25 Best Content Marketing Books

According to the Content Marketing Institute, “Content marketing is a strategic marketing approach focused on creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience — and, ultimately, to drive profitable customer action.” There are a number of excellent books on the topic and we have compiled a list of the ones we consider to be the best.
The Lead Machine
The Small Business Guide to Digital Marketing: Everything Entrepreneurs Need to Know About SEO, Social Media, Email Marketing, and Generating Leads Online
by Rich Brooks
Content That Converts
How To Build A Profitable and Predictable B2B Content Marketing Strategy
by Laura Hanley
The Road to Recognition
The A-to-Z Guide to Personal Branding for Accelerating Your Professional Success in The Age of Digital Media
by Seth Price and Barry Feldman

Guest Blogging Goldmine
How I Got More Than 100,000 Visitors a Month on My Blog in 9 Months Using a Free Marketing Strategy, and Other Ways to Earn Consistent Income from Your Blog
by Tom Corson-Knowles

Epic Content Marketing
How to Tell a Different Story, Break through the Clutter, and Win More Customers by Marketing Less
by Joe Pulizzi

Content Inc.
How Entrepreneurs Use Content to Build Massive Audiences and Create Radically Successful Businesses
by Joe Pulizzi

Master Content Marketing
A Simple Strategy to Cure the Blank Page Blues and Attract a Profitable Audience
by Pamela Wilson

The One Hour Content Plan
The Solopreneur’s Guide to a Year’s Worth of Blog Post Ideas in 60 Minutes and Creating Content That Hooks and Sells
by Meera Kothand

The Content Code
Six essential strategies to ignite your content, your marketing, and your business
by Mark W. Schaefer

The Story Engine
An entrepreneur’s guide to content strategy and brand storytelling without spending all day writing
by Kyle Gray

The Content Marketing Strategy Guide
Your Formula For Achieving Success Across Social Media, PR and SEO
by Jonny B Deviant

They Ask You Answer
A Revolutionary Approach to Inbound Sales, Content Marketing, and Today’s Digital Consumer
by Marcus Sheridan and Krista Kotrla

Practical Content Strategy & Marketing
The Content Strategy Certification Course Student Guidebook
by Julia McCoy

Inbound Content
A Step-by-Step Guide To Doing Content Marketing the Inbound Way
by Justin Champion

Content – The Atomic Particle of Marketing
The Definitive Guide to Content Marketing Strategy
by Rebecca Lieb

The Freelance Content Marketing Writer
Find your perfect clients, Make tons of money and Build a business you love
by Jennifer Goforth Gregory

Content Machine
Use Content Marketing to Build a 7-figure Business With Zero Advertising
by Dan Norris

The Content Marketer’s Guide to Ideation
One Framework & 32 Exercises For Unbeatable Content
by Ry McDonald