Bill Friskics-Warren, I'll Take You There: Pop Music and the Urge for Transcendence (2006)
The Onion called this book "a sublime literary mixtape," and the mixtape naturally includes Sleater-Kinney.
Nick Hornby with Ben Schafer, Da Capo's Best Music Writing 2001 (2002)
This great compilation includes a piece by Greil Marcus that basically depicts Sleater-Kinney as the best thing in punk rock.