Karen Abbott’s The Ghosts of Eden Park tells the remarkable story of bootlegger George Remus with crime novel zest, and a furious attention to detail.

Craven Rock documents Insane Clown Posse and its annual Gathering of the Juggalos in this “Gonzo Ethnology.”

A culmination of over 50 years of research from blues historians Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow, Up Jumped the Devil is as definitive a Robert Johnson history as will likely ever be written.

With No Walls and the Recurring Dream, feminist icon and folk troubadour Ani DiFranco presents an unvarnished look at her life and art up until the early 2000s.

In Where You Goin’ With That Gun in Your Hand?, Keith Elliot Greenberg has written a primer of sorts, compiling the stories of 21 different rock and roll tragedies, from Brian Jones and Kurt Cobain to Sam Cooke and Selena.

In his third book, Patrick McGuinness takes on a murder and the media’s propensity to jump to conclusions.

Over the course of Teen Movie Hell, McPadden runs the gauntlet of coming-of-age comedies, “from Animal House to Zapped!”

With this oral history, noted music writer Greg Prato picks apart with precision the entirety of King’s X’s musical history.

Originally released in 1979 and reissued here with a forward by Greil Marcus, The Story of Motown is a riveting introduction to the famous record label.