Reading lists Below you will find a series of bibliographies (pdf) with recommended reading, grouped according to topics: Essentials – for students of Mindfulness and Buddhist Psychology 12 titles: Buddhist Background – Buddhist Psychology – Four Establishments of mindfulness Early Buddhism and Early Buddhist Teachings Early Buddhism: Translations of Canonical & Paracanonical Pali Texts Other Early Indian Sources Early Buddhism – Non-Pali texts suttacentral.net Academic literature The following lists refer to academic literature on the study of early Buddhism and the study of early Buddhist developments: Beginner’s Top Ten Top Twenty Classics of Early Buddhism Early Buddhist Reading: 100 titles Early Buddhist Reading: Books only Comparative Literature on Early Indian texts Early Buddhist Texts – Comparative Literature Buddhist India – Cultural History Buddhist India – Cultural history & more