Janis, David Dalton, 1971 A portrait of Janis Joplin incorporating interviews, photos, quotes, lyrics, articles, sheet music linked by Daltons text. See more information

Janis Joplin: Her Life And Times, Deborah Landau, 1971 An early biography of Janis Joplin. See more information

The Golden Bowers, John Bowers, 1971 This collection of interviews includes one with Janis Joplin. See more information

Going Down With Janis, Peggy Caserta, Don Knapp, 1973 A biography of Janis Joplin. See more information

Buried Alive: The Biography Of Janis Joplin, Myra Friedman, 1973 A biography of Janis Joplin. See more information

Lenny, Janis & Jimi, Gary Carey, 1975 Subtitled "Their passionate lives, frenzied fame and tragic deaths." See more information

Piece Of My Heart: The Life, Times, And Legend Of Janis Joplin, David Dalton, 1985 A portrait of Janis Joplin incorporating interviews, photos, quotes, lyrics, articles, sheet music linked by Daltons text. This book is a revised and reconstructed version of Janis which was published in 1972. See more information

Janis: The Story of Janis Joplin, Doug Magee, 1985 A biography of Janis Joplin. See more information

Psychedelic Psounds, Alan Vorda, 1989 A collection of interviews with members of psychedelic and garage bands of the 1960's including Big Brother & The Holding Company. See more information

Love, Janis, Laura Joplin, 1992 A biography of Janis Joplin by her sister. See more information

Pearl: The Obsessions and Passions Of Janis Joplin, Ellis Amburn, 1992 A biography of Janis Joplin. See more information

45 Profiles in Modern Music, Linda R. Churchill and E. Richard Churchill, 1996 This book of brief profiles includes a section about Janis Joplin. See more information

Scars Of Sweet Paradise: The Life And Times Of Janis Joplin, Alice Echols, 1997 The "definitive" biography of Janis Joplin. See more information

Janis Joplin: A Performance Diary 1966-1970, John Byrne Cooke, David Dalton, 1997 A diary of Janis Joplin performances that includes many previously unpublished photographs and pictures of memorabilia. See more information

Janis Garden Party, Steve Banks, 1998 A book of black and white performance photos from a Janis Joplin concert at Madison Square Garden. See more information

Living in the Dead Zone: Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison, Gerald Faris and Ralph Faris, 2000 A clinical analysis of Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison which attempts to explain why they behaved as they did. See more information

Big Brother & The Holding Company, 1965-2003: Die Band ...., Michael Spoerke, 2003 The only book, at the time, about Big Brother & The Holding Company. A German publication written in German. See more information

Counterculture Kaleidoscope: Musical and Cultural Perspectives on Late Sixties San Francisco, Nadya Zimmerman, 2008 Includes a chapter called The Outlaw Persona: Joplin, Big Brother, and Pluralism in Black and White. Counterculture Kaleidoscope takes a close look at the cultural and musical practices of that era. See more information

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