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33⅓ Books in Order

33⅓ contains 164 books, published between 2003 and 2025. The first book is The Smiths' Meat is Murder (2003) and the newest is The B-52s' Cosmic Thing (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
164
Published
2003–2025
Pages on record
381 in 3 of 164 books
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33 1/3 is a series of short books, each one devoted to a single album. The run opened in 2003 with five volumes: The Smiths' Meat is Murder, The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society, Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis, Neil Young's Harvest and Love's Forever Changes. Rock, jazz, heavy metal and pop all get entries, and the criticism is as much history as review. The series has reached 164 titles by 2025, at a median of 128 pages, and continues.

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How many 33⅓ books are there?

33⅓ has 164 books, released between 2003 and 2025.

33⅓ Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 164 33⅓ books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.

  1. Cover of Master of Reality by John Darnielle, book 58 of the 33⅓ series (2008)
  1. 1
    The Smiths' Meat is Murder2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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    The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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    Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  4. 4
    Neil Young's Harvest2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  5. 5
    Love's Forever Changes2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  6. 6
    Abba's Abba Gold2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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    Prince's Sign 'O' the Times2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  8. 8
    The Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground and Nico2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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    Unknown Pleasures2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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    Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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    The Replacements' Let It Be2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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    James Brown's Live at the Apollo2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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    Jethro Tull's Aqualung2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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    The Beatles' Let It Be2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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    Radiohead's OK Computer2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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    Pet Sounds2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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    The Ramones' Ramones2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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    Led Zeppelin IV2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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    The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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    Grace2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  21. 21
    Armed Forces2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  22. 22
    Murmur2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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    Low2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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    Endtroducing2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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    Kick Out the Jams2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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    Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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    The Band's Music From Big Pink2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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    Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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    The Stone Roses' The Stone Roses2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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    Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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Where to start with 33⅓

Start with The Smiths' Meat is Murder (2003), the earliest published title.

What is the newest 33⅓ book?

The B-52s' Cosmic Thing (2025) is the newest 33⅓ book released so far.

Is there a new 33⅓ book coming?

No next 33⅓ book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

33⅓ at a glance

Still running
33⅓ is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
33⅓ books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
381 pages across the 3 of 164 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most 33⅓ books, 72 of 164, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 164 titles, 2 are credited to Kate Schatz, 1 to Warren Zanes, 1 to Andrew Hultkrans and 1 to Sam Inglis. A further 164 writers are credited.

When 33⅓ books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when 33⅓ titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 72 titles.

2000s
72
2010s
61
2020s
31

164 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the 33⅓ books are about

3 of the 164 33⅓ books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history and criticism is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • History and criticism 2 of 3 books
  • Music, history and criticism 2 of 3 books
  • Analysis, appreciation 1 of 3 books
  • Biography 1 of 3 books
  • Black Sabbath (Musical group) 1 of 3 books
  • Criticism and interpretation 1 of 3 books
  • Heavy metal (Music) 1 of 3 books
  • Jazz 1 of 3 books
  • Jazz musicians 1 of 3 books
  • Jazz-rock (Music) 1 of 3 books
  • Rock music 1 of 3 books
  • Rock music fans 1 of 3 books

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