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Books about Go... Here's some not-quite-logically-ordered list in my posession. I admit that I like to collect them more than I read them (aka Book Buying Disease). But if you ask nicely, I might consider lending them out :-)

In the beginning

GO, Het oudste denkspel, Leon Vie, (1970?), Uitg. J.F. Duwaer & Zn., A'dam

If I remember well, this was a book from the public library book that introduced me to the game. I'd like to find it back.

Go For Beginners (Dutch)

first book I bought - my sole reference for years (because I didn't have anything else)...
There is an error[1] in the game pictured on the cover of the Uitg. Spectrum, 1976 (Prisma 1765) edition. I still recommend it for beginners, even I still read it!

Go And GoMoku (Dover, 2nd ed.)

I like this book because it dates back to the years '30, there's a smell of pioneering here (see also Go History and an article on Kiseido).

Food for the mind ;-)

Reading Go books is often part of a Saturday night routine, which usually starts by enjoying a meal at some (typically Oriental) restaurant; following ones saw quite some restaurants - mostly because they are small enough to fit discreetly in some pocket :-) I tend to keep reading these books, because I start reading a page, then get fogged by port and wine that introduce a meal, so next time I will probably re-read that page again because I totally forgot what was written on it. Must be the reason why I make no progress...

Kage's Secret Chronicles Of Handicap Go

The Direction Of Play

Dramatic Moments on the Go Board

Life and Death - Intermediate Level Problems

Tricks in joseki

Rescue and capture

Yilun Yang's Go Puzzles (Vol. 1)

Beginners

Kawabata's Master Of Go (Dutch version, De meester van het go-spel, BZZToH 1987)

not to teach Go, but more of a novel

Opening Theory Made Easy

easy to read: I recommend it!

ABC's of Attack and Defense

General lecture

Reflections on the Game of Go

Go, more than a game

Go as Communication

The Go Companion

Go Proverbs by David Mitchell

A Journey in Search of The Origins of Go

Game collections

Appreciating Famous Games

Invincible

The Go Consultants

Kamakura

Final Summit

The 1971 Honinbo Tournament

The Meijin's Retirement Game

Master Play Series

Power Honinbo Shusai Defends The Nihon KiIn / Brilliance Jowa's Ghost Moves Destroy Intetsu

Tactics

Basic Techniques Of Go

Tesuji The Book

Making good shape

One Thousand And One Life And Death Problems

Fighting Ko The Book

Attacking and Defending Moyos

All About Ko

Strategy

The 3-3 Point Modern Opening Strategy

38 Basic Joseki

In The Beginning

The Endgame the book

Reducing Territorial Frameworks

Modern Joseki and Fuseki

21st Century New Openings

Perceiving the Direction of Play

Cho Hun-hyun's Lectures on the Opening

Advanced

Strategic Fundamentals In Go

not so accessible

Attack And Defense The Book

Lessons In The Fundamentals Of Go

The Theory and Practice of Go

A Way of Play for the 21st Century

Pure and Simple - Takao's Astute Use of Brute Force

Cosmic Go

Go A Complete Introduction To The Game

Winning A Won Game

Otake's Secrets of Strategy

Killer of Go

Strategic Concepts of Go

9-dan Showdown

The Master of Haengma

Get strong at the endgame

Fundamental Principles of Go

Positional Judgment High-Speed Game Analysis

Ingenious life and death puzzles

Wishlist

Improve your Intuition?

Perfectionnement au Go (Pierre Aroutcheff)

Le jeu de Go (Pierre Aroutcheff)

See also

• Go Books
• DieterVerhofstadt/Books

Footnotes
^[1]: look at k17