Sunday, December 28, 2025

The 16 best books about music from the last decade

Emma Glassman-Hughes (she/her) is the associate editor at PS Balance. At PopSugar she tagged the sixteen best books about music from the last decade. One title on the list:
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton and Robert K. Oermann

Not only does this memoir provide the context and history behind country music icon Dolly Parton's most beloved songs, it's also chock full of visuals that had not been seen by the general public until publication.
Read about the other entries on the list.

Also see Bob Stanley's top ten music histories, Holly George-Warren's ten essential music biographies, and Jarvis Cocker's top ten music books.

--Marshal Zeringue