John Lennon books

  • Lennon Remembers: The Full Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970 by John Lennon, Jann S. Wenner (Editor): Expanded version
  • "All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview With John Lennon and Yoko Ono" by David Sheff (No new material, but a nice companion to the above.)
  • In His Own Write by John Lennon, (with new introduction by Yoko Ono) : Just reissued
  • "Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files" by Jon Wiener in hardback version and paperback version: More revelations from the FBI files kept on John.

  • "The Mourning of John Lennon" by Anthony Elliott: How John's death helped symbolize an entire culture's struggle to mourn.

  • "The Lennon Companion : Twenty-Five Years of Comment" by Elizabeth Thomson, David Gutman : Nice compilation of articles about John's life.

  • "Imagine: John Lennon" (new paperback version) by Andrew Solt and Sam Egan: Originally published as companion to the movie of the same name, it's a chronicle of John's life through words and pictures. Intro by Yoko.

  • "Real Love: The Drawings For Sean" (paperback) and (hardcover library edition): New art book of John's sketches for Sean.









  • "John Lennon: In His Own Write": John's first book, a superb collection that displays John's wit, literary charm and art.








  • "Skywriting By Word of Mouth" by John Lennon: Posthumous collection of John's writings.
  • "A Spaniard in the Works" by John Lennon: John's follow-up to "In His Own Write" with more of John's witty writings and drawings.

  • "The Beatles; The Ultimate Recording Guide" by Allen J. Wiener: One of the best books listing detailed statistical info about the Beatles' recording career.

  • "Come Together: John Lennon In His Time" by Jon Wiener: The first book to reveal how the FBI (and the U.S. Government) kept a dossier on John.

  • We All Shine on : The Stories Behind Every John Lennon Song : 1970-1980 by Paul Du Noyer : A look behind the writings of John's songs.