David Carlton's Go Bibliography, Organized by Subject

This is the version of the go bibliography that's organized by subject. You should read absolutely nothing into the order into which books are listed within each subject.

• Beginners' Books.
• General Principles.
• The Opening and Joseki.
• Tesuji.
• Life and Death.
• The Middle Game.
• The Endgame.
• Handicap Go.
• Collections of Games.
• General Collections of Problems.
• Other Books.

Beginners' Books.

This section contains books that are designed either to introduce you to the game or to be the second book that you read once you've learned the rules. If you're at that stage of the game, the version of the bibliography organized by difficulty gives advice about which book to choose.

• Learn to Play Go, Vol. 1: A Master's Guide to the Ultimate Game, by Jeong Soo-hyun and Janice Kim.
• Learn to Play Go, Vol. 2: The Way of the Moving Horse, by Jeong Soo-hyun and Janice Kim.
• Learn to Play Go, Vol. 3: The Dragon Style, by Jeong Soo-hyun and Janice Kim.
• Learn to Play Go, Vol. 4: Battle Strategies, by Jeong Soo-hyun and Janice Kim.
• Go for Beginners, by Iwamoto Kaoru.
• Go: A Complete Introduction to the Game, by Cho Chikun.
• The Magic of Go, by Cho Chikun.
• The Book of Go, by William Cobb.
• The Game of Go, by Matthew Macfadyen.
• Teach Yourself Go, by Charles Matthews.
• Go! More Than a Game, by Peter Shotwell.
• Steppingstones to Go, by Kishikawa Shigemi.
• An Introduction to Go, by James Davies and Richard Bozulich.
• Die Mitte des Himmels, by Michael Koulen.
• El Go: Un Juego Oriental Milenario, by Miguel Angel Antolínez Antolín.
• A Scientific Introduction to Go, by Yang Yu-Chia.
• Go for Kids, by Milton N. Bradley.
• The First Book of Go, by Milton N. Bradley.
• Japanese Game of "Go", by Mihori Fukumensi.
• Basic Techniques of Go, by Haruyama Isamu and Nagahara Yoshiaki.
• The Second Book of Go, by Richard Bozulich.
• Master Go in Ten Days, by Xu Xiang and Jin Jiang Zheng.
• The ABC of Go, by W. A. de Havilland.
• How to Play Go, by Takagawa Shukaku.
• Go: The World's Most Fascinating Game, by the Nihon Kiin.
• Invitation to Go, by John Fairbairn.
• GO: A Guide to the Game, by D. B. Pritchard.
• Go and Go-Moku, by Edward Lasker.
• The Theory and Practice of GO, by O. Korschelt.
• The Game of Go, by Arthur Smith.
• The Game of Wei-Chi, by Daniele Pecorini and Tong Shu.
• How to Play Go Game, by Kambayashi Haruko.
• Go Game for Beginners, by Kambayashi Haruko.
• The World of Ki, by John Goodell.
• An Easy Introduction to Go, by Otake Hideo and Futakuchi Sotoyoshi.
• An Introduction of Korean Badook, by Yong Kwan Ju.
• Goh or Wei Chi, by Horace F. Cheshire.

General Principles.

This section contains books that aren't about one specific aspect of the game.

• Strategic Concepts of Go, by Nagahara Yoshiaki.
• The Breakthrough to Shodan, by Miyamoto Naoki.
• Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go, by Kageyama Toshiro.
• All about Thickness, by Ishida Yoshio.
• Beyond Forcing Moves, by Takagi Shoichi.
• Positional Judgment, by Cho Chikun.
• Making Good Shape, by Rob van Zeijst and Richard Bozulich.
• Nie Weiping on Go, by Nie Weiping.
• The Thirty-six Stratagems Applied to Go, by Ma Xiaochun.
• Golden Opportunities, by Rin Kaiho.
• Beauty and the Beast, by Shen Guosun.
• Intermediate Level Power Builder, by Wang RuNan.
• Cho Hun-hyeon's Lectures on Go Techniques, by Cho Hun-hyeon.
• Winning a Won Game, by Go Seigen.
• Proverbs, by the Nihon Kiin.
• Strategic Fundamentals in Go, by Guo Tisheng and Lu Wen.
• EZ-GO: Oriental Strategy in a Nutshell, by Bruce and Sue Wilcox.
• The Vital Points of Go, by Takagawa Kaku.
• Go Proverbs Illustrated, by Segoe Kensaku.
• How to Destroy and Preserve, by Yang Yilun.
• Improve Your Intuition, by Takagawa Kaku.
• Come Up to Shodan, by Rin Kaiho.
• Cross-Cut Workshop, by Richard Hunter.
• Go Proverbs, by David Mitchell.

The Opening and Joseki.

Cosmic Go could also be listed here.

• Modern Joseki and Fuseki, by Sakata Eio.
• In the Beginning, by Ishigure Ikuro.
• 38 Basic Joseki, by Kosugi Kiyoshi and James Davies.
• Dictionary of Basic Joseki, by Ishida Yoshio.
• The Direction of Play, by Kajiwara Takeo.
• The Power of the Star-Point, by Takagawa Shukaku.
• The Chinese Opening, by Kato Masao.
• The Great Joseki Debates, by Honda Kunihisa.
• Opening Theory Made Easy, by Otake Hideo.
• The 3-3 Point, by Cho Chikun.
• Get Strong at the Opening, by Richard Bozulich.
• Get Strong at Joseki, by Richard Bozulich.
• Five Hundred and One Opening Problems, by Richard Bozulich in collaboration with Rob van Zeijst.
• Essential Joseki, by Rui Naiwei.
• Lee Changho's Novel Plays and Shapes, by Lee Changho.
• Fuseki, by the Nihon Kiin.
• Tricks in Joseki, by Yang Yilun.
• Whole Board Thinking in Joseki, by Yi-Lun Yang with Phil Straus.
• A Way of Play for the 21st Century, by Go Seigen.
• Jungsuk in Our Time, by Seo Bong-soo and Jung Dong-sik.
• Star Point Joseki, by the Nihon Kiin.

