List of Sunni books

This is a list of significant books in the doctrines of Sunni Islam. A classical example of an index of Islamic books can be found in Kitāb al-Fihrist of Ibn Al-Nadim.

The Qur'an and its translations (in English)

 * The Noble Qur'an by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Shaykh Taqi ud din al Hilali
 * The Meaning of the Glorious Koran by Marmaduke Pickthall
 * The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
 * The Qur'an: A New Translation by Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem
 * The Clear Quran: A Thematic English Translation by Dr. Mustafa Khattab
 * The Holy Qur'án (The treasure of faith) by Professor Shah Faridul Haque
 * Bridges' Translation of the Ten Qira'at of the Noble Qur'an by Fadel Soliman

Kutub al-Sittah (The Six Books)
The most authoritative collections of Hadith are called The Six Books. However, the sixth place is disputed with some scholars preferring the Al-Muwatta, hence there are seven books listed here.
 * Sahih al-Bukhari - compiled by Muhammad al-Bukhari
 * Sahih Muslim - compiled by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
 * Al-Sunan al-Sughra - compiled by Al-Nasa'i
 * Sunan Abi Dawud - compiled by Abu Dawood
 * Sunan al-Tirmidhi - compiled by Al-Tirmidhi
 * Sunan ibn Majah - compiled by Ibn Majah
 * Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas

Other primary Hadith collections

 * Kitab al-Athar of Imam Muhammad al-Shaybani
 * Musnad of Imam Shafi‘i
 * Musannaf of ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani
 * Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shaybah
 * Musnad of Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh
 * Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
 * Sunan of al-Darimi
 * Al-Adab al-Mufrad of Muhammad al-Bukhari
 * Musnad of Abu Bakr Ahmad al-Bazzar
 * Musnad of Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili
 * Tahdhib al-Athar of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
 * Sahih of Ibn Khuzaymah
 * Sahih of Ibn Hibban
 * Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer by al-Tabarani
 * Sunan of Al-Daraqutni
 * Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn of Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri
 * Sunan al-Kubra of Al-Bayhaqi
 * Shu'ab al-Iman of Al-Bayhaqi
 * Al-Sunan al-Wusta of Al-Bayhaqi

Secondary Hadith collections
These were compiled from the primary collections.
 * Musnad al-Firdous of Abu Mansur Al-Dailami
 * At-Targhib wat-Tarhib of Al-Mundhiri
 * Riyadh as-Saaliheen of Imam al-Nawawi
 * Mishkat al-Masabih by Khatib Al-Tabrizi
 * Talkhis al-Mustadrak by al-Dhahabi
 * Majma al-Zawa'id by Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami
 * Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar Asqalani
 * Jami’ Jawami’ by Al-Suyuti
 * Kanz al-Ummal by Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi
 * Hisn al-Muslim by Sa'id bin Ali bin Wahf Al-Qahtani

Hadith collection commentaries (Sharh)

 * Fath al-Bari of Ibn Hajar Asqalani (the most authoritative commentary)
 * Sharh Sunan Abi Dawood by Al-Khattabi
 * Aridat al-Ahwadhi bi-Sharh Sahih al-Tirmidhi by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
 * Kitab al-Qabas fi Sharh Muwatta Malik by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
 * al-Ishraf of Awn ad-Din ibn Hubayra
 * Al Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim of Al-Nawawi
 * Commentary on Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith by Ibn Daqiq al-'Id
 * Jami al-Masanid Wa al-Sunan by Ibn Kathir
 * Jami al-Ulum wal-Hikam of Ibn Rajab
 * Umdat al-Qari of Badr al-Din al-Ayni
 * Irshad al-Sari of al-Qastallani
 * Mirqat al-Mafatih Sharh Mishkat al-masabih by Ali al-Qari
 * Sharh Sunan An-Nasaai of Al-Suyuti and As-Sindi
 * Annotations Sunan Abi Dawood of Al-Suyuti
 * Fayd al-Qadir by Al-Munawi
 * Silsalat al-Hadith ad-Da'ifah by Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani

