The definitive shelf: musicians telling their own stories, and the biographers who filled in what they left out. Across genres, across eras — the books that get you inside the life behind the music.
Music Biography & Memoir Books
- Faith, Hope and Carnage - Hardcover
- Jim Morrison, Secret Teacher of the Occult: A Journey to the Other Side - Paperback
- Talkin' Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America's Bohemian Music Capital - Hardcover
- America, the Band: An Authorized Biography - Paperback
- I'm a Believer: My Life of Monkees, Music, and Madness - Paperback
- God Only Knows: The Story of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys and the California Myth - Paperback
- The Story of the Bee Gees: Children of the World - Hardcover
- From Punk to Monk: A Memoir - Hardcover
- Depeche Mode: Monument - Hardcover
- The Cure - Pictures of You: Foreword by Robert Smith - Hardcover
- Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir - Paperback
- To Hell with Poverty!: A Class Act: Inside the Gang of Four - Hardcover
- Live Forever: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Oasis - Hardcover
- Prince: The Man and His Music - Paperback
- My Amy: The Life We Shared - Paperback
- My Life in Dire Straits: The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Bands in Rock History - Hardcover
- Ginger Baker: Hellraiser: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Drummer - Paperback
- Before I Get Old: The Story of the Who - Paperback
- Acid for the Children: A Memoir - Hardcover
- Vintage Country: The Essential Artists and Songs, from Old-Time to Honky-Tonk, 1920-1970 - Hardcover
- Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath--And Beyond - Paperback
- Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond - Paperback
- I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir - Paperback
- Kanye West: God and Monster - Paperback
- Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?: A Memoir - Paperback
- When I Left Home: My Story - Paperback
- Whatever It Takes - Hardcover
- Moonage Daydream: The Life & Times of Ziggy Stardust - Hardcover
- Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time - Paperback
- Andy Wood. To live, die and shine in pre-grunge Seattle - Paperback
- Devo: A Biography, Rustbelt Rock From Akron - Paperback
- No Compromise: The Life Story of Keith Green (Legacy Edition - Updated and Expanded) - Paperback
- Me, the Mob, and the Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James and the Shondells - Paperback
- Me, My Guitar, & Nina Simone: Stories of My Musical Life and Adventures with Nina - Hardcover
- The Second Coming of Elvis: The Untold Story of Elvis Presley's Forgotten Son - Hardcover
- Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History - Paperback
- Kiss: Behind the Mask - Official Authorized Biogrphy - Paperback
- I'm the Man: The Story of That Guy from Anthrax - Paperback
- Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed: A Biography - Paperback
- Captain Beefheart - Paperback
- Tommyland - Paperback
- Here Comes Everybody: The Story of the Pogues - Paperback
- Bowie in Berlin: A New Career in a New Town - Paperback
- The Little Guide to Prince: Wisdom and Wonder from the Lovesexy Superstar - Hardcover
- Meet the Beatles: A Cultural History of the Band That Shook Youth, Gender, and the World - Paperback
- Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story - Paperback
- George Harrison: Behind the Locked Door - Paperback
- Chappell Roan: The Rise of a Midwest Princess - Hardcover
- Taylor Swift - Hardcover
- Metallica: The Stories Behind the Songs - Hardcover