Here’s our weekly rundown of upcoming new music book releases …
Read on.
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JON ANDERSON
“Jon Anderson & The Warriors: The Road to Yes” (Paperback; author: David Watkinson; Sonicbond Publishing) » BUY NOW 
RICHARD BARRIOS
“West Side Story: The Jets, the Sharks, and the Making of a Classic” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Running Press Adult) » BUY NOW
SHAYLA LAWSON
“This Is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope” (Paperback; Digital Book; Harper Perennial) » BUY NOW
BENJAMIN ORR
“Let’s Go! Benjamin Orr and The Cars” (Paperback; author: Joe Milliken; Free Preview; Rowman & Littlefield) » BUY NOW
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GRAHAM SHARPE
“Vinyl Countdown” (Paperback; Digital Book; Free Preview; Oldcastle Books) » BUY NOW
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PEGGY LEE
“Peggy Lee: A Century of Song” (Hardcover; author: Tish Oney; Digital Book; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers) » BUY NOW
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TALIB KWELI
“Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story” (Hardcover; Digital Book; On Tour; MCD) » BUY NOW
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DAVID R. WILLIAMS
“The Enterprising Musician’s Legal Toolkit” (Paperback; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers) » BUY NOW
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LIBERTY DeVITTO (longtime Billy Joel drummer)
“Liberty: Life, Billy and the Pursuit of Happiness” (Hardcover; foreword by Billy Joel; Hudson Music) » BUY NOW
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VAUGHN A. BOOKER
“Lift Every Voice and Swing: Black Musicians and Religious Culture in the Jazz Century” (Paperback; Digital Book; NYU Press) » BUY NOW
JAKE BROWN
“Behind the Boards: Nashville (The Studio Stories Behind Country Music’s Greatest Hits!)” (Paperback; 2nd edition; Music Square Media) » BUY NOW
CHRIS FRANTZ
“Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Merch; St. Martin’s Press) » BUY NOW
Other Notable Releases
“The Answer Is …: Reflections on My Life,” Alex Trebek
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CHRIS CORNELL
“Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell” (Hardcover; author: Corbin Reiff; Merch; Post Hill Press) » BUY NOW
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10cc
“10cc and Godley & Creme: every album, every song” (Paperback; author: Peter Kearns; Sonicbond Publishing) » BUY NOW
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THE STATLER BROTHERS
“The Music of The Statler Brothers: An Anthology” (Hardcover; author: Don Reid; Mercer University Press) » BUY NOW
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EDDIE FLOYD
“Knock! Knock! Knock! On Wood: My Life in Soul” (Hardcover; co-author: Tony Fletcher; Merch; BMG Books) » BUY NOW
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LAUREN AKINS (wife of Thomas Rhett)
“Live in Love: Growing Together Through Life’s Changes” (Hardcover; co-author: Mark Dagostino; Digital Book; Ballantine Books) » BUY NOW
BAD RELIGION
“Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion” (Hardcover; co-author: Jim Ruland; Digital Book; On Tour, with Alkaline Trio; Merch; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
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LEVON HELM
“Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond” (Hardcover; author: Sandra B. Tooze; Digital Book; Diversion Books) » BUY NOW
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STEVE HOWE
“All My Yesterdays: The Autobiography of Steve Howe” (Paperback; Omnibus Press) » BUY NOW
JANET JACKSON
“Janet Jackson’s The Velvet Rope (33 1/3)” (Paperback; author: Ayanna Dozier; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic) » BUY NOW
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THE BEATLES
“The Beatles Finally Let It Be” (Hardcover; compiled by Bruce Spizer; Merch; 498 Productions, LLC) » BUY NOW
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SARA EVANS
“A Little Bit Stronger: A Memoir” (Hardcover; Digital Book; On Tour; Howard Books) » BUY NOW
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WILLIE NELSON & BOBBIE NELSON
“Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Random House) » BUY NOW
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BROWNMARK
“My Life in the Purple Kingdom” (Hardcover; co-author: Cynthia M. Uhrich; foreword by Questlove; University of Minnesota Press) » BUY NOW
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ROB HALFORD
“Confess” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
RADIOHEAD
“This Isn’t Happening: Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’ and the Beginning of the 21st Century” (Hardcover; author: Steven Hyden; Digital Book; Merch; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
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PEARL JAM
“Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense” (Hardcover; author: Ronen Givon; On Tour; Merch; Bloomsbury Academic) » BUY NOW
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LENNY KRAVITZ
“Let Love Rule” (Hardcover; co-author: David Ritz; Digital Book; Henry Holt and Co.) » BUY NOW
PRINCE
“This Thing Called Life: Prince’s Odyssey, On + Off the Record” (Hardcover; author: Neal Karlen; Merch; St. Martin’s Press) » BUY NOW
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KENDRICK LAMAR
“The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America” (Hardcover; author: Marcus J. Moore; Digital Book; Atria Books / Simon and Schuster) » BUY NOW
RUSH
“Limelight: Rush in the ’80s” (Hardcover; Digital Book; Merch; ECW Press) » BUY NOW
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MICHAEL OBERMAN (rock journalist/photographer)
“Fast Forward, Play, and Rewind” (Paperback; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW
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DAVE BRUBECK
“Digging Dave Brubeck and Time Out!” (Paperback; author: Alan Goldsher; Post Hill Press) » BUY NOW
PETER FRAMPTON
“Do You Feel Like I Do? A Memoir” (Hardcover; co-author: Alan Light; Digital Book; Hachette Books) » BUY NOW
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QUEEN
“Queen: The Neal Preston Photographs” (Hardcover; Merch; Reel Art Press) » BUY NOW
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HALSEY
“I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry” (Hardcover; Merch; Simon & Schuster) » BUY NOW
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JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO
“Hold On World: The Lasting Impact of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band – 50 Years On” (Paperback; author: John Kruth; Backbeat Books) » BUY NOW
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MIKE DOUGHTY
“I Die Each Time I Hear the Sound: A Memoir” (Paperback; On Tour; Da Capo Press) » BUY NOW
DOLLY PARTON
“Songteller: My Life in Lyrics” (Hardcover; co-author: Robert K. Oermann; Digital Book; Chronicle Books) » BUY NOW
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JOHN LENNON
“The Last Days of John Lennon” (Hardcover; authors: James Patterson, Casey Sherman, Dave Wedge; Digital Book; Merch; Little, Brown and Company) » BUY NOW
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COWBOY JUNKIES
“Music Is the Drug: The Authorised Musical Biography of Cowboy Junkies” (Hardcover; author: Dave Bowler; Digital Book; Omnibus Press) » BUY NOW
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IAN HUNTER
“Rock ‘n’ Roll Sweepstakes: The Official Biography of Ian Hunter (Volume Two)” (Hardcover; author: Campbell Devine; Omnibus Press) » BUY NOW
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PATTIE BOYD
“Pattie Boyd: My Life Through a Lens” (Hardcover; Read here; Insight Editions) » BUY NOW
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