Los Angeles, Jan 15 (IANS): English-Irish band One Direction will release two new books, which is expected to bring their fans closer to them.

The members of the band are set to release the books before the end of 2014 with HarperCollins - an autobiography and "One Direction: The Official Annual 2015", reports mirror.co.uk.

Publishing director Natalie Jones said: "It will bring fans even closer to the band by telling their story in the kind of depth we've not seen before."

The 'Annual' will be full of exclusive photos and behind-the-scenes stories and will be in stores in time for Christmas priced at 7.99 pounds.

"It's a hugely exciting departure from the books we've published with the lads so far," Jones added.

The "Story of my life" singers have already released four books - "One Direction: Forever Young", "One Direction: The Official Annual 2012", "Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction" and "One Direction: Where We Are: Our Band, Our Story: 100% Official".