Here’s our weekly rundown of new and upcoming music book releases …
Dec. 5, 2023
ELLA FITZGERALD
“Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song” (Hardcover; author: Judith Tick; Digital Book; W.W. Norton & Company) 
KATHERINE RYE JEWELL
“Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio” (Paperback; Digital Book; The University of North Carolina Press)
HARRY STYLES
“Harry Styles – As It Is: The Illustrated Biography” (Hardcover; author: Carolyn McHugh; Sona Books)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
“Loaded: The Uncensored Oral History of The Velvet Underground” (Hardcover; author: Dylan Jones; Grand Central Publishing)
SIMON WILLIAMS (founder of Fierce Panda)
“Pandamonium! How (Not) to Run a Record Label” (Paperback; Nine Eight Books)
Dec. 6, 2023
MICKY DOLENZ
“I’m Told I Had a Good Time: The Micky Dolenz Archives, Volume One” (Hardcover; available in flexibound open edition, deluxe edition and super deluxe edition; Beatland Books)
Dec. 8, 2023
STUART COUPE
“Shake Some Action: My Life in Music (and other stuff)” (Paperback; Penguin)
LAURIE KAYE (co-conducted John Lennon’s last interview)
“Confessions of a Rock ‘N’ Roll Name-Dropper” (Paperback; Fayetteville Mafia Press)
Dec. 12, 2023
THE CURE
“Curepedia: The A-Z of The Cure” (Hardcover; author: Simon Price; Digital Book; Audio CD; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; On Tour; Merch; Dey Street Books)
Dec. 26, 2023
DR. JOHN
“Two Headed Doctor: Listening For Ghosts in Dr. John’s Gris-Gris” (Paperback; author: David Toop; Digital Book; Strange Attractor Press)
Dec. 30, 2023
BERNARD RHODES
“Wake Up! To the World of Bernard Rhodes” (Hardcover; KMW Studio)
Best Sellers (Fiction)
Jan. 5, 2024
CLIFF RICHARD
“A Head Full of Music: The soundtrack to my life” (Hardcover; foreword by Bob Stanley; Paperback; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Ebury Spotlight)
Jan. 9, 2024
BOY GEORGE
“Karma: My Autobiography” (Hardcover; Mango)
KATHERINE RYE JEWELL
“Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio” (Hardcover; Paperback; Digital Book; The University of North Carolina Press)
Jan. 23, 2024
PAUL MYERS & S.W. LAUDEN
“Go All the Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop” (Paperback; Rare Bird Books)
Best Sellers (Non-Fiction)
Feb. 6, 2024
MARK MILLER
“The Boys and Me: My Life in the Country Music Supergroup Sawyer Brown” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; On Tour; Forefront Books)
MOON UNIT ZAPPA
“Earth to Moon: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Dey Street Books)
Feb. 8, 2024
PET SHOP BOYS
“The Pet Shop Boys and the Political: Queerness, Culture, Identity, and Society” (Paperback; author: Bodie A. Ashton; Bloomsbury Academic)
Feb. 13, 2024
NEIL FINN
“Don’t Dream It’s Over: The Remarkable Life of Neil Finn” (Paperback; author: Jeff Apter; Digital Book; On Tour; Jawbone Press)
Feb. 22, 2024
DAVID BOWIE
“I’m Not a Film Star: David Bowie as Actor” (Paperback; edited by Ian Dixon and Brendan Black; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic)
DAVID LUHRSSEN & MICHAEL LARSON
“Encyclopedia of Classic Rock” (Paperback; Bloomsbury Academic)
Feb. 26, 2024
CARPENTERS
“The Carpenters: every album, every song” (Paperback; author: Paul Tornbohm; Sonicbond Publishing)
Feb. 27, 2024
JIM GORDON
“Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon” (Hardcover; author: Joel Selvin; Digital Book; Diversion Books)
ZACH WILLIAMS
“Rescue Story: Faith, Freedom, and Finding My Way Home” (Hardcover; written with Robert Noland; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; On Tour; Zondervan)
Top Preorders
March 7, 2024
THE CLASH
“The Clash’s Sandinista! (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Micajah Henley; Merch; Bloomsbury)
PULP
“Pulp’s This Is Hardcore (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Jane Savidge; Bloomsbury)
SKIP SPENCE
“Weighted Down: The Complicated Life of Skip Spence” (Hardcover; author: Cam Cobb; The Last Music Company)
March 12, 2024
JONI MITCHELL
“Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell” (Hardcover; author: Ann Powers; Digital Book; Dey Street Books)
March 19, 2024
THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
“Spirit of the Century: Our Own Story” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Hachette Books)
THE BLUES BROTHERS
“The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic” (Hardcover; author: Daniel de Visé; Atlantic Monthly Press)
April 2, 2024
THE BEACH BOYS
“The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys” (Hardcover; 400-page anthology told through the words of Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston, with behind-the-scenes recording session photographs from the Capitol Records archive, band archive and members’ archive; Read here; Merch; Genesis Publications)
April 30, 2024
VAN HALEN
“Van Halen at 50” (Hardcover; author: Martin Popoff; Merch; Motorbooks)
May 7, 2024
MAMA CASS ELLIOT
“My Mama, Cass: A Memoir” (Hardcover; author: Owen Elliot-Kugell; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Hachette Books)
May 14, 2024
KATHLEEN HANNA (of Bikini Kill)
“Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; Ecco)
June 11, 2024
CHRIS STEIN
“Under a Rock: A Memoir” (Hardcover; foreword by Debbie Harry; Digital Book; Audible Audiobook, get Audible Premium Plus free for 3 months; St. Martin’s Press)
July 1, 2024
DEAN MARTIN
“Backstage at The Dean Martin Show” (Paperback; author: Lee Hale, with Richard D. Neely; Lyons Press)
July 4, 2024
QUEEN
“I Want It All! Volume I: The Ultimate Collection of Classic Queen Memorabilia” (Hardcover; Merch; Omnibus Press)
Sept. 23, 2025
LIL’ KIM
“The Queen Bee” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Hachette Books)