RECENT
Tiger C. Roholt, Groove. A Phenomenology of Rhythmic Nuance (London: Bloomsbury, 2014)
Jonathan Lethem, Fear of Music (Continuum, 2012 – in the 33 1/3 series)
“Fleeting in the Ear, Forever in the Heart” and “Praising Quick Strikes of Fancy”—Anthony Tommasini et al. on magic moments in classical music (NY Times 11/16/12, 12/7/12)
Aquarium Drunkard on odd magic moments in songs (1/16/12)
“The Song Decoders at Pandora” by Rob Walker (NY Times 10/14/09)
S. SMITH’S FAVORITES
Greil Marcus, Mystery Train
Dave Marsh, The Heart of Rock and Soul
Peter van der Merwe, Origins of the Popular Style: The Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Popular Music
J. Niimi, Murmur (in Continuum’s 33 1/3 series)
David Wondrich, Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot 1843-1924
Paul Zollo, ed., Songwriters on Songwriting
USEFUL REVIEW OF DIVERSE POP LANDMARKS
Toby Creswell, 1001 Songs
USEFUL CRITIQUE OF ADORNO AND BLOOM’S ATTACKS ON POPULAR MUSIC
Theodore Gracyk, Rhythm and Noise. An Aesthetics of Rock
Hooks 
This is book that readers of this blog may find interesting:
Echo and Reverb: Fabricating Space in Popular Music Recording, 1900-1960
I agree that Echo and Reverb is great. I drew on it for “The Infinity Hook.”