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Grateful Dead Book Reviews

Grateful Dead Bookography
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Dean Budnick & Ricki Blakesberg

60 Years of the Grateful Dead Experience 1965 - 2025

2025 Relix

August West

A Band Beyond Description: The Grateful Dead's Long Strange Trip

2024 Independently Published

Robert Hunter

A Box of Rain: Collected Lyrics of Robert Hunter

1990 Viking

Tom Powell

A Grateful Life: The life story of a husband, father, and taco loving dead head

2018 Powell Entertainment Group

David Kyser

A is for Ace

2020 Independently Published

Howie Abrams

ABC's of the Grateful Dead

2022 Permuted Press

Scott W Allen

Aces Back to Back: The History of the Grateful Dead 1965 - 2013

2014 Outskirts Press

Bill Amantneek

Acoustic Stories: Playing Bass with Peter, Paul & Mary, Jerry Garcia and Bill Monroe and Eighteen Other Unamplified Tales

2003 Vineyards Press

Mark A Rodriguez

After All is Said and Done: Taping the Grateful Dead 1965 - 1995

2022 Anthology Editions

Jill Laffin

After the Jerry Dream: A Year of Poems Volume 1

2021 Balboa Press

William Lemke

Aging Gratefully: Deadheads Then and Now

2025 Kickstarter

Susana Millman

Alive with the Dead: A Fly on the Wall with a Camera

2016 Kickstarter

Timothy Harris & Gary Lambert

All Access Area: Backstage with the Grateful Dead

1998 Acid Test

All Good Things in All Good Time: The Complete Jerry Garcia Songbook

1995 Grateful Press

Nicholas Meriwether

All Graceful Instruments: The Contexts of the Grateful Dead Phenomenon

2007 Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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Ray Robertson

All the Years Combined: The Grateful Dead in Fifty Shows

2023 Biblioasis

Robert M Peterson

Alleys of the Heart: Collected Poems of Robert M. Peterson

1988 Kalapuya Books

Joel Selvin

Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day

2016 Day Street Books

Jay Blakesberg and Ricki Blakesberg

American Beauty: Grateful Dead 1965-1995-commemorating sixty years of the Grateful Dead

2025 David Kordansky Gallery

Oliver Trager

American Book of the Dead: Definitive Grateful Dead Encyclopedia

1997 Touchstone, Simon & Schuster

Charles River Editors

American Legends: The Life of Jerry Garcia

2014 CreateSpace

Scott B Montgomery

Art of Lee Conklin Volume 1

2025 Independently Published

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Scott B Montgomery

Art of Lee Conklin Volume 2

2026 Independently Published

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Paul Grushkin

Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk

2015 Abbeville Press

Phil Cushway

Art of the Dead: A Celebration of the Artists Behind the American Rock Poster Movement

2012 Soft Skull

Ron Odenthal and Lisa Ritz

Authentically Dead: Terrapin Station: A Grateful Dead Family Reunion

2022 Independently Published

Bill Walton

Back from the Dead

2016 Simon & Schuster

Larry Reichman

Barton Hall 5/8/77

2017 Kickstarter Project

Bob and Wendy Weir

Baru Bay Australia

1995 Hyperion Books for Children

William J. Craddock

Be Not Content: A Subterranean Journal

1970 Doubleday & Company

Robert Greenfield

Bear: The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley Stanley III

2016 Thomas Dunne Books

Echo Envy

Bertha's Bliss: Iconic Dead Days: A Grateful Dead Coloring Book Adventure

2025 Independently Published

Adam Fisher

Bertha, Uncle Sam, and the Doo Dah Man: Memoirs of a Deadhead

2026 Independently Published

Tom Constanten

Between Rock and Hard Places: A Musical Autobiodyssey

1992 Hulogosi

Jay Blakesberg

Between the Dark and Light: Grateful Dead Photography of Jay Blakesberg

2002 Backbeat

Blackbird

Bird's Eye View: The Grateful Dead

2013 Beachcomber Publishing

Lindsay Rice

Birdenwheel

2025 Independently Published

Luke Casey

Bob Weir: Biography of a Legend

2025 Independently Published

William Hale

Bob Weir: the Life and Legacy of the Grateful Dead's Rhythm Guitarist

2026 Independently Published

F.T. Burke

Bohemian Adventure: A Cosmic Deadhead Journey

2019 Purple Whale Publishing

Herb Greene

Book of the Dead: Celebrating 25 Years with the Grateful Dead

1990 Delta Publishing

August West

Bramble Element of Surprise (ebook on Amazon)

2025 Independently Published

Jamie Jensen

Built to Last : Grateful Dead's 25th Annivesary Album

1990 Plume Publishing

Jake Feinberg

Bus to Never Ever Land: Musical Tales from the Original Merry Pranksters, a Hog Farmer, and the Grateful Dead's Side Projects

2020 Independently published

Martin Torgoff

Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000

2005 Simon & Schuster

Sandy Troy

Captain Trips: A Biography of Jerry Garcia

1994 Thunder's Mouth Press

Christopher Coffman

Clowns in the Burying Grown: The Grateful Dead, Literature and the Limits of Philosophy

2026 Duke University Press

Chris Benchetler

Collector’s Edition Mountains of the Moon Art Book

2026 CB Ink

Sean Zwagerman

Comedy is What We're Really About: Grateful Dead in Comic Frame

2000 Journal of American Popular Culture

David Dodd

Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics

2015 Simon & Schuster

Robert Drobatz (Starburst Commander)

