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Oct. 6, 2026

BECK
“The Last Temptation of Beck: The Untold Story of a Pop Messiah” (Hardcover; author: Josephine Riesman; Digital Book; Atria Books)

ALICE COOPER
“Devil On My Shoulder: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; On Tour; Merch; Da Capo Press)

GEORGE HARRISON
“The Third Eye: Photographs by George Harrison, 1964-1969” (Hardcover; with essays by Harrison’s widow, Olivia Harrison, and writers Colm Tóibín and George Saunders; Digital Book; Merch; Random House)

THE ROLLING STONES
“The Rolling Stones On Tour: The Official Celebration of the Greatest Live Band of All Time” (Hardcover; author: Paul Sexton; Digital Book; Merch; Welbeck)

TAYLOR SWIFT
“Taylor Swift: The Debut Years” (Hardcover; author: Emily Yahr; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Merch; St. Martin’s Press)

U2
“U2 All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track” (Hardcover; author: Dionen Clauteaux; Digital Book; Merch; Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers)

Oct. 13, 2026

BEASTIE BOYS
“Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill: 40 Years” (Hardcover; author: Benjamin Merlis; Merch; Motorbooks)

SOYICA DIGGS COLBERT
“Freedom’s Gate: Maya Angelou, Lorraine Hansberry, Abbey Lincoln, Miriam Makeba, and Nina Simone – Live at the New York Nightclub That Shaped the Civil Rights Movement” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; W.W. Norton & Company)

BOB DYLAN
“Bob Dylan: Through the Open Window (1956-1963)” (Hardcover; author: Sean Wilentz; Digital Book; Merch; Abrams Books)

ELTON JOHN
“Elton John: The Archive” (Hardcover; author: Carolyn McHugh; Merch; Sona Books)

MADONNA
“Madonna: All the Songs – The Story Behind Every Track” (Hardcover; author: Benoît Clerc; Digital Book; Merch; Cassell)

PINK FLOYD
“Everything Under the Sun: The Complete Guide to Pink Floyd” (Paperback; author: Mike Cormack; Merch; The History Press)

PRINCE
“Prince: A Sign o’ the Times” (Hardcover; author: John McKie; Digital Book; Merch; Diversion Books)

HARRY STYLES
“Harry Styles: The Stories Behind the Songs” (Hardcover; author: Caroline Sullivan; Digital Book; On Tour, including Aug. 26-Oct. 31 residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden; Merch; Welbeck)

TAYLOR SWIFT
“Meet Me in the Afterglow: The Annotated Poetry of Taylor Swift” (Paperback; author: Elly McCausland; Digital Book; Merch; Andrews McMeel Publishing)

JANINE WARREN
“The World Was a Mess But His Hair Was Perfect: The Last Indie Music Scene 2000-2010” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Omnibus Press)

Oct. 15, 2026

THE CURE
“The Cure’s Disintegration (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Andi Harriman; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic)

BOB DYLAN
“Country Bob: Dylan and Country Music” (Paperback; author: Don Cusic; Merch; University Press of Mississippi)

GORILLAZ
“Gorillaz’s Plastic Beach (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Ihor Junyk; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic)

FRANK OCEAN
“Frank Ocean’s Blonde (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Yousef Srour; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic)

Oct. 20, 2026

LAURIE ANDERSON
“Laurie Anderson: Go Where You Look” (Hardcover; Rizzoli Electa)

BUDDY GUY
“Buddy Guy: The Life of ‘The Legend’ and a Story of the Chicago Blues” (Hardcover; author: Sandra B. Tooze; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; On Tour; Diversion Books)

MARTIN KELLY, TERRY FOSTER & PAUL KELLY
“Fender: The Golden Age (1946-1970)” (Hardcover, revised and expanded edition; Digital Book; Cassell)

LIL JON
“I Only Shout So You Can Hear Me” (Hardcover; written with Paul Cantor; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Atria / Black Privilege Publishing)

