The only music book I've read lately was from the Barnes and Nobleses:
Japrocksampler: How the Post-War Japanese Blew Their Minds on Rock 'n' Roll
by Julian Cope
Otherwise a couple good recent non-music purchases from this Spring....
Spy/counterspy: The autobiography of Dusko Popov
by Dusko Popov
I Have Fun Everywhere I Go: Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World
by Mike Edison
Prejudices: A Selection
by H. L. Mencken
Bad Lands (Lonely Planet)
by Tony Wheeler
Coyotes: A Journey Through the Secret World of America's Illegal Aliens
by Ted Conover
Eating the Flowers of Paradise: One Man's Journey Through Ethiopia and Yemen
by Kevin Rushby
The Overrated Book
by Patton Oswalt/Henry Owings