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33 1/3 Books
@3313books.bsky.social
· Jul 14
Hello Everyone! 👋 We know you've been patiently waiting for us to reveal the proposals we've chosen from our 2025 open call. Well, we can now share the books we'll be publishing into the 33 1/3 series...
A sneak peak inside 20th Century Ambient... A unique addition to the 33 1/3 Genre series, through text and comics it searches through ambient music's recent history to unearth how the genre has evolved and the role it plays in our daily lives.
Pre-order: https://bit.ly/3Jw3lqq
Pre-order: https://bit.ly/3Jw3lqq
November 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A sneak peak inside 20th Century Ambient... A unique addition to the 33 1/3 Genre series, through text and comics it searches through ambient music's recent history to unearth how the genre has evolved and the role it plays in our daily lives.
Pre-order: https://bit.ly/3Jw3lqq
Pre-order: https://bit.ly/3Jw3lqq
What are you doing Nov 18th @ 7pm? You should be heading over to Powell's Books for the launch of Joel Mayward's addition to the 33 1/3 series: Sufjan Stevens' Carrie & Lowell.
More info: https://bit.ly/47JgyVX
More info: https://bit.ly/47JgyVX
November 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
What are you doing Nov 18th @ 7pm? You should be heading over to Powell's Books for the launch of Joel Mayward's addition to the 33 1/3 series: Sufjan Stevens' Carrie & Lowell.
More info: https://bit.ly/47JgyVX
More info: https://bit.ly/47JgyVX
We need a good cry. What songs are guaranteed tearjerkers?
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We need a good cry. What songs are guaranteed tearjerkers?
A playlist of essential ambient songs plucked from the pages of Dusty Henry's book, 20th Century Ambient.
Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3Ja18Ru
Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3Ja18Ru
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A playlist of essential ambient songs plucked from the pages of Dusty Henry's book, 20th Century Ambient.
Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3Ja18Ru
Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3Ja18Ru
What are you doing Nov 18th @ 7pm? You should be heading over to Powell's Books for the launch of Joel Mayward's addition to the 33 1/3 series: Sufjan Stevens' Carrie & Lowell.
More info: https://bit.ly/47JgyVX
More info: https://bit.ly/47JgyVX
October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
What are you doing Nov 18th @ 7pm? You should be heading over to Powell's Books for the launch of Joel Mayward's addition to the 33 1/3 series: Sufjan Stevens' Carrie & Lowell.
More info: https://bit.ly/47JgyVX
More info: https://bit.ly/47JgyVX
What's the best horror-inspired music video?
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
What's the best horror-inspired music video?
There's a new author Q&A, where we chat to the writers behind new and upcoming 33 1/3 books, on our blog! Pete Crighton introduces his addition to the series: Cosmic Thing, an album that solidified The B-52s as icons of pop culture and queerness.
Read: https://bit.ly/3L4e6Rc
Read: https://bit.ly/3L4e6Rc
October 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There's a new author Q&A, where we chat to the writers behind new and upcoming 33 1/3 books, on our blog! Pete Crighton introduces his addition to the series: Cosmic Thing, an album that solidified The B-52s as icons of pop culture and queerness.
Read: https://bit.ly/3L4e6Rc
Read: https://bit.ly/3L4e6Rc
What’s the scariest album cover? 🫣
October 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
What’s the scariest album cover? 🫣
We're remembering D'Angelo today by listening to some of the artists that inspired, and took inspiration from, the late, great, trailblazer of neo-soul.
https://bit.ly/4hcKrRE
https://bit.ly/4hcKrRE
33 1/3: D’Angelo’s Influences and Inspiration
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October 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We're remembering D'Angelo today by listening to some of the artists that inspired, and took inspiration from, the late, great, trailblazer of neo-soul.
https://bit.ly/4hcKrRE
https://bit.ly/4hcKrRE
Listening to the new Tame Impala album has got us very excited for this to drop in our 33 1/3 Oceania series next year. Tame Impala’s Currents is due to publish January 2026!
October 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Listening to the new Tame Impala album has got us very excited for this to drop in our 33 1/3 Oceania series next year. Tame Impala’s Currents is due to publish January 2026!
Krautrock is not a music genre. Krautrock is a way of life. Its sonic diversity and global reach belie the common culture from where it emerged. This is a band-by-band history.
Listen to Marshall Gu's Krautrock on Spotify, Audible or wherever you get your audiobooks!
Listen to Marshall Gu's Krautrock on Spotify, Audible or wherever you get your audiobooks!
October 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Krautrock is not a music genre. Krautrock is a way of life. Its sonic diversity and global reach belie the common culture from where it emerged. This is a band-by-band history.
Listen to Marshall Gu's Krautrock on Spotify, Audible or wherever you get your audiobooks!
Listen to Marshall Gu's Krautrock on Spotify, Audible or wherever you get your audiobooks!
Which horror movie has the best soundtrack?
