Book Songs List – Songs With Book in the Title

 
When people think of books and songs, they immediately think of songbooks. However, we did things a bit differently. We created a list of the top 10 books song. Yes, all the songs listed have the word book in the song title. If you are looking for a songbook, it is a book that will contact a collection of songs with their lyrics and music notes. Songbooks may also be a collection of music hymns such as the ones used in churches.

Our book songs cover, no pun intended, many different music styles including jazz, rock, hip-hop, new age, and country. A book is a set of written pages. The pages can be made of many things including paper, wood, and ivory. We also tried to include many different music genres in our collection of book songs including the eras from 1958 through 2011. Enjoy our list. Maybe write a book about it?

Don’t forget that September 6 is Read A Book Day too.  Be sure to play book songs while reading a book!

Book Songs

10. I Could Write A Book – Harry Connick Jr.
Released in 1990
Genre – Jazz

9. My Little Brown Book – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Released in 1963
Genre – Jazz

8. I’m Reading A Book – Julian Smith
Released in 2011
Genre – Hip Hop

7. I Wrote The Book – Beth Ditto
Released in 2011
Genre – Dance Pop

6. You’re More Than A Number In My Little Red Book – The Drifters
Released in 1970’s
Genre – R&B

5. Every Day I Write The Book – Elvis Costello
Released in 2007
Genre – Rock

4. Picture Book – The Kinks
Released in 1968
Genre – Rock

3. The Book Of Love – Peter Gabriel
Released in 2004
Genre – Rock

2. Book Of Days – Enya
Released in 1992
Genre – New Age

1. Book Of Love – The Monotones
Released in 1958
Genre – R&B Rock

Other Top Book Songs

Goin’ By The Book – Johnny Cash

Picture Book – Simply Red

You Can’t Judge A Book By It’s Cover – Bo Diddley

The Book I Read – Talking Heads

Book song list curated by Matthew Campbell