BRITNEY SPEARS
“Britney Spears: A Visual Celebration (Official and Authorized)” (Hardcover; author: Kara Nesvig; Merch; Insight Editions)

Oct. 27, 2026

THE BEATLES
“The Beatles 1967-1970 & beyond: every album, every song” (Hardcover; author: Alberto Bravin, Andrew Wild; Merch; Sonicbond Publishing)

NAT KING COLE
“Christmas with Nat King Cole: A Legacy of Merry Music and Holiday Memories” (Hardcover; author: Allison McGevna; Running Press)

ROBERT DIMERY
“1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die” (Paperback; Cassell)

FLEETWOOD MAC
“Fleetwood Mac and Rumours: 50 Years” (Hardcover; author: Andrea Swensson; Digital Book; Merch; Motorbooks)

MADONNA
“Madonna: Into the Groove: An Intimate Portrait of the Queen of Pop” (Hardcover; author: Tomás Mier; Merch; Insight Editions)

SAGA
“Saga: every album, every song” (Paperback; author: Mike Wilson; Sonicbond Publishing)

BOB SEGER
“Bob Seger: every album, every song” (Paperback; author: John Van der Kiste; Sonicbond Publishing)

Oct. 28, 2026

SCOTT B. BOMAR
“The Story of Soul in 50 Songs” (Hardcover; foreword by Candi Staton; Schiffer)

LED ZEPPELIN
“Led Zeppelin on Tour, 1969-1975: The Carl Dunn Photo Archive” (Hardcover; narrated by Dunn and Led Zeppelin expert Marc Roberty, with contributions from Dave Brolan and Ross Halfin; Merch; Schiffer)

JOHN TILL
“Strings of Pearl: The Authorized Biography of John Till, the Guitarist Who Rocked Woodstock with Janis Joplin” (Hardcover; author: Michael Byrnes; Schiffer)

Oct. 30, 2026

DONNA SUMMER
“Donna Summer: Song by Song” (Paperback; authors: Marc Andrews; Merch; Fonthill Media)

Oct. 31, 2026

CROWDED HOUSE
“Crowded House: Song by Song” (Hardcover; author: Paul Clark; Fonthill Media)

NAOMI PETERSEN
“Shot at the Speed of Sound: The Photography of Naomi Petersen” (Hardcover; author: Christopher Petersen; Sumerian Books / Punk Life Naomi)

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Nov. 3, 2026

STUART BAKER
“Smithsonian Folkways: A Visual History of Smithsonian Folkways Record Cover Art” (Hardcover; Soul Jazz Books)

CHUCK BILLY (Testament frontman)
“Holding My Breath: The Two Testaments of Chuck Billy” (Hardcover; written with Dave Erickson; Digital Book; Permuted Press)

CLINT BOON (of Inspiral Carpets)
“The Manchester Chronicles: True Tales of Music, Madness and Mayhem 1976-2006” (Hardcover; foreword by Shaun Ryder; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Monoray)

SANDY DENNY
“Sandy Denny: A People’s History” (Hardcover; author: Georgia Rose Lucas; Spenwood Books)

BRIAN FAIRBANKS
“Life Is a Cabaret: The Amazing Story of the Real Lives Who Inspired the Iconic Musical” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Da Capo Press)

THE FLAMING LIPS
“Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: The Original Story by the Flaming Lips” (Paperback; written and Illustrated by Flaming Lips founder Wayne Coyne; Merch; Third Man Books)

THIERRY JOUSSE
“The Greatest Original Film Scores: An Illustrated History of the Music of Movies” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Running Press)

KYLIE MINOGUE
“Can’t Get You Out of My Head: In Search of Kylie” (Hardcover; author: Michael Cragg; Merch; Faber & Faber)

ONE DIRECTION
“A Whole Lotta History: One Direction and the Sound That Shaped a Generation” (Hardcover; author: Jason Lipshutz; Digital Book; Merch; Atria Books)

