Stradavari's Genius

Stradavari's Genius: Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection by Toby Faber.

Read this a while ago, but wanted to post since I had really enjoyed it. There was enough technical and "violinistic" information to keep me engaged, but was definitely written with the layperson in mind. I had fun reading about the lives of the famous musicians who had owned these instruments throughout the past few hundred years, and how the instruments changed their lives (or vice versa!). I think most musicians or music-lovers would enjoy this book. (And I also wrote it off as a tax deduction...)