 | A Blessing of Bread: The Many Rich Traditions of Jewish Bread Baking Around the World by Maggie Glezer
Buy new: $25.55 / Used from: $16.16 The best and most interesting challah recipes
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 | Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes by Jeffrey Hamelman
Buy new: $25.20 / Used from: $23.11 The best bread book for experienced bakers. The miche is my favourite bread.
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 | The Bread Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $17.21 Ideal for beginners. Rose tells you everything in huge detail. The foccaccia is excellent.
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 | Artisan Baking Across America: The Breads, The Bakers, The Best Recipes by Maggie Glezer
Buy used from: $20.79 Lavish, beautiful book; beautiful recipes, too
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 | Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea Bakery: Recipes for the Connoisseur by Nancy Silverton
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $9.01 Silverton's method for sourdough is one of the few to work superbly.
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 | The Italian Baker by Carol Field
Buy new: $26.60 / Used from: $9.65 Easy, manageable regional recipes. Good stories, too.
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 | The American Boulangerie: Authentic French Pastries and Breads for the Home Kitchen by Pascal Rigo
Buy used from: $26.94 More pastry than bread, but the breads are really good
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 | The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700–1775 by Steven LaurenceKaplan
Buy used from: $124.61 Huge, fat, utterly fascinating. Check out Kaplan's guides to Parisian breads of today on amazon.fr, especially Le Retour du Bon Pain and Cherchez le Pain
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 | The Book of Bread by Jerome Assire
Buy used from: $4.81 Beautiful, important history of breadmaking and baking
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 | History of Bread by Bernard Dupaigne
Buy used from: $21.99 Another magnficent history, sadly out of print
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 | Amy's Bread by Amy Scherber
Buy used from: $21.99 Great recipes, sensible guidance, but out of print. WHY???
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 | English Bread and Yeast Cookery (Cookery Library) by Elizabeth David
Buy used from: $26.84 Scholarly and serious. The recipes work, too
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 | Le Gout du Pain by Raymond Calvel
Buy used from: $85.98 Useful, but much cheaper in Paris. So is Eric Kayser's fine 100% Pain
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