Nov. 5, 2026

NICK HEYWARD
“Fantastic Days: My Autobiography” (Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; On Tour, with Haircut 100; New Modern)

Nov. 10, 2026

THE BEATLES
“Across the Universe: The Magic and Mystery of the Beatles’ Creativity” (Hardcover; author: Steve Taylor; Merch; Scribe US)

DAVID BOWIE
“David Bowie: Music Lover – The Inside Story of David Bowie’s Record Collection” (Hardcover; authors: Geoff McCormack, Jérôme Soligny; Merch; Pegasus Books)

DANIEL BUKSZPAN
“Heavy Metal’s Big Four: How Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, and Megadeth Transformed Metal” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Motorbooks)

CHUCK D
“Day One: 2024 Was 1984 FAFO” (Hardcover; new “naphic grovel” from Public Enemy rap legend explores how the year 2024 became the new, Orwellian 1984; Enemy Books / Akashic Books)

LAUREN ELKIN
“Vocal Break: On Women, Music, and Power” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

NICKO McBRAIN (Iron Maiden drummer)
“Hello Boys and Girls!” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Merch; HarperCollins)

JONI MITCHELL
“River of Words: Joni Mitchell at the BBC – A Life in Interviews” (Hardcover; author: Tom Hagler; Welbec)

JOS BENDINELLI NEGRONE (co-founder of earMUSIC)
“Vinyl Records: The Essential Collection” (Paperback; White Star)

WILLIE NELSON
“The Last Leaf: Reflections on Late-Life Creativity – and My Longest Love Affair” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; On Tour; Merch; Penguin Press)

JANE WIEDLIN
“TMI: Memoirs of a Go-Go” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Da Capo Press)

Nov. 12, 2026

RICHARD ADLAM
“The Lost Studios: Reconstructing the Great American Recording Spaces” (Hardcover; Backbeat Books)

THE BEATLES
“The Beatles’ Touring Era: Inside the Fab Four’s Musical Artistry, Song by Song, 1962-1966” (Hardcover; authors: Kenneth Womack, Scott Freiman; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic)

JACKSON BROWNE
“The Permanent Holdout: Jackson Browne, His Music, His America” (Paperback; Rowman & Littlefield)

CHER
“Cher’s Believe (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Lior Phillips; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic)

WOODY GUTHRIE
“Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Allison C. Meier; Bloomsbury Academic)

WHITNEY HOUSTON
“Whitney Houston’s I’m Your Baby Tonight (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Brandon Tensley; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic)

SYLVIA MASSY & CHRIS JOHNSON
“The Great Book of Vintage Microphones” (Hardcover; Bloomsbury Academic)

CREED TAYLOR
“Creed Taylor: The Man Who Put Jazz on the Pop Charts” (Hardcover; author: David Sutter; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Backbeat Books)

“WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC
“‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic in 3-D (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Justin Remer; On Tour; Bloomsbury Academic)

Nov. 16, 2026

IRMA THOMAS
“Irma Thomas: Soul Queen of New Orleans” (Paperback; authors: Johnette Downing and Scott Billington, with Thomas; University Press of Mississippi)

Nov. 17, 2026

BRIAN BECK
“On the Records: 80 Musicians on Beloved and Overlooked Albums” (Hardcover; written with Piotr Orlov; Digital Book; Clarkson Potter)

DMX
“The Gospel According to DMX” (Hardcover; posthumous collection of his prayers, sermons, spiritual writings, and selected lyrics; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Merch; Simon & Schuster)

ALAN LEEDS (artist manager, writer and music archivist)
“It’s Got to Be Funky: My Life in Music” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; AUWA)

KEVIN LE GENDRE
“The Philosophy of Jazz” (Hardcover; British Library Publishing)

STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
“We Were Here: A History of Black People and Alternative Music” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Da Capo Press)

Nov. 24, 2026

BARENAKED LADIES
“Barenaked Ladies: every album, every song” (Paperback; author: Catherine Green; Sonicbond Publishing)

