24 Of Best Country Folk Composer Biographies Books In 2024

TOP 1

Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life

Parton, Dolly
Oermann, Robert K.
Chronicle Books
Nov 17, 2020

Our Score

4.9
TOP 2

Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

Del Rey, Lana
Simon & Schuster
Sep 29, 2020

Our Score

4.85
TOP 3

Willie Nelson's Letters to America

Nelson, Willie
Pipkin, Turk
Jun 29, 2021

Our Score

4.75
TOP 4

Live in Love: Growing Together Through Life's Changes

Akins, Lauren
Dagostino, Mark
May 4, 2021

Our Score

4.7
TOP 5

Sixteen Tons: The Merle Travis Story

Travis, Merle
Dickerson, Deke
May 24, 2022

Our Score

4.6
TOP 6

Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art * Words and Wisdom

Guthrie, Nora
Santelli, Robert
Nov 16, 2021

Our Score

4.5
TOP 7

What Would Dolly Do?: How to Be a Diamond

Marino, Lauren
Grand Central Publishing
Apr 24, 2018

Our Score

4.45
TOP 8

Have a Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story

Elliott, Michael
Costello, Elvis
Sep 14, 2021

Our Score

4.45
TOP 9

Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975

Thompson, Richard
Timberg, Scott
Algonquin Books
Apr 6, 2021

Our Score

4.35
TOP 10

John Prine Beyond Words

John Prine
Oh Boy Records
Jun 2, 2017

Our Score

4.3
TOP 11

Beaumonster: A Memoir

Dayton, Jesse
Nov 9, 2021

Our Score

4.2
TOP 12

Hear's the Thing: Lessons on Listening

Alan, Cody
Nov 9, 2021

Our Score

4.2
TOP 13

Cash: The Autobiography

Cash, Johnny
HarperOne
Oct 7, 2003

Our Score

4.1

Product Features

Harperone
TOP 14

Petty: The Biography

Zanes, Warren
St. Martin's Griffin
Oct 25, 2016

Our Score

4.05

Product Features

Griffin, St. Martin
TOP 15

The Story of the Trapp Family Singers

Trapp, Maria A
William Morrow Paperbacks
Dec 24, 2001

Our Score

4

Product Features

Harper Perennial is a publishing house in New York City.
TOP 16

The Double Life of Bob Dylan

Heylin, Clinton
Little, Brown and Company
May 18, 2021

Our Score

4
TOP 17

Everything I Need to Know I Learned

Sharaf, Juliana
Media Lab Books
Nov 3, 2020

Our Score

3.95
TOP 18

Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting

Gauthier, Mary
St. Martin's Essentials
Jul 6, 2021

Our Score

3.95
TOP 19

My House of Memories: An Autobiography

Haggard, Merle
Carter, Tom
It Books
Dec 28, 2010

Our Score

3.85

Product Features

It Books
TOP 20

The Birth of Bourbon: A Photographic Tour of Early Distilleries

Peachee, Carol
Gray, Jim
University Press of Kentucky
Sep 25, 2015

Our Score

3.85

Product Features

Kentucky University Press is a publishing house in Lexington, Kentucky.
TOP 21

It's a Long Story: My Life

Nelson, Willie
Ritz, David
Back Bay Books
May 17, 2016

Our Score

3.85

Product Features

Back Bay Books is a bookstore in the Boston area.
TOP 22

I Walked the Line: My Life

Cash, Vivian
Sharpsteen, Ann
Scribner
Oct 21, 2008

Our Score

3.8
TOP 23

A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead

McNally, Dennis
Crown
Aug 12, 2003

Our Score

3.7

Product Features

In Excellent Condition, Used Book
TOP 24

Without Getting Killed or Caught

Saviano, Tamara
Texas A&M University Press
Oct 31, 2016

Our Score

3.7