Books About The Who
Below is a list of books which cover all aspects of the British rock band The Who. The books are listed in approximate chronological order. Mouse over a title and you'll see a preview of each title's book page. Click on a title to navigate to that book's page with information, cover images and reader comments about the book. Each book page has a link back to this list as well as links to the next and previous books in the list.
The purpose of this site is to document what's been published and also provide a forum for Who fans to rate each book and add their comments about their favorite (and not so favorite) books.
Some books have been published in more than one edition and the specs listed on the book pages may not reflect the specs of all editions. Book titles listed with an asterisk (*) after their names are duplicates of previously published books with different titles, clicking on these titles will take you to the original published title. The key to the color coded dots on the right side of the list is at the bottom of the page.
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| 1971 | The Who | Gary Herman |
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| 1973 | The Who | Jeff Stein & Chris Johnston |
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| 1974 | Les Who | Sacha Reins |
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| 1974 | The Who Through The Eyes Of Pete Townshend | Conner McKnight & Caroline Silver |
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| 1975 | The Who | George Tremlett |
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| 1975 | Les Who* | George Tremlett |
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| 1975 | The Who: Ten Great Years | Various |
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| 1976 | Who | Jordi Sierra i Fabra |
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| 1977 | The Story of Tommy | Richard Barnes and Pete Townshend |
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| 1977 | A Decade of The Who | Ted Dicks and The Who |
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| 1978 | Whose Who? A Who Retrospective | Brain Ashley and Steve Monnery |
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| 1979 | The Who in Their Own Words | Steve Clarke |
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| 1979 | Headliners The Who | John Swenson |
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| 1979 | The Who File | Steve Clarke |
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| 1979 | Keith Moon The Life and Death of a Rock Legend | Ivan Waterman |
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| 1979 | The Who* | Sacha Reins |
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| 1979 | Quadrophenia | Alan Fletcher |
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| 1980 | The Who* | George Tremlett |
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| 1980 | Los Who | Jorge Arnaiz |
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| 1980 | The Who | Paul Sahner & Thomas Iferror |
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| 1980 | The Who | Giacomo Mazzone |
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| 1981 | Moon the Loon | Dougal Butler |
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| 1981 | Full Moon* | Dougal Butler |
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| 1981 | The Who: The Illustrated Discography | Ed Hanel |
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| 1981 | Are the Kids Alright? | John Fuller |
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| 1981 | The Who Britain's Greatest Rock Group* | John Swenson |
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| 1982 | The Who Maximum R&B | Richard Barnes |
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| 1982 | The Who | Giandomenico Curi |
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| 1982 | The Illustrated Biography | Chris Charlesworth |
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| 1983 | Before I Get Old | Dave Marsh |
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| 1983 | The Who | Michael P. Deegan |
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| 1983 | The Farewell Tour | Phillip Kamin and Peter Goddard |
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| 1984 | Townshend: A Career Biography | Chris Charlesworth |
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| 1984 | Manual Rock The Who | various |
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| 1986 | The Lamberts | Andrew Motion |
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| 1989 | The Who: A Poster Book | Mick St. Michael |
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| 1990 | Die illustrierte Biografie* | Chris Charlesworth |
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| 1992 | The Who In Print | Stephen Wolter & Karen Kimber |
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| 1993 | The Who's Tommy | Various |
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| 1995 | Teenage Wasteland | Chris Welch |
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| 1995 | Teenage Wasteland The Legend of The Who | Geoffrey Giuliano |
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| 1995 | A Quick Sell Out | Andy Neill |
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| 1995 | The Complete Guide To The Music Of The Who | Chris Charlesworth |
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| 1995 | The Who In Sweden | Olle Lundin |
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| 1996 | Behind Blue Eyes | Geoffrey Giuliano |
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| 1997 | The Who Complete Discography | Christain Suchatzki |
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| 1997 | The Who Concert File | Joe McMichael & Irish Jack Lyons |
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| 1998 | A Fortnight of Furor | Andrew Neill |
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| 1998 | Dear Boy: The Life Of Keith Moon | Tony Fletcher |
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| 1998 | Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy | John Perry |
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| 1999 | Lifehouse | Pete Townshend with Jeff Young |
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| 1999 | Pete Townshend: The Minstrel's Dilemma | Larry David Smith |
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