American Music Books in Order
American Music contains 16 books, published between 2012 and 2025. The first book is Dwight Yoakam: A Thousand Miles from Nowhere (2012) and the newest is The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2012–2025
American Music is a nonfiction series of books about musicians, each written by a different hand. Sixteen titles are catalogued between 2012 and 2025, and the only repeated credit is Kristin Hersh, on two. The recorded subject for the series is music history and criticism. Titles include Dwight Yoakam: A Thousand Miles from Nowhere (2012), Los Lobos: Dream in Blue (2015), Chrissie Hynde: A Musical Biography (2017) and Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture (2020). The series is ongoing.
How many American Music books are there?
American Music has 16 books, released between 2012 and 2025.
American Music Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 American Music books in the order they were published, with the release year and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Dwight Yoakam: A Thousand Miles from Nowhere2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 1Maybe We'll Make It: A Memoir2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 2Ryan Adams: Losering, a Story of Whiskeytown2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 3The Flatlanders: Now It's Now Again2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 4Los Lobos: Dream in Blue2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 5Don't Suck, Don't Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 6Chrissie Hynde: A Musical Biography2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 7Woman Walk the Line: How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 8A Spy in the House of Loud: New York Songs and Stories2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 9Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 10Seeing Sideways: A Memoir of Music and Motherhood2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 11You're with Stupid: kranky, Chicago, and the Reinvention of Indie Music2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 12DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 14Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 15I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 16The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Where to start with American Music
Start with Dwight Yoakam: A Thousand Miles from Nowhere (2012), the earliest published title.
What is the newest American Music book?
The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman (2025) is the newest American Music book released so far.
Is there a new American Music book coming?
No next American Music book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
American Music at a glance
- Still running
- American Music is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- American Music books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Busiest decade
- Most American Music books, 8 of 16, were published in the 2020s.
- Attribution
- Of the 16 titles, 2 are credited to Kristin Hersh, 1 to Don McLeese, 1 to David Menconi and 1 to John T. Davis. A further 11 writers are credited.
What the American Music books are about
3 of the 16 American Music books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: music, history and criticism is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Music, history and criticism 3 of 3 books