Confessions of a Dead Head: Trips and Travels with a Magical Band

2009 Orange Barrel Publications

David Gans

Conversations With The Dead: The Grateful Dead Interview Book

2002 De Capo

Elizabeth Zipern

Cooking With the Dead: Recipes and Stories from Fans on the Road

1995 St. Martins Press

Peter Conners

Cornell '77: The Music, the Myth, and the Magnificence of the Grateful Dead's Concert at Barton Hall

2017 Cornell University Press

John Berdux

Counterculture Kids: Jerry Garcia

2025 Counterculture Kids Press

Bradford Keeney

Crazy Wisdom Tales for Dead Heads: A Shamanic Companion to the Grateful Dead

1996 Station Hill Press

Ken Babbs

Cronies, A Burlesque: Adventures with Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, the Merry Pranksters and the Grateful Dead

2022 Tsunami Press

Barbara Ehrenreich

Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy

2007 Holt Paperbacks

Rosie McGee

Dancing with the Dead: My Good Old Days with the Grateful Dead & San Francisco Music Scene 1964-1974

2013 TIOLI Press & Bytes

Robert Greenfield

Dark Star: An Oral Biography of Jerry Garcia

1996 William Morrow and Company

Jay Blakesberg

Dead & Company: A Rainbow Full of Sound: 2015-2023: The Touring Years

2024 Rock Out Books

Hank Harrison

Dead Book

1973

Herb Greene

Dead Days: A Grateful Dead Illustrated History Photography Herb Greene : A Book of Days Commeroative Edition

1996 Acid Test

Casey Rae

Dead Dharma: The Grateful Dead and the American Quest for Transcendence

2026 Oxford University Press

Paul Grushkin

Dead Letters: Grateful Dead Fan Mail

2011 Voyageur

John Rocco

Dead Reckonings: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead

1999 Schirmer Books

Mordechai Rubinstein

Dead Style: A Long Strange Trip into the Magical World of Tie-Dye

2020 Abrams Image

Gabi Moskowitz

Dead in the Kitchen: Official Grateful Dead Cookbook

2025 Voyageur

Rhonda Jewel

Dead to Divine: My Memoirs from the Grateful Dead to Grateful Dogs

2026 Independently Published

Eric Wygenga

Dead to the Core: An Almanack of the Grateful Dead

2011 Delta

SunsetSyd

DeadCo Base Volume 2

2023 Independently Published

SunsetSyd

DeadCoBase Volume 1 2015- 2019

2020 Independently Published

John Scott, Stu Nixon & Mike Dolgushkin

Deadbase

1987 Independently Published

John Scott, Stu Nixon & Mike Dolgushkin

Deadbase 50

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John Scott, Stu Nixon & Mike Dolgushkin

Deadbase II

1988 Independently Published

John Scott, Stu Nixon & Mike Dolgushkin

Deadbase III

1989 Independently Published

John Scott, Stu Nixon & Mike Dolgushkin

Deadbase IV

1991 Independently Published

John Scott, Stu Nixon & Mike Dolgushkin

Deadbase IX

1996 Independently Published

John Scott, Stu Nixon & Mike Dolgushkin

Deadbase Jr: The Portable Guide to Grateful Dead Songlists

1995 Independently Published

John Scott, Stu Nixon & Mike Dolgushkin

Deadbase V

1991 Independently Published

John Scott, Stu Nixon & Mike Dolgushkin

Deadbase VI

1992 Independently Published

John Scott, Stu Nixon & Mike Dolgushkin

Deadbase VII

1993 Independently Published

John Scott, Stu Nixon & Mike Dolgushkin

Deadbase VIII

1994 Independently Published

John Scott, Stu Nixon & Mike Dolgushkin

Deadbase X

1997 Independently Published

John Scott, Stu Nixon & Mike Dolgushkin

Deadbase XI

1999 Independently Published

KVNR Enigmas

Deadhead Crossword Puzzles

2026 Independently Published

J. Williams

Deadhead Crossword Puzzles

2025 Independently Published

Fun With Words

Deadhead Crossword Puzzles

2025 Independently Published

GR Baker

Deadhead Crosswords: Puzzles for Grateful Dead Fans

2025 Independently Published

Bones and Roses

Deadhead Crosswords: Puzzles for Grateful Dead Fans

2025 Independently Published

Bones and Roses

Deadhead Crosswords: Puzzles for Grateful Dead Fans: Volume 2

2025 Independently Published

Stew Sallo

Deadhead Cyclist

2023 Independently Published

Scott Meyer

Deadhead Forever: Property of Haze

2001 Running Press

Rebecca Adams

Deadhead Social Science: 'You Ain't Gonna Learn What You Don't Wanna Know'

2000 AltaMira Press

Paul Guliano

Deadhead Stories: Bound to cover just a little more ground

2019 Laughing Water/Merlin-Mercury Nonprofit Corp

Paul Guliano

Deadhead Stories: If I Told You All That Went Down It Would Burn Off Both Your Ears

2021 Laughing Water/Merlin-Mercury Nonprofit Corp

Blotter Brain Books

Deadhead Trip Sitter: World Search and Coloring Book

2025 Independently Published

Deadhead Dan

Deadhead Word Search: Volume 1 Europe '72

2024 Independently Published

Deadhead Dan

Deadhead Word Search: Volume 2 1966-'69

2024 Independently Published

Deadhead Dan

Deadhead Word Search: Volume 3 1970

2024 Independently Published

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