Beginner books:
•The Connoisseur's Book of Japanese Swords By Kokan Nagayama and translated by Kenji Mishina
•The Japanese Sword: A Comprehensive Guide By Kanzan Sato and translated by Joe Earle.
•The Samurai Sword By John Yumoto
•The Craft of the Japanese Sword By Kapp & Yoshihara
•The Art of the Japanese Sword: The Craft of Swordmaking and its Appreciation By Kapp & Yoshihara
•The Arts of the Japanese Sword By B.W. Robinson
•The Japanese Sword : The Soul of the Samurai By Gregory Irvine
•Nihon-To art swords of Japan By W.A.Compton, Homma Junji, Sato Kanichi and Ogawa Morihiro
•Samurai, The weapons and spirit of the japanese warrior By Clive Sinclaire
•Japanese swords and sword furniture in the museum of fine arts Boston By Ogawa Morihiro
•Facts and Fundamentals of Japanese Swords: A Collector's Guide by Nobuo Nakahara
•Encyclopedia of Japanese swords By Markus Sesko

Intermediate and up:
•Nihon Toko Jiten (two volumes) By Matsuo Fujishiro, Translated by AFU
•Nihon-To Koza (6 volumes) By Souemon/Kiyoshige, Translated by Harry Watson - AFU
•Japanese Swords and Sword Furniture in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston By Morihiro Ogawa
•One Hundred Masterpieces from the Collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton: Japanese Swords, Sword Fittings, and Other - Christies
•Japanese Swords and Sword Fittings from the Collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton
•Japanese Swordsmiths By Hawley

•Nihonto Newsletter Vol 1,2,3 By Albert Yamanaka
•Yasukuni-to Tradition and Ideal Beauty By Tom Kishida
•The School of Hizen Tadayoshi By Roger Robertshaw
•Mino-To By Malcolm Cox
•Cutting Edge: Japanese Swords In The British Museum By Victor Harris
•Sword and Same' By Henri Joly
•Swordsmiths of Japan By Markus Sesko
•Study of Japanese Swords - Chronological Study of Japanese Swords and Japanese History By Yurie Endo Halchak