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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 :-)
- Kage's Secret Chronicles Of Handicap Go
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- The Direction Of Play
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- Dramatic Moments on the Go Board
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- Life and Death - Intermediate Level Problems
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- Tricks in joseki
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More books
- Kawabata's Master Of Go (Dutch version, De meester van het go-spel, BZZToH 1987)
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- Opening Theory Made Easy
- easy to read: I recommend it!
- Strategic Fundamentals In Go
- not so accessible
- Attack And Defense The Book
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- Basic Techniques Of Go
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- Tesuji The Book
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- The 3-3 Point Modern Opening Strategy
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- Lessons In The Fundamentals Of Go
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- 38 Basic Joseki
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- The Theory and Practice of Go
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- In The Beginning
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- Making good shape
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- One Thousand And One Life And Death Problems
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- Appreciating Famous Games
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- The Endgame the book
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- A Way of Play for the 21st Century
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- Pure and Simple - Takao's Astute Use of Brute Force
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- Cosmic Go
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- Reducing Territorial Frameworks
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- Modern Joseki and Fuseki
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- ABC's of Attack and Defense
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- Invincible
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Wishlist
- Killer of Go
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- Strategic Concepts of Go
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- Wabi sabi
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Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WabiSabi
Footnotes
[1]: look at k17