Dylan Books is an unofficial, independent website with no affiliation to Bob Dylan, any record label, publisher, rights owner or other organisation.

Aimed at fans and collectors, Dylan Books ranks, reviews and recommends books about (and by) Bob Dylan, regarded by many as one of the most important creatives of the modern world.  

Exploring a private collection of over 400 titles, nearly all in English. dating from the 1960s, Dylan Books suggests what to read and why.

An ardent Dylan fan since first hearing Freewheelin’ in 1965, I’ve been collecting Dylan books since the publication of the early pioneering titles like Anthony Scaduto’s biography and Michael Gray’s Song and Dance Man.

By early 2024, there were almost two thousand different Bob Dylan books, swelled by a ceaseless flow of new publications.  Dylan Books reviews new publications in “New Bob Dylan Books”. Dylan Books also reviews older works missing from My Collection in “New to Me”. Publishers and authors with titles for inclusion are invited to contact me.

Dylan Books respects the intellectual property rights of publishers, authors and other creators.  If you are a rights owners who regards any reproduction on this website as other than “fair use”, please contact me: I’ll be pleased to remove any content you feel is not “fair use” – and possibly my own accompanying copy.

Gerald Michael Smith (GeraldMSmith@dylanbooks.com)