There are two reasons why we have created this blog. One reason is that we want to make it easy for those interested in all things Mod to be able to discover the names of books and films that may be of interest to them. The less altruistic reason is that we are hoping that people will tell us about other Mod films and books that we have not heard of ourselves.
As for the lists that we have included we have used a broad definition of Mod. Obviously if we were only to include films and books about Mods the lists would be short and most Mods would be well aware of them. For that reason we have also included books and films that for some reason or another - clothes, music, period, etc. - should be of interest to Mods. As the blog continues, and if its popularity warrants it, we will begin to include more details about some of the films and books listed.
IMPORTANT - These lists will be added to as I become aware of more books and films. So it may be worth revisiting this blog.

MOD BOOKS LIST

MOD BOOKS

NON-FICTION

 


Mods - Richard Barnes



The Sharper Word - Paolo Hewitt




This is a Modern Life - Enamel Verguren




I'm Not Like Everybody Else - Enamel Verguren



Mod a Very British Phenomena - Terry Rawlings




The A to Z of Mod -Paolo Hewitt & Mark Baxter




The Soul Stylists - Paolo Hewitt



Mods the New Religion - Paul Anderson



Mod from Bebop to Britpop - Richard Weight



I'm One 21st Century Mod - Horst


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The Album: past & present - Jacqueline McFall




Sawdust Caesars: original Mod voices of the 1960s- Tony Beesley



Time for Action: the Mod revival 1978 - 1981 - Gary Bushell




Mod Revival 1979 - Anthony Gregory




Mods and Rockers - Gareth Brown




Scooter Boys - Gareth Brown




Folk Devils and Moral Panic - Stanley Cohen



The Ivy Look - Graham Marsh & JP Gaul



 

Hollywood and the Ivy Look - Graham Marsh



  Mods Minis and Madmen - D. Richard Truman



Mods Rockers and Music of the British Invasion



 

Our Generation Vol.1 + 2 - Tony Beesley




Away from the Numbers - Tony Beesley




My Favourite Shirt - Paolo Hewitt & Terry Rawlings



 Quadrophenia: the making of the film





Quadrophenia - Stephen Glyn





Chasing the Wind: a Qaudrophenia anthology - Gary Wharton




You're Face Here: British cult movies since the sixties - Ali Catterall & Simon Wells



 
Empire Made  - Terry Rawlings & Keith Badman





Thick as Thieves - Ian Snowball


The Jam: sounds from the street - Graham Willmott





Paul Weller: the changing man - Paolo Hewitt



 
That's Entertainment - Rick Buckler




The Modfather: my life with Paul Weller - David Lines



In the Crowd: images of the Jam - Derek D'Souza



Paul Weller: the Unauthorized biography - 



The A-Z of Classic Scooters - J. Godard & B. Soler-Thèbes



My Cool Scooter - Chris Haddon


Dear Boy: the life of Keith Moon -Tony Fletcher



Full Moon: the amazing rock & roll life of Keith Moon - Dougal Butler

 

Moon the Loon - Dougal Butler (same as book above?)




I'm the Face: the official pete meaden biography - Pete Wilky & John Hellier



Soul Driver Ocean Colour Scene



Dexys Midnight Runners - Geoff Blythe & Ian Snowball




Dexys Midnight Runners - Richard White




Dexys Midnight Runners - R. B. Grimm





The Influential Factor - Graham Lentz




Stark Raving Mod - 

Saturday's Kids: the 1980's British Mod revival - Darren Russell



 
Take Ivy - T. Hayashida


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Preppy: cultivating ivy style - Jeffery Banks

 



Steve Marriott: all too beautiful - Paolo Hewitt, John Hellier



Quite Naturally: the Small Faces - Terry Rawlins



Small Faces: the young Mods forgotten Story - Paolo Hewitt
  
  


Life after Dark:history of British nightclubs ...-David Haslam



Scootermania - John Sims




Big Book of Scooters - Steve Lanham



 
Mods, Scooters & Soul: a second generation memoir - James Miller




Hoolies:true stories of Britain's biggest street battles-Gary Bushell




The Modfather: Ray Columbus




To be Someone: Mods in Ireland- M. McAllister, Irish Jack, A. Cooper




Classic Scooter Runs of the 1980s - Chris Lofts




The Manchester Wheelers - Dave


The Who before the Who - Doug Sandom
The Young Meteors - Jonathan Aitken




The Way we Wore - Robert Elms




Soho in the Fifties and Sixties - Johnathan Fryer


Fantastic Man, Buttoned Up -



From Somewhere out of Here: Modernism in Birmingham..-Grey & Sandon



Soul Survivors: the Wigan casino story - Winstanley & Nowell




Odds and Sods - Paul Hallam




Boy about Town - Tony Fletcher




You're Wondering Now: a history of the Specials - Paul Williams




Wheels out of Gear:2Tone,the Specials & a world in flame- D.Thompson




The Two Tone Book for Rude Boys -


 The Two Tone Story - George Marshall

Dance Craze - Garry Bushell




Black By Design - Pauline Black



Ska'd for Life - Horace Panter



 
Original Rude Boy 0 Neville Staple



 
House of Fun: the story of Madness- John Reed



Sent from Coventry:the chequered past of Two Tone -Richard Eddington




The Mod Years - Steven Myatt   
  

 

FICTION
  


Quadrophenia - Alan Fletcher


 
Brummel's Last Riff - Alan Fletcher



The Learning Curve - Alan Fletcher




The Blue Millionaire - Alan Fletcher



Mod Rule - Richard Allen




Die Hard Mod -Charlie McQuaker




Absolute Beginners - Colin MacInnes




Kiss Me Quick - Danny Miller





The Gilded Edge - Danny Miller




Exit the Theif - Danny Miller




Crafty Cigarette - Matteo Sedazzari



 The Absurdist - Richard Searle




Sketchistentialism - Richard Searle (Cartoons)




It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod Murder - Rosemary Stevens



 
Twist & Shout Murder - Rosemary Stevens




Secret Agent Girl - Rosemary Stevens



 Mods n' Rotters - Graham Brown



Yesterday - Sheila Norton





Our Trespasses - Steph Avery




Long Hot Summer - Ian Snowball




Keep on Keeping on - Chris Lofts




Here Comes the Nice - Jeremy Reed




No Good Deed - Hunter F. Goss



My Teenage Novel - Jennie Rose




Got Love if you want it: 17 May 1964 - Christopher Thomason




Keeping On - Janet Hunter




My Soul Journey (In 3 Parts)- Steve Walker & Paul Norton


In the Blood - Snowy and Pete McKenna




Feed Your Head - Snowy & Pete McKenna




Laddy Groove - Jerry Boak

Sawdust Caesar - Howard Baker



Desication - Sarah Potter




Baron's Court, All Change - Terry Taylor




Too Much Too Young - Steve Piper 



All About my Girl - Jason Brummel




All or Nothing -Jason Brummel

Illegal Aliens: graphic novel - James Robinson & Phil Elliot



The Originals: graphic novel -



Getting Grand: graphic novel - Tobias Dahmen

      

 

Friday on My Mind - Don Hughes

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