John Lennon Bibliography

This is a list of all the books, magazines, and websites that have been used for the background research on John Lennon - In My Life. Each book link on this page leads to a review at Amazon.com, where the book can also be purchased. If you are in the UK please click here for recommended John Lennon reading.

Books about John Lennon Songs, Albums and Songwriting.

A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song by Steve Turner. A who wrote which song book, lavishly illustrated and well researched, an account of the real people and events that inspired the Beatles' songs and lyrics.

We All Shine on: The Stories Behind Every John Lennon Song by Paul Du Noyer. Covering all John Lennon's songs in his solo decade, 1970-1980.

The Songs of John Lennon: The Beatle Years by John Stevens. An essential guide for all songwriters and Beatles fans, this book explores John Lennon's songwriting genius with a guided tour through 25 of his Beatles-era hits.

Tell Me Why: The Beatles by Tim Riley. Album by Album, Song by Song, the Sixties and After. Perhaps the first serious analysis of the Beatles' work and its impact on popular music.

The Songs of Lennon and McCartney A great collection of 75 songs by the most successful pop writing team of all time, complete with background notes and chords for guitar.

Lennon and McCartney: Together Alone by John Blaney. Rich with facts and information, this is a critical discography of their solo work.

Unreleased Beatles in Music and Film by Hal Leonard. Details the music The Beatles recorded but did not release.

Grapefruit by Yoko Ono. The book by Yoko Ono which inspired John Lennon to write the song 'Imagine'.

John Lennon Interviews.

Lennon Remembers: The Full Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970 Read what John Lennon really thought about his own songs, The Beatles, Paul McCartney and fame. A brutal and honest account. For the first time ever in print, the full John Lennon Rolling Stone interviews from 1970. Includes substantial new material, never before published.

Beatles Off The Record by Keith Badman. A wealth of quotes by John, Paul, George and Ringo and a host of others who were close to the group during the heady days of Beatlemania and beyond, including their families, fellow musicians, Brian Epstein, George Martin and many more.

All We Are Saying by David Sheff. John Lennon's very own song-by-song account of who wrote which Beatles song. This was also the last major interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, given to Playboy magazine.

Last Word - John Lennon Limited Editon Interview - A CD recording the very last interview John Lennon ever gave, on the morning before he was murdered.

Books written by John Lennon.

In His Own Write by John Lennon (1964). The book consists of short stories and line drawings, often surreal and always nonsensical. Some songs from the Beatles catalog that most resemble his unique prose writing style were, 'I Am The Walrus' and 'Hey Bulldog'. In the poem 'Sad Michael', John Lennon writes 'He'd had a hard day's night that day, for Michael was a Cocky Watchtower.'

A Spaniard in the Works by John Lennon (1965). The name refers to a pun on the term 'A spanner in the works' and was similar to the style of his previous book.

Skywriting by Word of Mouth and other writings, including 'The Ballad of John and Yoko' by John Lennon. This impressive collection of writings and drawings was written by John Lennon when Yoko Ono was pregnant with Sean Lennon.

Websites of Note.

Wikipedia has a vast amount of information about John Lennon, The Beatles, The Quarrymen, Plastic Ono Band, The Dirty Mac, Wings, Traveling Wilburys, and much more.

Facebook: The Beatles The Beatles Shop on Facebook. BeatleLinks The Beatles Internet Resource Guide. Bootleg Zone The Beatles bootleg database.

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