Reddit reviews Modulations: A History of Electronic Music: Throbbing Words on Sound

Ambient Century! great book. read it 17 years ago, nice to see it come up on this sub. learned a lot about music from it, how everything evolved from one genre into another. that kinda info was hard to get back then. i read "modulations" around the same time - similar theme but notes slightly more underground artists for the time.. https://www.amazon.com/Modulations-History-Electronic-Music-Throbbing/dp/189102406X

Just pick the subjects you're most interested in, and buy the most beautiful books you can find on them. Depending on how open you are about your interests (say, some are too nerdy for regular people?), this can really be anything. I mean, I would proudly display this, had I a coffee table on which to display it, but were I more shy about my anime interests then I would probably go more towards this or this.

Really, all I can say is look for books that represent you. Unless you're hoping for one-night-stands, in which case look for books that represent the you you want other people to see. Even for that I wouldn't know what to suggest, you're being rather vague.