

Zerox Machine Punk, Post-Punk and Fanzines in Britain, 1976–1988 — Matthew Worley

Zerox Machine Punk, Post-Punk and Fanzines in Britain, 1976–1988

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream — David McGowan

Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

Disco’s Out… Murder’s In! The True Story of Frank the Shank and L. A. ‘s Deadliest Punk Rock Gang — Heath Mattioli

Disco’s Out… Murder’s In! The True Story of Frank the Shank and L. A. ‘s Deadliest Punk Rock Gang

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

Routledge Handbook of Arts and Global Development — Vicki-Ann Ware

Routledge Handbook of Arts and Global Development

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

Negro Soy Yo Hip Hop and Raced Citizenship in Neoliberal Cuba — Marc D. Perry

Negro Soy Yo Hip Hop and Raced Citizenship in Neoliberal Cuba

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

Songs of Earth Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music — Anna Lomax Wood

Songs of Earth Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music

Anna Lomax Wood

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

Haydn and His World — Elaine R. Sisman

Haydn and His World

Elaine R. Sisman

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

The History of Live Music in Britain — Simon Frith

The History of Live Music in Britain

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

Caribbean Currents Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae — Peter Manuel

Caribbean Currents Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

Global Pop World Music, World Markets — Timothy Dean Taylor

Global Pop World Music, World Markets

Timothy Dean Taylor

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

Nine Choices Johnny Cash and American Culture — Jonathan Silverman

Nine Choices Johnny Cash and American Culture

Jonathan Silverman

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

Victory Over the Sun The World’s First Futurist Opera — Rosamund Bartlett

Victory Over the Sun The World’s First Futurist Opera

Rosamund Bartlett

Themes: Cultural & Social • Genres & Styles • Anthropology

If Mods! by Richard Barnes is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Fashion, Rock, Cultural & Social and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Steven D. Stark, Subcultures Network, Matthew Rettenmund, Simon Frith, and others.

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