JEAN-MICHEL JARRE
“Machines: A History of Electronic Music” (Hardcover; Thames & Hudson)

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
“The Jesus and Mary Chain: every album, every song” (Paperback; author: Robin Kennedy; Sonicbond Publishing)

TOTO
“Toto: every album, every song” (Paperback; revised and updated; author: Jacob Holm-Lupo; Sonicbond Publishing)

STEVEN WILSON
“Steven Wilson: every album, every song” (Paperback; author: Nick Holmes; Sonicbond Publishing)

Nov. 30, 2026

SIMPLE MINDS
“Simple Minds: Song by Song” (Hardcover; author: Larelle Read; On Tour; Fonthill Media)

NYT Best Sellers: Fiction

Dec. 1, 2026

THE BEATLES
“With the Beatles: Mal Evans’ Illustrated Journey” (Hardcover; author: Kenneth Womack; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Audio CD; Merch; HarperPop)

LOUVAIN DEMPS
“One Step Away: My Story of The Andantes, Motown, and the Women Behind the Sound of Young America” (Hardcover; written with Paul Milliken; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Audio CD; Harper)

SOWMYA KRISHNAMURTHY
“The Blueprint: Inside the Business of Roc-A-Fella Records” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Simon & Schuster)

ANDY MACLEOD
“Anoint My Head: How I Failed to Make it as a Britpop Indie Rockstar” (Paperback)
“Soho Days, Camden Nights: The Chronicles of a Failed Indie Rockstar” (Paperback; Omnibus Press)

RYAN SCHREIBER
“Weird Era: How Pitchfork Changed Music Forever: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; MCD)

Dec. 8, 2026

EUGENE HUTZ (founder of Gogol Bordello)
“Lost Innocent World: Chronicles of a Ukrainian Punk Rocker in the Free World” (Hardcover; written with Katherine Yeske Taylor; Digital Book; On Tour; Matt Holt Books)

JEFF LEVEN
“Midwest Calling: From First Avenue to the American Football House” (Paperback; Belt Publishing)

PETER ROWAN
“Walls of Time: Tales of a Bluegrass Pilgrim” (Paperback; Digital Book; Shambhala)

Dec. 10, 2026

NICHOLAS D. CROSS & NICHOLAS R. WAGNER
“The Ancient World in Rock Music: Playing the Classics in the 1960s and 1970s” (Hardcover; Bloomsbury Academic)

MICHAEL FLANNERY
“The Practice of Songwriting: Inspiration, Lyricism, and Musicality” (Paperback; Bloomsbury Academic)

Dec. 15, 2026

KISS
“KISS Destroyer: The Definitive Visual History: Making the Legendary Album and Memories of the Spirit of ’76 Tour” (Hardcover; author: Ken Sharp; Merch; Insight Editions)

THE SISTERS OF MERCY
“The Sisters of Mercy: every album, every song” (Paperback; author: Nic Ransome; Sonicbond Publishing)

PAUL WILTSHIRE
“The Music Business: Build a Creative Career and Navigate the Industry” (Hardcover; Wiley)

YES
“Yes 1968-1991: every album, every song” (Paperback; revised and expanded edition; author: Stephen Lambe; On Tour; Merch; Sonicbond Publishing)

Dec. 24, 2026

BENJAMIN DUESTER
“Tomorrow on Cassette: Tape Jams in the New Media Age” (Paperback; Bloomsbury Academic)

Dec. 30, 2026

DAVID BOWIE
“Changes: The Songs of David Bowie 1964-2016” (Hardcover; author: Nick Vernon; foreword by Earl Slick; Merch; Fonthill Media)

Dec. 31, 2026

SHELBY LYNNE
“Gunpowder” (Hardcover; her first memoir; Digital Book; Spiegel & Grau)

NYT Best Sellers: Non-Fiction

Jan. 12, 2027

SUGE KNIGHT
“Your Pain Is My Joy” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Gallery Books)

MARTIN POPOFF
“Punk ’77: The Year and Music That Revolutionized Rock” (Hardcover; Motorbooks)

