Go Books
Most books on Go are written in one of the Chinese, Japanese, or Korean languages. This makes them somewhat less accessible to the majority of western Go addicts.
- The best reference on Go books in English is
David Carlton's Go Bibliography.
- Similar pages about Go books in French:
Bibliographie du Go en français
- and in Italian:
Bibliografia italiana di Go.
- Robert Jasiek has an
ISBN Rating List.
- Another page with reviews here on sensei's.
- See also Non-Fiction (publications involving Go).
But each of us is different in our approach to Go, our experience of the game, our likes and dislikes. So... What is Your Favorite Go Book? On the other hand, What is your least favorite Go Book?
There are also the Ritchie Press go books to become a very strong player: http://users.skynet.be/rexburton/ritchie.htm
Look here for Coming soon and Go Book Rumors
Table of contents |
Series of Books
Theory
Problems
- Graded Go Problems for Beginners
- Get Strong At Go Series
- Art of Go Series?
- Mastering the Basics
Books that cover the entire game
For beginners
Theory
- The Way of Go - Troy Anderson
- Go-- More Than a Game - Peter Shotwell
- Learn to Play Go Series - Jeong Soo-hyun & Janice Kim
- Go: A Complete Introduction to the Game (formerly The Magic of Go) - Cho Chikun
- Teach Yourself Go - Charles Matthews
- The Book of Go - William Cobb
- The Game of Go - Matthew Macfadyen
- EZ-GO: Oriental Strategy in a Nutshell - Bruce Wilcox
- The Second Book of Go - Richard Bozulich
- Go for Beginners - Iwamoto Kaoru
- Go and Go-Moku - Edward Lasker
- The theory and practice of Go - Korschelt
- Goh or Wei Q'i - Horace Cheshire
Problems
- Graded Go Problems for Beginners volumes 1 & 2 - Kano Yoshinori
Not for beginners
Theory
- Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go - Kageyama Toshiro 7-Dan
- Cho Hun-Hyeon's Lectures on Go Techniques - Cho Hun-hyeon
- Fundamental Principles Of Go - Yilun Yang
- Intermediate Level Power Builder Vol. 1 - Wang Runan
- Proverbs - The Nihon Ki-in
- Beauty and the Beast - Shen Guosun
- Basic Techniques of Go - Nagahara Yoshiaki and Haruyama Isamu
Problems
- 100 Challenging Go Problems for 100 Days of Study - The Nihon Ki-in
- Test Your Go Strength - Miyamoto Naoki
- Strategic Fundamentals in Go - Guo Tisheng & Lu Wen?
Books that cover specific topics
Fuseki & Joseki
Theory
- In the Beginning - Ishigure Ikuro
- Opening Theory Made Easy - Otake Hideo
- A Way of Play for the 21st Century - Go Seigen
- The Direction of Play - Kajiwara Takeo
- All About Thickness - Ishida Yoshio
- Improve Your Intuition, volume 1 - Takagawa Kaku
Problems
- Get Strong at the Opening - Richard Bozulich
- 501 Opening Problems - Richard Bozulich
- Get Strong at Joseki vol. 1-3 - Richard Bozulich
Joseki Choice
- The Great Joseki Debates - Honda Kunihisa
- Whole Board Thinking in Joseki vol. 1-2 Yang Yilun & Phil Straus
- The Direction of Play - Kajiwara Takeo
Manuals, Dictionary, etc
- 38 Basic Joseki - Kosugi Kiyoshi & James Davies
- Modern Joseki and Fuseki vol. 1 - Sakata Eio
- Modern Joseki and Fuseki vol. 2 - Sakata Eio
- Dictionary of Basic Joseki vol. 1-3 - Ishida Yoshio
- Essential Joseki - Rui Naiwei
- Fuseki - The Nihon Ki-in
- The Power of the Star Point - Takagawa Shukaku - out of print
- The 3-3 Point - Cho Chikun
- Star Point Joseki - The Nihon Ki-in
- Even Game Joseki - The Nihon Ki-in
- Enclosure Josekis - Takemiya Masaki
- The Chinese Opening - Kato Masao
- Tricks in Joseki - Yang Yilun
- Jungsuk in Our Time - Hankuk Kiwon
- Lee Changho's Novel Plays and Shapes - Yi Ch'ang-ho
Life & Death and Tesuji
Theory
- Tesuji - James Davies
- Life and Death - James Davies
- Tesuji and Anti-Suji of Go - Sakata Eio
- Golden Opportunities - Rin Kaiho
Problems
- Get Strong at Tesuji - Richard Bozulich
- Get Strong at Life and Death - Richard Bozulich
- One Thousand and One Life-and-Death Problems - Richard Bozulich
- Graded Go Problems for Beginners volumes 3 & 4 - Kano Yoshinori
- Art of Connecting Stones - Wu Piao? & Yu Xing?
