Here are the best music-related books of 2013 — in alphabetical order, of course — that we saved a place for on the Spin Cycle bookshelf this past year.

Autobiography - by Morrissey (Putnam Adult)

Elvis Died For Somebody's Sins But Not Mine: A Lifetime's Collected Writing - by Mick Farren (Headpress) (read more here)

Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD - by Martin Aston (The Friday Project)

Fairport by Fairport - by Nigel Schofield (Rocket 88)(read review here)

I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography - by Richard Hell (Ecco)

I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen - by Sylvie Simmons (Ecco)

Reinventing Metal: The True Story of Pantera and the Tragically Short Life of Dimebag Darrell - by Neil Daniels (Backbeat Books)

Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo and Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc. - by Howard Kaylan and Jeff Tamarkin (Backbeat Books)

The Beatles: The BBC Archives: 1962-1970 - by Kevin Howlett (Harper Design)

To Heligoland and Beyond!: Punk Rock Tour Diaries Volume 4 - by TV Smith (Arima) (read more here)