Collections of Fabricated Narrations

 * Al-Mawduʿat al-Kubra by Ibn al-Jawzi

Hadith studies

 * Introduction to the Science of Hadith (Muqaddimah fi Ulum al-Ḥadith) by Ibn al-Salah
 * Some of the works of al-Madini
 * Tawil Mukhtalif al-Hadith by Ibn Qutaybah
 * Gharib al-Hadith by Al-Khattabi
 * al-Kifaya fi ma'rifat usul 'ilm al-riwaya by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi
 * al-Ilma ila Maʿrifa Usul al-Riwaya wa Taqyid al-Samaʿ by Qadi Ayyad
 * Al-Muqizah fi 'Ilm Mustalah al-Hadith by Al-Dhahabi
 * Alfiyatu Iraaqee by Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi
 * Muqaddimah al-Badr al-Munir by Ibn al-Mulaqqin
 * Nukhbat al-Fikar by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
 * Al-Maqasid al-Hasanah by Al-Sakhawi
 * Alfiyyah al-Hadit by Al-Suyuti
 * Tadrib al-Rawi by Al-Suyuti

Authentic Classical Tafsir

 * Tafsir al-Tabari by Al-Tabari
 * Tafsir al-Maturidi by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
 * Tafsir al-Thalabi by Al-Tha'labi
 * Kashf al-Asrār wa ʿUddat al-Abrār by Rashīd al-Dīn Maybudī
 * Tafsir al-Baghawi by Al-Baghawi
 * Ahkam al-Qur'an by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
 * Al-Muharrar al-Wajiz by Ibn 'Atiyya
 * Zad al-Masir fi Ilm al-Tafsir by Ibn al-Jawzi
 * Al-Tafsir al-Kabir (also known as: Mafatih al-Ghayb) by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
 * Al-Taysir fi al-Tafsir by Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi
 * Al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an by Al-Qurtubi
 * Tafsir al-Baydawi by Al-Baydawi
 * Al-Bahr al-Muhit by Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati
 * Tafsir ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir
 * Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Al-Mahalli and Al-Suyuti
 * Dur al-Manthur by Al-Suyuti

Authentic Modern-age Tafsir

 * Tafsir as Sadi by Abdur Rahman Nasir as Sadi
 * Kanzul Iman by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
 * Al-Bahr al-Madid by Ahmad ibn Ajiba
 * Ruh al-Ma'ani by Mahmud al-Alusi
 * Bayan Ul Quran by Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi
 * Maariful Quran by Mufti Muhammad Shafi
 * Tafsir Tibyan-ul-Qur'an by Ghulam Rasool Saeedi
 * Tafsir-ul-Qur’an (also known as: Tafsir-e-Majidi) by Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi
 * Tafhim-ul-Quran by Syed Abul A'la Maududi
 * Anwar Ul Bayan by Mufti Muhammad Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri
 * A Thematic Commentary on the Qur'an by Muhammad al-Ghazali
 * Zubdat al-itqān fī ‘ulūm al-Qur’ān by Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki
 * The Meanings of the Noble Qur’an (with Explanatory Notes) by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Aqidah (Theology)

