The Beatles: The Authorised Biography

The Beatles: The Authorised Biography
Cover of the original US edition
AuthorHunter Davies
LanguageEnglish
SubjectThe Beatles
GenreAuthorised biography
PublisherHeinemann (UK), McGraw-Hill (US)
Publication date
17 August 1968
Media typeHardback; later paperback

The Beatles: The Authorised Biography is a book written by the British author Hunter Davies and published by Heinemann in the UK in September 1968. It was written with the full cooperation of the Beatles and chronicles the band's career up until early 1968, two years before their break-up. It was the only authorised biography of the Beatles written during their career. Davies published revised editions of the book in 1978, 1982, 1985, 2002, 2009, and 2018.