- Art of Capturing Stones - Wu Dingyuan? & Yu Xing?
- Yang Yilun's Ingenious Life and Death Puzzles Vol.1-2 - Yang Yilun
- Life and Death - Intermediate Level Problems - Maeda Nobuaki
Dictionary
Middlegame manuals
- Attack and Defense - the book - Ishida Akira & James Davies
- The ABC's of Attack and Defense - Michael Redmond
- All About Thickness - Ishida Yoshio
- Keshi and Uchikomi: Reduction and Invasion in Go - Iwamoto Kaoru
- Get Strong at Invading - Richard Bozulich
- Get Strong at Attacking - Richard Bozulich
- Strategic Concepts of Go - Nagahara Yoshiaki - out of print
- Improve Your Intuition, volume 2 : Attack & Defence - Takagawa Kaku
- Improve Your Intuition, volume 3 : How to Reduce a Moyo - Takagawa Kaku
- The Middle Game of Go vol. 1 - Sakata Eio
- Positional Judgment - Cho Chikun
- Utilizing Outward Influence - Jiang Jin? & Zheng Zhao?
- Kato's Attack and Kill - Kato Masao
- Cross-Cut Workshop - Richard Hunter
- Fighting Ko - Jin Jiang?
- The Thirty-six Stratagems Applied to Go - Ma Xiaochun
- Counting Liberties and Winning Capturing Races - Richard Hunter
- Reducing Territorial Frameworks - Fujisawa Shuko
Endgame
- The Endgame - Ogawa Tomoko & James Davies
- Get Strong at the Endgame - Richard Bozulich
- Monkey Jump Workshop - Richard Hunter
- Mathematical Go (also published as Mathematical Go Endgames) - Elwyn Berlekamp and David Wolfe
- 200 Endgame Problems Winning Tactics - Shirae Haruhiko
Handicap Go
- Get Strong at Handicap Go - Richard Bozulich
- Pro-Pro Handicap Go - The Nihon Ki-in
- The Breakthrough to Shodan - Miyamoto Naoki
- Kage's Secret Chronicles of Handicap Go - Kageyama Toshiro
- Handicap Go - Nagahara Yoshiaki & Richard Bozulich
- How to Play Handicap Go - Yuan Zhou? AGA 7-Dan
- Masterpieces of Handicap Go, Volume 1
- Masterpieces of Handicap Go, Volume 2
Game commentaries
- The 1971 Honinbo Tournament - Iwamoto Kaoru
- Appreciating Famous Games - Ohira Shuzo
- Cho Hunhyun Life and Master Games - Cho Hun-hyeon
- Invincible The Games of Shusaku - John Power
- Understanding How to Play Go - Yuan Zhou? AGA 7-Dan
- Killer Of Go - Sakata Eio
- Tournament Go 1992 - John Power
- Come Up To Shodan - Rin Kaiho
- Nie WeiPing On Go - Nie WeiPing
- Masterpieces of Handicap Go, Volume 1
- Masterpieces of Handicap Go, Volume 2
Other
To be categorized
Other pages about books
- Publishers
- The Treasure Chest Enigma - Nakayama Noriyuki: essays and ladders - out of print (but copies available at Yutopian)
- Literature, Non-Fiction and other References to Go
- A Japanese Book Shop
- Hikaru No Go
- Reading Non-English Books
- Dictionaries Page
- Errata In Books
- Japanese Go Books
- MGS On Korean Go Books
- Recommended Go Books