There are little tangents, like Headphone Journey. "Incredible tones and textures for spacing out, as well as recordings that reward particularly close listening." Seems to have a good variety of material.

1000 Ways to Die Before You Record.

Just glanced through the Headphone Journey stuff, a lot of that stuff I didn't expect in there. Good stuff.

I actually have the book, though I haven't looked at it yet.

i have the book, its great.

1000s list & 1000x better than narrowly pop/rock focused: 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

1000s list & 1000x better than narrowly pop/rock focused: 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

I have both books and I like the 1000 Recordings book a bit more. Both are fun books to have though.