Songbook (Nick Hornby book)

Songbook
Cover of the UK edition
AuthorNick Hornby
IllustratorMarcel Dzama
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherMcSweeney's
Publication date
2002
ISBN9781101218549

Songbook (published in the United Kingdom as 31 Songs) is a 2002 collection of 26 essays by English writer Nick Hornby about songs and (more often) the particular emotional resonance they carry for him. In the UK, Sony released a stand-alone CD, A Selection of Music from 31 Songs, featuring 18 songs. The hardcover edition of Songbook, published in the US by McSweeney's and illustrated by Marcel Dzama, includes a CD with 11 of the songs featured in the book.