 * Al-Fiqh al-Akbar by Abu Hanifa
 * Al-Risala by Al-Shafi'i
 * Kitab al-Iman by Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Shaybah
 * Usul al-Sunnah by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
 * Al-Radd 'ala al-Jahmiyyah wa al-Zanadaqah by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
 * Nawadir al-Usul by Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi
 * Khalq Afal al-Ibad by al-Bukhari
 * al-Ikhtilāf fī al-Lafz wa al-Radd ‘alā al-Jahmiyyah wal-Mushabbiha by Ibn Qutaybah
 * Kitab al-Sunnah by Harb Ibn Ismail al-Kirmani
 * Kitab al-Sunnah by Abdullah Ibn Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
 * Kitab at-Tawheed by Ibn Khuzaymah
 * Al-Ha'iyah by Ibn Abi Dawud
 * Kitab al-Shariah by Abu Bakr al-Ajurri
 * Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Al-Tahawi
 * Al-Maqālat al-Islamiyyīn by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari
 * Al-Ibanah an Usul al-Diyanah by Al-Ash'ari
 * Kitab al-Tawhid by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
 * Al-Sawad al-A'zam by Al-Hakim al-Samarqandi
 * Kitab al-Thiqat by Ibn Hibban
 * Al-Sunnah by Al-Tabarani
 * Al-Shari'ah by Abu Bakr Al-Ajurri
 * Al-Mutalif wa al-Mukhtalif by Al-Daraqutni
 * Al-Risala al-Qayrawaniyya by Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani
 * Al-Ibaanah by Ibn Battah
 * Al-Sunnah by Ibn Manda
 * Al-Iman by Ibn Manda
 * I'tiqad Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah by Abu al-Qasim Hibat Allah al-Lalakai
 * Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq by Abu Mansur Al-Baghdadi
 * Hilyat al-awliya by Abu Nu`aym
 * Al-Arba`in ala Madhhab al-Mutahaqqiqin min al-Sufiyya by Abu Nu`aym
 * Aqidah al-Salafi Ahl al-Hadith by Al-Sabuni
 * Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat by Al-Bayhaqi
 * Al-Durrah fi ma Yazibu Itiqaduhu by Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi
 * Al-I'tqaad alaa Madhabis-Salaf Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah by Al-Bayhaqi
 * Hayat ul Anbiya fi Quboor by Al-Bayhaqi
 * Al-Ishara ila Madhhab Ahl al-Haqq by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi
 * Kashf ul Mahjoob by Ali Hujwiri
 * Al-Irshad 'ila Qawati' al-Adilla fi Usul al-I'tiqad by Al-Juwayni
 * Al-Aqida al-Nizamiyya by Al-Juwayni
 * Ihya' Ulum al-Din by Al-Ghazali
 * Al-Iqtisad fi al-I'tiqad by Al-Ghazali
 * Iljam al-Awwam fi Ilm al-Kalam by Al-Ghazali
 * Tabsirat al-Adilla by Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi
 * Talkhis al-Adilla li-Qawa'id al-Tawhid by Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari
 * Al-Aqaid al-Nasafiyya by Umar Ibn Muhammad al-Nasafi
 * Al-Milal wa al-Nihal by Al-Shahrastani
 * Tartib al-Madarik wa takrib al-Masalik by Qadi Ayyad
 * al-I`lam bi Hudud Qawa'id al-Islam by Qadi Ayyad
 * Daqa`iq al-akhbar fi dhikr al-janna wa-l-nar by Qadi Ayyad
 * Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani
 * Al-Fath ar-Rabbani by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani
 * Al-Baz al-Ashhab by Ibn al-Jawzi
 * Lum'ah al-I'tiqad by Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi
 * Al-Aqīdah Al-Wasitiyyah by Ibn Taymiyyah
 * Kitab al-Iman by Ibn Taymiyya
 * Nur al-Mubin by Ibn Jazayy al-Kalbi al-Gharnati al-Maliki
 * Kitab ar-Ruh by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
 * Sharh al-Aqaid al-Nasafiyya by al-Taftazani
 * Sharh Al-Aqīdah At-Tahawiyyah by Ibn Abi al-Izz al-Hanafi
 * Al-Aqidah al-Sanusiyya by Al-Sanusi
 * Kitab al-Tawhid by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
 * Sharh Fiqh al-Akbar by Mulla Ali Al-Qari al-Hanafi
 * Maktubat Imam Rabbani by Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi (Mujaddid Alf-e-Saani)
 * Akhbar al-Akhyar by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi
 * Takmīl al-Iman by Shaykh Abdul-Haqq Muhaddith Dehlavi
 * Hujjat Allah al-Baligha by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
 * Al-Kharida al-Bahia by Ahmad al-Dardir
 * Nayl al-Awtar by Al-Shawkani
 * Risale-i Nur by Bediüzzaman Said Nursi
 * Maut Ka Manzar by Khawaja Muhammad Islam

