Faber Greatest Hits Books in Order
Faber Greatest Hits contains 12 books, published between 1994 and 2017. The first book is The Dark Stuff (1994) and the newest is Art Sex Music (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1994–2017
- Pages on record
- 441 in 1 of 12 books
Faber Greatest Hits collects 12 books about music and musicians, published between 1994 and 2017. Subjects record rock musicians, lyricists, rock music fans, Pink Floyd and biography. A different writer carries each entry, among them Nick Kent, Nicholas Dawidoff, Ben Ratliff, Simon Reynolds, Barney Hoskyns, Michael Bracewell, Rob Young and Viv Albertine. Titles include The Dark Stuff (1994), In the Country of Country (1997), Coltrane (2008), Rip it Up and Start Again (2009), Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head (2010), Electric Eden (2011), Girl in a Band (2015) and Art Sex Music (2017).
How many Faber Greatest Hits books are there?
Faber Greatest Hits has 12 books, released between 1994 and 2017.
Faber Greatest Hits Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Faber Greatest Hits books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1The Dark Stuff1994 · confirmed 1/41994–1/4
- 2In the Country of Country1997 · confirmed 1/41997–1/4
- 3Coltrane2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 4Rip it Up and Start Again2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 5Lowside of the Road2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 6Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head2010 · 441 pages · confirmed 1/420104411/4
- 7Re-make/Re-model2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 8Electric Eden2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 9Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 10Girl in a Band2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 11Turn the Beat Around2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 12Art Sex Music2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
Where to start with Faber Greatest Hits
Start with The Dark Stuff (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Faber Greatest Hits book?
Art Sex Music (2017) is the newest Faber Greatest Hits book released so far.
Is there a new Faber Greatest Hits book coming?
No next Faber Greatest Hits book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Faber Greatest Hits at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Faber Greatest Hits title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Faber Greatest Hits books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 441 pages across the 1 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 441 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Faber Greatest Hits books, 7 of 12, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 12 titles, 1 are credited to Nick Kent, 1 to Nicholas Dawidoff, 1 to Ben Ratliff and 1 to Barney Hoskyns. A further 7 writers are credited. One title carries no credit.
What the Faber Greatest Hits books are about
1 of the 12 Faber Greatest Hits books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Biography 1 of 1 books
- Lyricists 1 of 1 books
- Pink Floyd (Musical group) 1 of 1 books
- Rock music fans 1 of 1 books
- Rock musicians 1 of 1 books