SIMON REYNOLDS
“Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers, and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984-1994” (Paperback; Digital Book; Da Capo Press)

Jan. 19, 2027

BOB DYLAN
“The Last Individualist: Bob Dylan, the Bedroom Tapes, and More” (Hardcover; author: Martin Keller; Digital Book; Merch; Weldon Owen)

JENNIFER FINCH
“Shooting Up and Making Out: A Memoir of My Life in LA and L7” (Hardcover; completed just before she was diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer; she died July 18, 2026, at age 59; written with Jeff Alulis; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Da Capo Press)

TEENA MARIE
“The Ballad of Teena Marie: Life, Music, and Soul Across the American Color Line” (Hardcover; author: Joshua Gamson; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; 37 Ink)

Jan. 21, 2027

ANDREW HILL
“Time Lines: The Life and Music of Andrew Hill” (Hardcover; author: Michael J. West; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Backbeat Books)

Jan. 25, 2027

JIM SULLIVAN
“Backstage & Beyond: 48 Years of Rock Chats & Rants” (Paperback; with more than 40 revised and updated chapters, plus some new chapters and revised introduction; Trouser Press Books)

Jan. 26, 2027

THE BAND
“The Band: every album, every song” (Paperback; author: Andrew Wild; Sonicbond Publishing)

JEFF “SKUNK” BAXTER
“From Rock to Rockets” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Harper Influence)

NADIA BEARD
“The Melody of Things: On Music, Memory, and Beginning Again” (Hardcover; Digital Book; W.W. Norton & Company)

GENTLE GIANT
“Gentle Giant: every album, every song (Revised & Expanded)” (Paperback; author: Gary Steel; Sonicbond Publishing)

STEPHEN LAMBE
“The Story of Jesus Christ Superstar” (Paperback; Sonicbond Publishing)

SPLIT ENZ
“Split Enz: An Adventure in Music and Design” (Hardcover; authors: Noel Crombie, Michael Dwyer; Allen & Unwin)

Jan. 30, 2027

SIMON & GARFUNKEL
“Simon & Garfunkel: Song by Song” (Hardcover; author: Andrew Darlington; Fonthill Media)

Feb. 2, 2027

NINA SIMONE
“Nina Simone and the World She Made” (Hardcover; author: Salamishah Tillet; foreword by John Legend; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Ecco)

Feb. 15, 2027

TOM PETTY
“American Girl, American Dreams: My Life with Tom Petty” (Hardcover; author: Jane Benyo Petty, with Pamela Des Barres; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Audio CD; Merch; Dey Street Books)

Feb. 18, 2027

DAVID LUHRSSEN & MICHAEL LARSON
“Encyclopedia of Punk Rock and New Wave: 1975-1985” (Paperback; Bloomsbury Academic)

Feb. 23, 2027

DR. AHMAD GREENE-HAYES
“Little Richard’s Witness: Liner Notes on Black Religion and Sexuality” (Hardcover; a cultural history of the Broadway musical and movie “The Wiz”; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Penguin Press)

DAVID LUHRSSEN & MICHAEL LARSON
“Encyclopedia of Punk Rock and New Wave: 1975-1985” (Paperback; Bloomsbury Academic)

March 2, 2027

ANDREW CASHIN
“Zen and the Art of Record Collecting” (Hardcover; Motorbooks)

NELSON GEORGE
“Brooklyn Bohemians: How a Generation of Funky, Fly, Soon-to-Be-Famous Black Artists Changed American Culture” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Henry Holt and Co.)

