22 Books about musicians

45 obrtaja: Priče o pesmama is a book by Serbian rock musician, journalist and writer Dejan Cukić. It was published in 2007 and compiled mostly from his articles previously published in Politikin Zabavnik magazine. The book features biographies of forty-five music artists, as well as the history of popular music through stories about forty-five songs.

The Basketball Diaries is a 1978 memoir written by author and musician Jim Carroll. It is an edited collection of the diaries he kept between the ages of twelve and sixteen. Set in New York City, they detail his daily life, sexual experiences, high school basketball career, poetry compositions, the counterculture movement, and especially his addiction to heroin, which began when he was 13.

Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, Or, My Life as a Fabulous Ronette is a memoir by Ronnie Spector written with Vince Waldron.

Before John was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane is a children’s picture book by American author and critic Carole Boston Weatherford. It tells the story of a young John Coltrane growing up in the South in the 1930s. The book, published by Henry Holt in 2008, was illustrated by Sean Qualls.

Björk: Archives is a retrospective book covering Björk's career, published by Thames & Hudson, which was released on March 30, 2015.

Courtney Love: The Real Story (ISBN 0-684-84800-7) is a biography of rock musician Courtney Love, written by Poppy Z. Brite. The book, Brite's first full-length work of nonfiction, was published by Simon & Schuster in 1997. Though technically unauthorized, Love actually asked Brite to write the book, according to the biographer.

Don't All Thank Me At Once: The Lost Pop Genius of Scott Miller is a 2015 biography of pop musician Scott Miller, written by Brett Milano.

Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley is a biography by the American author, journalist, and former music critic for Entertainment Weekly, David Browne. First published on February 1, 2001 the book is a dual biography of Jeff Buckley, American songwriter and musician, and Tim Buckley, his father, also a musician. The book, which took three years to write and research, outlines the lives and deaths of the musicians with an interwoven narrative. As part of his research, Browne interviewed over 100 friends, colleagues, and family members of the two Buckleys. The book has been published in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, France, and Italy.

Dylan's Visions of Sin is a 2004 book by Christopher Ricks, a British poetry scholar and literary critic, in which he considers the songs of Bob Dylan as works of literature Ricks' analysis of Dylan's songs is organized around the Christian theological categories of the seven deadly sins, four virtues, and three graces. Ricks writes:Dylan's is an art in which sins are laid bare, virtues are valued, and the graces brought home. The seven deadly sins, the four cardinal virtues, and the three heavenly graces: these make up everybody's world, but Dylan's in particular. Or rather, his worlds, since human dealings of every kind are his for the artistic seizing.

Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie is a 2014 non-fiction book by Jon Ronson, which describes his time with musician/comedian Frank Sidebottom as a keyboardist in his band in the late 1980s, as well as the inception of the 2014 movie Frank, for which he co-wrote the script.

I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone is the 1992 autobiography by Nina Simone (1933–2003), written with Stephen Cleary.

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon is a biography and oral history of the rock musician Warren Zevon compiled by his ex-wife Crystal Zevon and published May 2007 by Ecco Books.

A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, from Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man is a 2014 biography of musician Alex Chilton, written by Holly George-Warren.

The Manual is a 1988 book by "The Timelords", better known as The KLF. It is a step-by-step guide to achieving a No.1 single with no money or musical skills, and a case study of the duo's UK novelty pop No. 1 "Doctorin' the Tardis".

Reckless: My Life as a Pretender is a memoir by the American musician Chrissie Hynde, a member of the rock band The Pretenders. The book was published on September 8, 2015 by Doubleday, New York and London. In it, Hynde documents her childhood and youth in the Midwest, the founding of The Pretenders, life on the road and interactions with other musicians.

The Rhythm & The Tide (Liverpool, The La's And Ever After) is a 2015 book chronicling the early years of band The La's and the City of Liverpool in the 1980s, as well as being an autobiography of Mike Badger's life and career. Co-written by Tim Peacock the book was released October 16, 2015 in Liverpool.

Sweethearts of Rhythm is a 2009 book by Marilyn Nelson and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It is about various musical instruments in a pawnshop poetically reminiscing about the jazz band, International Sweethearts of Rhythm.

Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner is a 1999 autobiography by American musician Ike Turner with British writer Nigel Cawthorne.

Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout is an autobiography by Laura Jane Grace, co-written with Noisey editor Dan Ozzi and published by Hachette Books on November 15, 2016.

Unsung: A History of Women in American Music is a non-fiction book written by Christine Ammer about the subject of women in music and was first published in 1980 with a second edition published in 2001. The book covers approximately 200 years of American women's involvement in music. Unsung has become a "standard text" for the subject of American women in music.

Working Class Boy is a 2016 memoir by Jimmy Barnes. It is about Barnes' childhood in Glasgow and Adelaide. Barnes details his childhood in Glasgow up until him joining Cold Chisel.

Working Class Man is the 2017 memoir by Jimmy Barnes, and sequel to his 2016 Working Class Boy.