Vipassana (Insight) Meditation and Theravada Teachings:

Seeking the Heart of Wisdom  by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield. Published by Shambhala Publications (Boston).

Insight Meditation  by Joseph Goldstein, Published by Shambhala Publications (Boston).

The Experience of Insight  by Joseph Goldstein.

A Path With Heart  by Jack Kornfield.

One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism  by Joseph Goldstein. Published by Harper Publishers.

Lovingkindness  by Sharon Salzberg. Published by Shambhala Publications, 1995.

Living Dharma  by Jack Kornfield. Published by Shambhala Publications.

Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah  Published by Wisdom Publications, 2002.

What the Buddha Taught  by Walpola Rahula, 2nd ed. Published by Grove Weidenfeld, 1974. Introduction to the basic teachings.

The Heart of Buddhist Meditation  by Nyanaponika Thera. Published by Samuel Weiser, 1988.

Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree  by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu. Published by Wisdom Publications, 1994.

Buddhist History, Development and Teachings

The Buddhist Handbook  by John Snelling. Subtitle is “A Complete Guide to Buddhist Schools, Teaching, Practice and History”. Very good overview of history and development of Buddhism.

The World of Buddhism  by Heinz Bechert and Richard Gombrich, eds. Published by Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1984. Explores the entire 2500 year old history of Buddhism. Includes many photos of Buddhist art and contemporary life in Buddhist countries.

Buddhism, An Outline of its Teachings and Schools  by Hans Wolfgang Schumann. Published by Quest Books, The Theosophical Publishing House. An introduction to the basic teachings, history and development of Buddhism.

Entering the Stream  by Samuel Bercholz and Sherab Chodzin Kohn, eds. Published by Shambhala Publications, 1993. Four parts: 1) Life of the Buddha and spread of Buddhism 2) Basic Teachings 3) Teachings of the Great Vehicle (Mahayana) 4) The Tantric Teachings.

The Life of the Buddha  by Bhikkhu Nanamoli. Published by BPS Pariyatti Editions (Seattle, Washingtion), 2001, contact www.pariyatti.com (originally published by Buddhist Publication Society (Kandy, Sri Lanka), 1992).

A History of Indian Buddhism: From Sakyamuni to Early Mahayana  by Hirakawa Akira. Published by University of Hawaii Press, 1990. Very complete although more academically oriented.

Forest Recollections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand  by Kamala Tiyavanich. Published by University of Hawaii Press, 1997.

The World of Tibetan Buddhism  by The Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Published by Wisdom Publications, 1995.

Mahayana Buddhism  by Paul Williams. Published by Routledge, 1989.

Buddhist Texts:

In The Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon.  Edited and translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi. Published by Widsom Publications, 2005.

The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha.  A translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, translated, edited and revised by Bhikkhu Bodhi from an original translation by Bhikkhu Nanamoli. Published by Wisdom Publications, 1995.

The Connected Discourses of the Buddha.  A translation of the Samyutta Nikaya, translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi, in 2 volumes. Published by Wisdom Publications, 2000.

The Long Discourses of the Buddha.  . A translation of the Digha Nikaya. Translated by Maurice Walsh. Published by Wisdom Publications, 1995.

Numerical Discourses of the Buddha.  An anthology of Suttas from the Anguttara Nikaya. Translated and edited by Nyanaponika Thera and Bhikkhu Bodhi. Published by Alta Mira Press.

Dhammapada.  Translated by Gil Fronsdal. Published by Shambhala Publications, 2005.

Handful Of Leaves.  Four volume anthology from the Pali Suttas, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Available on a dana basis from the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies, www.sati.org.

A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma.  by Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed. A translation of “The Abhidhammattha Sangaha of Acariya Anuruddha”. Published by Buddhist Publication Society (Kandy, Sri Lanka), 1993. ISBN 955-24-0103-8. This is the book to read if you want to study Abhidhamma.

Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization.  By Analayo. Published by Windhorse Publications, 2003. An in-depth analysis of the important Foundations of Mindfulness Discourse (Satipatthana sutta).