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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
| An Official Biography
plus Their Recent U.S Royal Tour Larry Pryce, 1976. |
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| Queen George Tremlett, 1976. |
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| An Illustrated
Biography Judith Davis, 1981. |
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| Greatest Pix Jacques Lowe, 1981. Photo collection |
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| Gluttons for
Punishment - The South America Tours 1981 Peter Lubin, 1982. 1981 Concert guide |
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| The First Ten Years Mike West, 1982. Revised and republished as 'The First Twelve Years' in 1984. |
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| A Visual Documentary Ken Dean, 1986. Revised and republished as 'The New Visual Documentary' in both 1991 and 1992. |
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| A Magic Tour 1987. Concert guide |
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| Greatest Pix II Richard Gray, 1991. Photo collection |
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| 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. |
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| Queen - In Their Own
Words Mick St. Michael, 1992. Queen quotations |
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| Queen Unseen Peter K Hogan, 1992. |
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| These Are The Days Of
Our Lives Stephen Ryder, 1992. |
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| Tear Out Photo Book 1993. Photo collection |
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| The Freddie Mercury
Tribute Concert For AIDS Awareness 1993. Concert guide |
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| Queen Mick St. Michael, 1994. CD sized book. (Some issues come with an interview CD and slipcase) |
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| The Complete Guide To
The Music Of Queen Peter K Hogan, 1994. Album guide |
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| Queen Mick St. Michael, 1995. A4 size (not same as above) |
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| Queen Live - A Concert
Documentary Greg Brooks, 1995. Queen Concertography. Updated and reprinted in 2005 with a different cover. |
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| Queen - The Early
Years Mark Hodkinson, 1995. |
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| Rock Lives - The
Ultimate Story: Freddie Mercury & Queen Neville Marten & Jeffrey Hudson, 1995. |
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| The Full Picture Denis O'Reagan, 1995. Photo collection |
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| The Secret Revealed Melina Richmond, 1997. |
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| The Ultimate Queen Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall, 1998. Discography, concertography, various lists etc |
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| Queen - The Definitive
Biography Laura Jackson, 1999. |
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| 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. |
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| Queen I Japan only, 2003. |
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| 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. |
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| Queen II Japan only, 2004. |
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| The Show Must Go On Japan only, 2004. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| A Kind Of Magic Ross Clarke, 1991. Biographical |
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| The Legend Lives On Nowscreen Ltd, 1992. Picture collection and short biography |
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| The Show Must Go On -
The Life Of Freddie Mercury Rick Sky, 1992. Biographical |
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| 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' |
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| Mercury And Me Jim Hutton, 1994. Biography of Freddie's private life |
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| They Died Too Young -
Freddie Mercury Simon Boyce, 1995. Biographical |
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| Living On The Edge -
The Freddie Mercury Story David Bret, 1996. Biographical |
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| Mercury - The King Of
Queen Laura Jackson, 1996. Biographical |
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| The Definitive
Biography Lesley Ann Jones, 1997. Biographical |
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| Mister Mercury Peter Freestone & David Evans, 1998. Biographical & Anecdotal Revised in 1999 and retitled 'Freddie Mercury' |
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| 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. |
| Queen & I - The
Brian May Story Laura Jackson, 1994. Biographical |
| Secrets Of Queen The
Eye 1997. Game tie-in, with tips and walkthroughs on the game. |
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| The Art Of Queen The
Eye 1997. Game tie-in. Includes a CD-Rom featuring footage and music from the game. |
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| The Novel Of Queen The
Eye Paul Darrow, 1997. Game tie-in |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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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