Hanafi

 * Usul al-fiqh by Abu Yusuf (d. 182 AH)
 * Ẓāhir al-Riwāyah of Abu Hanifa, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani
 * Mukhtasar Al Quduri  by Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad al-Qudūrī (d. 428 AH)
 * Al-Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani (d. 593 AH)
 * Al Mabsut by Al-Sarakhsi (d. 483 AH)
 * Multaqa al-Abḥur by Ibrāhīm al-Ḥalabī (d. 956 AH)
 * Al-Bahr al-Raiq Sharh Kanz ul-Daqaiq by Ibn Nujaim al-Hanafi (d. 969 AH)
 * Tuḥfat al-Mubtadī by Ibrāhīm bin Ḥasan al-Mullā al-Aḥsāʿī (d. 1048 AH)
 * Fath Ar-Rahman Fi Isbat-e-Madhhab an-Nu'man by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi (d. 1052 AH)
 * Nur al-Idah by Abul-Ikhlāṣ Ḥasan ash-Shurunbulālī (d. 1069 AH)
 * Marāqī as-Saʿādāt by Abul-Ikhlāṣ Ḥasan ash-Shurunbulālī
 * Durr ul-Mukhtar by Muhammad Ala ad-Din Haskafi (d. 1088 AH)
 * Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Dur al-Mukhtar by Ibn Abidin (d. 1252 AH)
 * Iṣlāḥ ʿIlm al-Ḥāl by Amīn Jundī
 * Majallah al-Aḥkām al-ʿAdlīyah
 * Hukuki İslamiye ve Istılahı Fıkhiyye Kamus by Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen

Compilation of Fatwa (Edicts)

 * Fatawa Aziz by Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi
 * Fatawa-e-Alamgiri commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
 * Fatawa-e-Razvia by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi

Shafi'i

 * Kitab al-Umm by ash-Shafi'i
 * Mukhtaṣar al-Muzanī by Al-Muzani
 * Mukhtaṣar al-Buwayṭi by Al-Buwayti
 * Al-Ikhtiyarat al-Fiqhiya by Al-Khattabi
 * Al-Mabsūṭ by Al-Bayhaqi
 * Al-Tanbih fi al-Fiqh al-Shafi'i by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi
 * Al-Muhadhdhab fi Fiqh al-Imam al-Shafi'i by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi
 * Al-Luma' fi Usul al-Fiqh by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi
 * Nihayat al-Matlab fi Dirayat al-Madhhab by Al-Juwayni
 * Al-Burhan Fi Usul al-Fiqh by Al Juwayni
 * Al-wajiz fi fiqh al-imam al-shafi’i by Al-Ghazali
 * Al-mustasfa min 'ilm al-usul by Al-Ghazali
 * Al Muntakhab Mina al-Mahsul fi Usul-al-Fiqh by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
 * Al-Ghayah fi Ikhtisar al-Nihayah by Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam
 * Al Qawa'id al-Kubra by Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam
 * Al-Maqāṣid by Al-Nawawi
 * Minhāj aṭ-Ṭalibīn by Al-Nawawi
 * Tabaqat ash-Shafi'iyah by Taj al-Din al-Subki
 * Tashih al-Minhaj by Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini
 * Umdat ul-Muhtaj ila Sharh al-Minhaj by Ibn al-Mulaqqin
 * Kanz al-Raghibin by Al-Mahalli
 * Al-Ashbaahu Wan-Nadhaair by Al-Suyuti
 * Tuhfah AL-Muhtaj Bi Sharh Al-Minhaj by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
 * Al-Manhaj al-Qawim bi Sharh Masa-il at-Ta'lim by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
 * Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasik by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri
 * Fatḥ al-Muʿīn by Zayn ad-Din Ahmed al-Malibari

