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This page includes details of all books which have been published about Queen, solo members, or related subjects, excluding sheet music, lyric books and tour programmes. The majority of the books here were published in the UK, but it includes some overseas releases aswell. Click here for Alex Smirnoff's comprehensive worldwide bibliography, which also contains ISBN numbers and reviews.

The majority of the books listed below are unofficial, and the majority heavily depend on the official book 'As It Began'. As far as I know, the only other official books are 'Greatest Pix', 'Greatest Pix II', the various concert guides, '40 Years Of Queen', and 'Freddie Mercury: A Life, In His Own Words'.

Front and back sleeves can be found together in the gallery.

Queen Books
Freddie Mercury Books
Brian May Books
Other Subjects


Queen Books

   
An Official Biography plus Their Recent U.S Royal Tour
Larry Pryce, 1976.
  Queen
George Tremlett, 1976.
  An Illustrated Biography
Judith Davis, 1981.
Greatest Pix
Jacques Lowe, 1981. Photo collection
  Gluttons for Punishment - The South America Tours 1981
Peter Lubin, 1982. 1981 Concert guide
The First Ten Years
Mike West, 1982.
Revised and republished as 'The First Twelve Years' in 1984.

A Visual Documentary
Ken Dean, 1986.
Revised and republished as 'The New Visual Documentary' in both 1991 and 1992.
A Magic Tour
1987. Concert guide
Greatest Pix II
Richard Gray, 1991. Photo collection
Queen - As It Began
Jacky Gunn & Jim Jenkins, 1992. The official biography, written in full co-operation with Queen, featuring interviews with the band, family and friends.
Queen - In Their Own Words
Mick St. Michael, 1992. Queen quotations
  Queen Unseen
Peter K Hogan, 1992.
These Are The Days Of Our Lives
Stephen Ryder, 1992.
Tear Out Photo Book
1993. Photo collection
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert For AIDS Awareness
1993. Concert guide
Queen
Mick St. Michael, 1994. CD sized book. (Some issues come with an interview CD and slipcase)
The Complete Guide To The Music Of Queen
Peter K Hogan, 1994. Album guide
Queen
Mick St. Michael, 1995. A4 size (not same as above)
Queen Live - A Concert Documentary
Greg Brooks, 1995. Queen Concertography.
Updated and reprinted in 2005 with a different cover.
Queen - The Early Years
Mark Hodkinson, 1995.
Rock Lives - The Ultimate Story: Freddie Mercury & Queen
Neville Marten & Jeffrey Hudson, 1995.
The Full Picture
Denis O'Reagan, 1995. Photo collection
  The Secret Revealed
Melina Richmond, 1997.
The Ultimate Queen
Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall, 1998. Discography, concertography, various lists etc
  Queen - The Definitive Biography
Laura Jackson, 1999.
Killer Queen
Mick Rock, Brian May and Mary Austin, 2003.
A collection of photographs of Queen from the early 1970's. Featuring new text as well as quotes from the era from Queen.
Limited to 2,500 copies. All copies come in a slipcase, whilst the first 350 copies are Deluxe editions, containing an exclusive signed print.
  Queen I
Japan only, 2003.
Classic Queen
Mick Rock, 2004.
Featuring numerous photographs from Mick Rock's collection, his recollections of his time with the band, and quotes from the era from Queen. I'm not sure of the resemblances and differences between this book and 'Killer Queen', above. The second scan here appears on Amazon but I'm not sure if it's a genuine sleeve.
Queen II
Japan only, 2004.
The Show Must Go On
Japan only, 2004.
Absolute Greatest
UK, 2009. This is a book release of the 'Absolute Greatest' album, houses two CD's, and features lyrics, photographs and hand written lyrics.
40 Years Of Queen
Harry Doherty, with forewords by Brian May & Roger Taylor. UK, 2011.

This is a stunning book chronicling the history of the band, housed in an outer box. It contains many rare photographs, replicas of concert posters, tickets, handwritten lyrics and other rare memorabilia, plus a thirty minute CD containing a rare 1977 radio interview. Full scans of the book and all it's extras can be found in the gallery.
   

Freddie Mercury Books

   
A Kind Of Magic
Ross Clarke, 1991. Biographical
The Legend Lives On
Nowscreen Ltd, 1992. Picture collection and short biography
The Show Must Go On - The Life Of Freddie Mercury
Rick Sky, 1992. Biographical
This Is The Real Life
David Evans & David Minns, 1992. Recollections by Freddie's friends
Revised in 1995 and retitled 'More Of The Real Life'.
Again revised in 1997 and retitled 'The Real Life - The Truth Behind The Legend'
Mercury And Me
Jim Hutton, 1994. Biography of Freddie's private life
  They Died Too Young - Freddie Mercury
Simon Boyce, 1995. Biographical
  Living On The Edge - The Freddie Mercury Story
David Bret, 1996. Biographical
  Mercury - The King Of Queen
Laura Jackson, 1996. Biographical
The Definitive Biography
Lesley Ann Jones, 1997. Biographical
  Mister Mercury
Peter Freestone & David Evans, 1998. Biographical & Anecdotal
Revised in 1999 and retitled 'Freddie Mercury'
Freddie Mercury - A Life, In His Own Words
2006. A collection of Freddie's quotes, compiled by Greg Brooks and Simon Lupton.
Later reprinted in paperback in 2009, with a different cover.

Brian May Books

   
Queen & I - The Brian May Story
Laura Jackson, 1994. Biographical

Other Subjects

   
  Secrets Of Queen The Eye
1997. Game tie-in, with tips and walkthroughs on the game.
The Art Of Queen The Eye
1997. Game tie-in. Includes a CD-Rom featuring footage and music from the game.
  The Novel Of Queen The Eye
Paul Darrow, 1997. Game tie-in
We Will Rock You
The Official Book Of The Musical by Queen and Ben Elton, 2004.
Contains the entire script to the musical, song lyrics, exclusive photographs, behind the scenes photographs, production credits, and forewords by Brian May and Roger Taylor
Bang - The Complete History Of The Universe
Brian May, Patrick Moore & Chris Lintott, 2006.
A revised edition was published in 2007.
Click here for more details.

A Village Lost And Found
Brian May & Elena Vidal , 2009.
Contains the book and a pop-up Owl stereoscope, housed in an outer slipcase.
Click here for more details.

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