Several other books have strong country ties, including Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far , Amy Grant (Doubleday/Flying Dolphin) and Elvis Presley: The Family Album , George Klein (Little, Brown). Carrie Underwood is just one of the contestants featured in Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul: Stories From the Idols and Their Fans That Open Your Heart and Make Your Soul Sing , written and compiled by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Debra Poneman (HCI).

Former Apple Records executive Ken Mansfield’s Nashville connections also come through in The White Book: The Beatles, the Bands, the Biz: An Insider’s Look at an Era , (Thomas Nelson).