Tesuji.

• Tesuji, by James Davies.
• Get Strong at Tesuji, compiled by Richard Bozulich.
• Tesuji and Anti-Suji of Go, by Sakata Eio.
• Art of Connecting Stones, by Wu Piao and Yu Xing.
• Rescue and Capture, by Yang Yilun.

Life and Death.

• Life and Death, by James Davies.
• All About Life and Death, by Cho Chikun.
• Get Strong at Life and Death, by Richard Bozulich.
• One Thousand and One Life-and-Death Problems, by Richard Bozulich.
• Yang Yilun's Ingenious Life and Death Puzzles, by Yang Yilun.
• Igo Hatsuyo-ron, by Inoue Dosetsu Inseki.
• Art of Capturing Stones, by Wu Dingyuan and Yu Xing.
• Life and Death: Intermediate Level Problems, by Maeda Nobuaki.
• Counting Liberties and Winning Capturing Races by Richard Hunter.
• Liping Huang's Problem Series: Volume 1, by Liping Huang and Nancy Xu.
• Yilun Yang's Go Puzzles, by Yang Yilun.

The Middle Game.

• The Middle Game of Go, by Sakata Eio.
• Attack and Defense, by Ishida Akira and James Davies.
• Enclosure Josekis, by Takemiya Masaki.
• Kato's Attack and Kill, by Kato Masao.
• Reducing Territorial Frameworks, by Fujisawa Shuko.
• Get Strong at Invading, by Richard Bozulich.
• Get Strong at Attacking, by Richard Bozulich.
• Killer of Go, by Sakata Eio.
• Utilizing Outward Influence, by Jin Jiang and Zhao Zheng.
• Keshi and Uchikomi: Reduction and Invasion in Go, by Iwamoto Kaoru.
• The ABC's of Attack and Defense, by Michael Redmond.

The Endgame.

• The Endgame, by Ogawa Tomoko and James Davies.
• Get Strong at the Endgame, by Richard Bozulich.
• 200 Endgame Problems, by Shirae Haruhiko.
• Monkey Jump Workshop, by Richard Hunter.

Handicap Go.

• Handicap Go, by Nagahara Yoshiaki and Richard Bozulich.
• Kage's Secret Chronicles of Handicap Go, by Kageyama Toshiro.
• Get Strong at Handicap Go, by Nagahara Yoshiaki and Richard Bozulich.
• Cosmic Go, by Sangit Chatterjee and Yang Huiren.
• Pro-Pro Handicap Go, by the Nihon Kiin.
• Handicap Go, by the Nihon Kiin.
• Galactic Go, vol. 1, by Sangit Chatterjee and Yang Huiren.
• Masterpieces of Handicap Go, trans. Robert McGuigan.
• How to Play Handicap Go, by Yuan Zhou.

Collections of Games.

• The 1971 Honinbo Tournament, by Iwamoto Kaoru.
• Appreciating Famous Games, by Ohira Shuzo.
• Cho Hunhyun: Life and Master Games, by Cho Hunhyun.
• The World of Chinese Go, by Guo Juan.
• Invincible, compiled, edited, and translated by John Power.
• Tournament Go 1992, compiled and translated by John Power.
• Kamakura, by John Fairbairn.
• Understanding How to Play Go, by Yuan Zhou.
• Learning from the Masters, ed. William Cobb.
• How to Improve Our Go Power, by Tatsuo Hamada.

General collections of problems.

These are collections of problems that aren't specific to one aspect of the game.

• Test Your Go Strength, by Miyamoto Naoki.
• Graded Go Problems for Beginners, by Kano Yoshinori.
• 100 Challenging Go Problems for 100 Days of Study, by The Nihon Kiin.
• Go Problems for Kyu Level Players, by William Cobb.

Other Books.

• Go: International Handbook and Dictionary, compiled and edited by John S. Tilley.
• The Go Player's Almanac, compiled and edited by Richard Bozulich.
• The Treasure Chest Enigma, by Nakayama Noriyuki.
• Mathematical Go Endgames, by Elwyn Berlekamp and David Wolfe.
• The Go Player's Almanac 2001, compiled and edited by Richard Bozulich.
• Go: An Asian Paradigm for Business Strategy, by Miura Yasuyuki.
• A Compendium of Trick Plays, by The Nihon Kiin.
• Fighting Ko, by Jin Jiang.
• Dramatic Moments on the Go Board, by Abe Yoshiteru.
• Go as Communication, by Yasutoshi Yasuda.
• The Way to Go, by Karl Baker.
• AGA 1996 Historical book, compiled and edited by Craig Hutchinson.
• The Master of Go, by Kawabata Yasunari.
• Hankuk Kiwon Guide Book, by the Hankuk Kiwon.
• Ranka Yearbook, by the International Go Federation.
• On the Rules of Go, by Ikeda Toshio.
• Dictionary of Go Names, by John Fairbairn.
• First Kyu, by Sung-Hwa Hong.
• The Girl Who Played Go, by Shan Sa.
• Pair Go, by the Japan Pair Go Association.
• Periodigo: Go Periodical Literature in the Western World, by Franco Pratesi and Theo van Ees.

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