October 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Which horror movie has the best soundtrack?
Something wicked this way comes... Celebrate the spooky season with 33 1/3’s haunted Halloween playlist. Featuring creepy classics and spine-chilling tunes 👻 Listen, if you dare... https://bit.ly/48VsQvs
October 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Something wicked this way comes... Celebrate the spooky season with 33 1/3’s haunted Halloween playlist. Featuring creepy classics and spine-chilling tunes 👻 Listen, if you dare... https://bit.ly/48VsQvs
What’s the one song that sends chills down your spine every time you hear it? 👻
October 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What’s the one song that sends chills down your spine every time you hear it? 👻
If you could have any artist, alive or dead, teach you an instrument - who would you pick? #BackToSchool
September 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
If you could have any artist, alive or dead, teach you an instrument - who would you pick? #BackToSchool
Psst… Bloomsbury are running a #BackToSchool sale until Oct 5th! Whether or not you're shopping for a reading list we think 33 1/3 books are perfect for anyone who wants to learn more about their favorite albums.
Shop 30% off the 33 1/3 series: https://bit.ly/3VrXN2z
Shop 30% off the 33 1/3 series: https://bit.ly/3VrXN2z
September 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Psst… Bloomsbury are running a #BackToSchool sale until Oct 5th! Whether or not you're shopping for a reading list we think 33 1/3 books are perfect for anyone who wants to learn more about their favorite albums.
Shop 30% off the 33 1/3 series: https://bit.ly/3VrXN2z
Shop 30% off the 33 1/3 series: https://bit.ly/3VrXN2z
50 of our 33 1/3 books are now available as Spotify audiobooks! Check out the full list 👇 https://bit.ly/4mmg1gQ
33 1/3 Spotify Audiobooks
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September 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
50 of our 33 1/3 books are now available as Spotify audiobooks! Check out the full list 👇 https://bit.ly/4mmg1gQ
One of the perks of working with 33 1/3 books (apart from getting to read lots of the best music books) is 1st dibs on the free merch.
These stickers will be making their way to lots of our incredible 33 1/3 stockists very soon...
These stickers will be making their way to lots of our incredible 33 1/3 stockists very soon...
September 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
One of the perks of working with 33 1/3 books (apart from getting to read lots of the best music books) is 1st dibs on the free merch.
These stickers will be making their way to lots of our incredible 33 1/3 stockists very soon...
These stickers will be making their way to lots of our incredible 33 1/3 stockists very soon...
What the hell is shoegaze? A scene? A movement? A sound? Find out more in this ambitious oral history of a genre that has eluded definition for three decades.
Listen to Ryan Pinkard's Shoegaze on Spotify, Audible or wherever you get your audiobooks!
Listen to Ryan Pinkard's Shoegaze on Spotify, Audible or wherever you get your audiobooks!
September 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What the hell is shoegaze? A scene? A movement? A sound? Find out more in this ambitious oral history of a genre that has eluded definition for three decades.
Listen to Ryan Pinkard's Shoegaze on Spotify, Audible or wherever you get your audiobooks!
Listen to Ryan Pinkard's Shoegaze on Spotify, Audible or wherever you get your audiobooks!
What song reminds you of your school days? #BackToSchool
September 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
What song reminds you of your school days? #BackToSchool
Want to learn more about mbube harmonies, the electronic boom of kwaito and the amapiano and house explosion of the '00s? Listen to Lior Phillips' South African Popular Music on Audible, Spotify or wherever you get your audiobooks!
September 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Want to learn more about mbube harmonies, the electronic boom of kwaito and the amapiano and house explosion of the '00s? Listen to Lior Phillips' South African Popular Music on Audible, Spotify or wherever you get your audiobooks!
Induct three must-listen albums into the national curriculum. GO! 🎓 #BackToSchool
September 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Induct three must-listen albums into the national curriculum. GO! 🎓 #BackToSchool
💀 Metalheads - you can now listen to Death Metal on Audible, Spotify or wherever you get your audiobooks!
September 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
💀 Metalheads - you can now listen to Death Metal on Audible, Spotify or wherever you get your audiobooks!
The B-52s' Cosmic Thing and Erykah Badu's New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)* are officially publishing in the 33 1/3 series today, and you are definitely going to want to add these to your collection. 📚
*Coming November 2025 for UK-based Erykah fans!
*Coming November 2025 for UK-based Erykah fans!
September 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The B-52s' Cosmic Thing and Erykah Badu's New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)* are officially publishing in the 33 1/3 series today, and you are definitely going to want to add these to your collection. 📚
*Coming November 2025 for UK-based Erykah fans!
*Coming November 2025 for UK-based Erykah fans!
Class is back in session folks 📚 We're reliving our school days with this one...
Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/461gleO
Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/461gleO
September 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Class is back in session folks 📚 We're reliving our school days with this one...
Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/461gleO
Listen on Spotify: https://bit.ly/461gleO