1996: 30 Years on From the Best Year of Our Lives
1996: The year that shaped a generation, revisited three decades on by Ex Sun Editor, Dominic Mohan
History of music
Grime: Documenting the scene’s rise and reign
Experience the 140BPM beating heartbeat of grime exclusively told by a pioneer of the scene – not just as a music genre, but as a living, breathing culture that continues to thrive, inspire, and boldly challenge the status quo.
Brothers
In this intimate and open account – nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read – Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate.
Living the Beatles Legend: On the Road with the Fab Four – The Mal Evans Story
**MiCannes Award Music Book of the Year**
The first full-length biography of Mal Evans, the Beatles’ beloved roadie, assistant, confidant and friend
Travelling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell
Time Must-Read Books of 2024
Independent Best Non-Fiction Books 2024
Mojo Books of the Year 2024
“A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma” Guardian
“A powerful portrait” Irish Independent
“Displays a bracing rigour and an exhilarating curiosity about its subject, coming closer than most to catching up with Mitchell on her lonely road” Times
Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath – and Beyond
A Rough Trade Book of the Year
The Sunday Times bestseller
The much-anticipated first book from Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler
Later … With Jools Holland: 30 Years of Music, Magic and Mayhem
’You never knew what you were going to be confronted with when you went on Later…’ Nick Cave
‘Later… is a voyage of discovery for us as well as the viewers’ Dave Grohl
Charlie's Good Tonight: The Authorised Biography of Charlie Watts
Featuring forewords from bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is the official and fully authorised biography of the world’s most revered and celebrated drummer.
Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music
’An absolutely masterly work’ Stephen Fry
Alex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics—an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty and violence.
Where’s My Guitar?: An Inside Story of British Rock and Roll
‘A page turner…and then some!’ Chris Evans
‘An absorbing memoir.’ Classic Rock Magazine
‘A very enjoyable rock-n-roll memoir that is not just for fans, but for anyone interested in this classic era of the British rock scene’ The Afterword
One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time
SHORTLISTED for the Baillie Gifford Prize’s 25th Anniversary Winner of Winners award
WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020
A Spectator Book of the Year • A Times Book of the Year • A Telegraph Book of the Year • A Sunday Times Book of the Year