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"Blues revival" as a book category covers works that explore the resurgence, rediscovery, and renewed popular interest in blues music—particularly the mid-20th-century revivals (folk and blues scenes of the 1940s–70s) and later waves of renewed attention. These books range from histories and scholarly studies that trace how young urban audiences, folklorists, record collectors, and musicians unearthed and promoted earlier country and Delta blues artists, to biographies, oral histories, album guides, and cultural analyses that examine the movement’s musical, social, and racial contexts. Typical themes include the work of field collectors, reissue labels, landmark festivals and clubs, interactions between generations and genres (blues, folk, rock), and the revival’s role in preserving artists’ legacies while reshaping commercial and critical reception. The tone may be academic, journalistic, or personal and anecdotal, and titles often appeal to music historians, fans, musicians, and readers interested in cultural revivalism, authenticity debates, and American social history.

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