JOHN LENNON
“Lennon Remembers: The Full ‘Rolling Stone’ Interviews from 1970” (Paperback; author: Jann S. Wenner; Digital Book; Merch; Verso Books)

HENRY ROLLINS
“Bait Dog Boy: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Random House)

March 4, 2027

MICHAEL G. GARBER
“Songs She Wrote: Forty Hits by Pioneering Women of Popular Music” (Paperback; Rowman & Littlefield)

March 9, 2027

DARYL EASLEA
“Record Collector’s Rare Record Price Guide (19th Edition)” (Paperback; Diamond Publishing)

GAIL MITCHELL
“Stax Records: Making Soul and Breaking Boundaries | The Artists and Music Behind the Memphis Sound” (Hardcover; ACC Art Books)

THE POLICE
“Every Little Thing: The Story of The Police” (Hardcover; author: Geoff Edgers; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Merch; Da Capo Press)

March 16, 2027

JIM LEA
“How Does It Feel? Slade and Beyond” (Hardcover; written with Daryl Easlea; Omnibus Press)

PRESTON LAUTERBACH
“Harlem Underworld: A Dope Empire, the Rise of R&B, and the Birth of Rap” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Da Capo Press)

HOLLY SMITH
“Queens of Country” (Hardcover; Gemini Gift Books Limited)

ROBERT TEPPER
“No Easy Way Out: Songs, Struggles, and Second Chances” (Hardcover; Rare Bird Books)

March 23, 2027

BOOTSY COLLINS
“Funked Around, Found Out” (Hardcover; written with Caseen Gaines; foreword by Snoop Dogg; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Mariner Books)

March 30, 2027

BLUR
“Blur: For Tomorrow: How ‘Modern Life is Rubbish’ Reshaped British Music” (Hardcover; author: Nick Amies; foreword by Stephen Street; Merch; White Owl)

ELI ENIS
“When the Sun Hits: The High-Volume History of Shoegaze” (Hardcover; Digital Book; St. Martin’s Press)

BILLY JOEL
“Billy Joel: Song by Song” (Hardcover; author: Eugene M Pak; Merch; Fonthill Media)

STEPHEN LAMBE
“The Story of Jesus Christ Superstar” (Paperback; Sonicbond Publishing)

April 1, 2027

MICHAEL BRECKER
“Ode to a Tenor Titan: The Life and Times and Music of Michael Brecker” (Paperback; author: Bill Milkowski; Backbeat Books)

SEX PISTOLS
“Sex Pistols’ Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Mark Goodall; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic)

BILL WITHERS
“Bill Withers: From Coal Miner’s Son to Musical Legend” (Hardcover; authors: Alex S. Avitabile, James Shipp; Bloomsbury Academic)

April 6, 2027

TORI AMOS
“A Sorta Fairytale” (Hardcover; her second children’s book, illustrated by Demelsa Haughton; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Penguin Workshop / Penguin Young Readers)

BLONDIE
“All I Want Is a Picture of You: Photographing Debbie Harry and Blondie, 1974-2024” (Hardcover; author/photographer: Bob Gruen; Merch; Weldon Owens)

April 13, 2027

STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE
“99 Moments That Defined Rock & Roll” (Hardcover; Motorbooks)

April 15, 2027

MIKE EDISON
“Someone Counts to Four and Then You Start Playing: How to Disturb the Universe with the Power of Rock’n’Roll” (Paperback; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Backbeat Books)

April 20, 2027

CHER
“Cher: The Memoir, Part Two” (Hardcover; Paperback; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Merch; Dey Street Books)

April 27, 2027

BAD BUNNY
“Holding onto What’s Mine: Bad Bunny, Winning, and Cultural Power” (Hardcover; author: Julissa Arce; Digital Book; Merch; Atria / Primero Sueno Press)

MICHELLE ZAUNER (of Japanese Breakfast)
“Thank You for Your Suffering: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Knopf)

April 28, 2027

DIDO
“Dido: Song by Song” (Hardcover; author: Steve Bishop; Fonthill Media)

IRON MAIDEN
“Iron Maiden: Album by Album” (Hardcover; author: Christopher Carton; On Tour; Merch; Fonthill Media)

NEIL YOUNG
“Neil Young: A Descriptive, Critical Discography and Filmography, 1968-2025” (Paperback; author: John Nogowski; Merch; McFarland)

