Doors fans are always asking what the best books on The Doors are. On message boards it always leads to a heady debate about which are the best to get to know the band and why. In that spirit I’ve compiled my list of what I think are the Top 10 books about The Doors. The articles on each book started life as a review for Amazon.com and I think they translated very nicely to articles. Not all the books listed are strictly about The Doors but all the books listed provide an insight into The Doors as a group or of the individual members of The Doors from one perspective or another, and provide a rarely seen or unique view of The Doors. Not all my nominees are books, for instance The Doors: Myth and Reality are CD’s, but it’s so excellent in the content and unique perspective that I couldn’t not include it.
The list may be a bit subjective, as I was compiling the list I found myself wanting to change positions on a few of the books. I think the top and bottom of the list is an accurate placement of the books. But I found that as I got towards the middle of the list the numbering became more subjective and I wanted to revise the ordering, but then I thought I just might end up revising the middle of the list to get the “perfect” order, but soon realized it would be a futile prospect and I might just keep revising and never settle on an order. So I left it intact. Looking it over it now I think it’s pretty decent ranking of the books, I know some of you may disagree or agree, I‘d love to hear why you agree or disagree with the ranking.
7. The Doors: Myth and Reality
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People are really taking this list to heart. I just got an e-mail saying it inspired them to go out & buy No One Here Gets Out Alive!
I agree with your list of book's on The Doors. And I really love No one get's out of here alive. It really is a great book. The scrapbook is a great on also. It show's a softer side of Jim. I hope all fan's of The Doors read's them all. Thanks Jym for telling the younger Doors fan's all about Jim and The Doors. I hope they can get a new perpective about them. There has been way too much misinformation about them for too long now. GREAT JOB!!
Hi Sue!
Really glad you like the list! & Thank you for taking the time to comment! See you on Myspace!
Jim
I agree with Break On Through in the top spot. With all due respect, I disagree with Light My Fire being placed higher than Riders on the Storm. I felt that John's book was a more honest account than Ray's book. One book that I feel should be included on the list is Morrison: A Feast of Friends by Frank Lisciandro.
Hi Ken,
Break On Through is a pretty good book I'm still surprised that there seems to be pretty much agreement on it's position. A Feast of Friends is kind of in there, An Hour For Magic, if I'm not mistaken Feast was a reissue of An Hour for Magic with a different title.
Thanks!
Jim
Hi!
I think that most of the books you listed are worth to be read. I`m glad you also have the "Jim Morrison Scrapbook" in your list.
It is my absolute favorite (I have the German translation of it, called "Jim Morrison Memorabilia").
What I really like about it is that it presents right from the beginning Jim Morrison as a man who loved the arts (first of all poetic art)and who discovered his passion in childhood.
And furthermore, all these artefacts and facsimiles you can take out of the book ("The Pony Express", a poem Jim wrote in his childhood, is definetely a/the highlight) are really treasures.
Greetings from Germany
Michael
Concerning my last comment:
Sorry for my grammaticak mistake. Not "worth to be read". I meant "worth reading".
Hello Michael!
Hello from the U.S! Thank you for your comments! I do enjoy hearing people's opinions!
Jim
Let me add a correction to one of the comments: Frank Lisciandro's books Feast of Friends & An Hour for Magic ARE two different books, the mistake was mine. Sorry for the misinformation!
Jim
cool
Anonymous,
Glad you like the list, thank you for reading!
Jim
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