King, Warrior, Magician, Lover (Robert Moore & Douglas Gillette)

Full Title: King, Warrior, Magician, Lover
Major Topic: the four archetypes associated with the four ways of working
Level: all levels
Detailed analysis of the reactive, balanced, mature and immature manifestations of these four male archetypes, very helpful in understanding decay and corruption in the four immeasurables. How to use: learn different ways the archetypes manifest and then [...]

Lovingkindness (Sharon Salzberg)

Full Title: Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
Major Topic: Lovingkindness
Level: all levels
Sharon draws from her own experience to describe the practice of meditation and lovingkindness. Essentially a practice manual, use this book to clarify your practice of lovingkindness.

How to Cook Your Life (Dogen & Uchiyama Roshi)

Full Title: How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment
Major Topic: how to live in awareness
Level: middle, experienced and advanced
Probably the best book describing what living in awareness is actually like. Previously published as From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment: Refining Your Life. On the first read, go straight to the [...]

Wisdom of No Escape (Pema Chodron)

Full Title: Wisdom of No Escape: and the Path of Lovingkindness
Major Topic: Mind training
Level: all levels
Pema Chödron’s warm, folksy, but solid presentations of mind training (lojong) methods and how to apply them in one’s life. A good and very accessible introduction to these practices.