May 4, 2027

JONATHAN SCOTT
“The Reel Thing: How Cassettes Changed Music and the World” (Paperback; Bloomsbury Sigma)

JOEL SELVIN
“Monterey Pop 1967: Stories and Photographs from the Defining Musical Moment” (Hardcover; photographs by Jim Marshall, curated by Amelia Davis; Chronicle Books)

May 11, 2027

ROBERT LANDAU
“Rock ‘n’ Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip” (Hardcover; Angel City Press)

May 13, 2027

MARVIN GAYE
“Marvin Gaye’s I Want You (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Derrais Carter; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic)

THELMA HOUSTON
“Don’t Leave Me This Way: The Memoir of a Motown Legend” (Hardcover; written with Fred Bronson; Backbeat Books)

PET SHOP BOYS
“Pet Shop Boys’ Actually (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Sumit Paul-Choudhury; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic)

JOHN PRINE
“The Gift of John Prine: His Humanity, Family Roots, and the Spirit of Kentucky Storytelling” (Hardcover; author: Dave Hoekstra; Bloomsbury Academic)

May 18, 2027

FLEETWOOD MAC
“Fleetwood Mac – Legacy” (Hardcover; author: Peter Chrisp; Merch; Sona Books)

GENESIS
“Genesis – Legacy” (Hardcover; author: Peter Chrisp; Merch; Sona Books)

GEORGE MICHAEL
“George Michael – Legacy” (Hardcover; author: Carolyn McHugh; Merch; Sona Books)

U2
“U2 – Legacy” (Hardcover; author: Carolyn McHugh; Merch; Sona Books)

May 28, 2027

BLACK SABBATH
“Black Sabbath: Deconstructing the Discography of Doom” (Hardcover; author: Martin Popoff; Merch; Schiffer)

June 1, 2027

ALEX JORDANOV & KÉ CLERO
“Radio Club: The Early Days of Hip-Hop” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Abrams ComicArts)

June 3, 2027

CELINE DION
“Celine Dion: The Stories Behind the Songs” (Digital Book; author: Annie Zaleski; Merch; Welbeck)

June 8, 2027

RUBÉN BLADES
“Life’s Little Surprises: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Knopf)

VAN MORRISON
“Van Morrison: Days Like These” (Hardcover; author: Peter McGoran; On Tour; Gemini Gift Books)

June 15, 2027

GORILLAZ
“The Gorillaz Art Book” (Hardcover; new artwork by Jamie Hewlett, with contributing artists Ruff Mercy, Kim Jung Gi, Robert Smith, Kerbscrawler Ghost, Robert Valley, Craig McCracken and Tim McCourt and Max Taylor; Amazon UK; Merch; Z2 Cool Comics)

Aug. 3, 2027

RONALD ISLEY
“For the Love of You” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Get Lifted Books)

Aug. 17, 2027

DEPECHE MODE
“Depeche Mode: Faith and Devotion” (Hardcover; author: Ian Gittins; Merch; Palazzo Editions)

Aug. 24, 2027

RYAN PRESS
“Number Ones Only: The Autobiography of Ryan Press & The Art of Making Hits” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Kingston Imperial)

Sept. 14, 2027

QUEEN
“I Want It All! Volume 1: The Ultimate Collection of Classic Queen Memorabilia” (Hardcover; author: Greg Brooks; Merch; Omnibus Press)

Sept. 21, 2027

SCOTT GORHAM
“The Guy on the Left: Scott Gorham and the Story of Thin Lizzy” (Hardcover; memoir written with Martin Power; Merch; Omnibus Press)

Oct. 12, 2027

LOU ADLER
“California Dreamin’: How Lou Adler Built L.A. Rock” (Hardcover; author: Michaelangelo Matos; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, try 30 days free; Da Capo Press)

Nov. 9, 2027

OMAR GRANT
“Who’s Your A&R? A Guide to Artist Discovery, Creative Development, and Career Building for Aspiring Musicians and Industry Professionals” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Kingston Imperial)

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