Books and Magazines

Books

• Author RICK BASS offered Nashville Chrome, a story about The Browns, a legendary Country group who influenced many of Country’s biggest stars.
• JOE BONSALL, member of legendary group The Oak Ridge Boys, released his eighth book, From My Perspective: On Life, Music, Faith and America.
• KENNY CHESNEY penned the forward for sports talk radio duo Mike & Mike’s book Rules for Sports and Life.
• JOE DIFFIE shared some of his favorite recipes in the cookbook Homecoming: The Diffie Family Cookbook.
• Photographer MELANIE DUNEA captured 50 of Country Music’s brightest stars in the photo journal My Country: 50 Musicians on God, America & the Songs They Love.
• Singer/songwriter/author MARSHALL CHAPMAN offered readers a glimpse into how some of Country’s biggest stars got their start in Music City in They Came to Nashville.
• Nashville writer VERNELL HACKETT released Carrie Underwood: A Biography, documenting the rise of one of Country’s current hitmakers.
• Legendary artist manager JIM HALSEY penned Starmaker: How to Make It in the Music Business, advice collected from his many successful years in Country Music.
• NEAL MCCOY released A New Mountain to Climb, after his song by the same name, as an homage to some of his heroes.
• Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen, by JIMMY MCDONOUGH, features interviews with friends and family who knew the Country Music Hall of Fame member best.
• ELVIS PRESLEY's love life is examined in Baby Let's Play House: Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him, by music journalist ALANNA NASH.
• DEBORAH EVANS PRICE wrote the anthology The CMA Awards Vault, an historic look at the more than four decades of Country Music’s Biggest Night.
• KURT B. REIGHLEY examines one of the most eclectic music genres in United States of Americana.
• Grand Ole Opry staff writer DAN ROGERS tested fans’ knowledge in Tune Town Trivia: The Grand Ole Opry’s Ultimate Country Music Trivia Book.
• JIMMY WAYNE penned his first book, Paper Angels, about his experiences in the North Carolina foster care system.
• CHELY WRIGHT released her much talked about memoir Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer, in which she came out of the closet. The book landed her on the national stage, including an appearance on “Oprah.”
• TRISHA YEARWOOD followed up her popular 2008 cookbook, Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen, with Home Cooking.

MAGAZINES

Country was ever present on national magazine covers.

• TRACE ADKINS’ likeness appeared in the last installment of the Luke McBain comic book series.
• KATIE ARMIGER graced the cover of Justine, the national lifestyle magazine for teen girls.
• JENNIFER NETTLES of Sugarland graced the cover of a special insert edition of Self magazine focusing on the revived Lilith Fair tour.
• LEANN RIMES donned a bikini for the cover of Shape.
• TAYLOR SWIFT was named Entertainment Weekly’s entertainer of the year and appeared on its cover as well as the covers of Allure, Elle, Glamour, InStyle, Marie Claire, People, Seventeen and more. Swift also made it on the list of the 100 most influential people in the world according to Time. Forbes ranked Swift at No. 9 among “Hollywood’s Highest-Earning Women.”
• Country’s other popular cover girl was CARRIE UNDERWOOD, who graced the covers of Allure, Cosmopolitan, InStyle, People, SELF, Women’s Health and more.