Maliki

 * Al Mudawanna by Sahnun
 * Al Risalah by Ibn Abi Zayd Al-Qayrawani
 * Works of Ibn 'Abd al-Barr
 * Works of Qadi Ayyad
 * Bidayat al-Mujtahid wa Nihayat al-Muqtaṣid by Ibn Rushd
 * Works of Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi
 * Al-Madkhal by Ibn al-Hajj al-Abdari
 * Mukhtasar by Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi
 * Al-Muwafaqaat fi Usool al-Sharia by Al-Shatibi

Hanbali

 * Masāʾil of Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH)
 * Wadih fi Uṣūl al-Fiqh by Ibn Aqil (d. 513 AH)
 * Futūh al-Ghayb by Abdul-Qadir Gilani (d. 561 AH)
 * Muthīr al-Gharām al-Sākin ilā Ashraf al-Amākin by Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH)
 * ʿUmdat al-Fiqh by Ibn Qudamah (d. 620 AH)
 * al-Muqniʿ by Ibn Qudamah
 * Al-Mughnī by Ibn Qudamah
 * Al-Kaafi by Ibn Qudamah
 * Kitab al-Furu by Ibn Muflih (d. 763 AH)
 * Zād al-Mustaqniʿ by Al-Hajjawi (d. 968 AH)
 * Dalīl al-Ṭālib by Marʿī bin Yūsuf al-Karmī (d. 1033 AH)
 * Muntahā al-Irādāt by al-Bahūtī (d. 1051 AH)
 * ʿUmdat al-Ṭālib by al-Bahūtī
 * Kashshāf al-Qināʿ by al-Bahūtī
 * Akhṣar al-Mukhtaṣarāt by Ibn Balban (d. 1083 AH)
 * Bidāyat al-ʿĀbid by ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Ba’lī (d. 1110 AH)
 * Al-Ajwibat al-Jaliyyah by Mūsā al-Qaddumi (d. 1265 AH)

Sirah (Prophetic biography)

 * Sīrat Rasūl Allāh Sallalahu 'alaihi Wa Salam by Ibn Ishaq
 * Al-Sirah Al-Nabawiyyah by Ibn Hisham
 * Ash-Shifa by Qadi Ayyad
 * Al-Rawḍ al-unuf by Al-Suhayli (a commentary of Al-Sirah Al-Nabawiyyah)
 * Al-Wafa bi Ahwal al-Mustafa Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam by Ibn al-Jawzi
 * Zad al-Ma'ad by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
 * Al-Sīrah al-Nabawīyyah Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam (4 Volume Set) by Ibn Kathir
 * Al-Khasa'is al-Kubra by Al-Suyuti
 * Al-Muwahib al-Ladunniyyah by Al-Qastallani
 * Al-Naimat-ul-Kubra Ala al-Alam by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
 * Sharh al-Shifa by Ali al-Qari (a commentary of Ash-Shifa Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam)
 * Madarij an-Nabuwwat by 'Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi
 * Seerat E Rasool Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
 * Seeratul Mustafa Sallallahu 'alaihi Wa Salam by Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi
 * Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri
 * Seerat Khatam al-Anbiya by Shafi Usmani

Proofs of Prophethood

 * Dala'il al-Nubuwwah by Al-Bayhaqi

Shama'il

 * Al-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya by Al-Tirmidhi

History

 * Jamharah Ansāb al-ʿArab by Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (d.819 AD)
 * Book of Idols by Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (d.819 AD)
 * Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr by Ibn Sa'd (d.845 AD)
 * Kitab Ma'rifat al-Sahaba by Al-Madini (d.849 AD)
 * Kitab al-Fada'il Sahaba by Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d.855 AD)
 * The Great History by Muhammad al-Bukhari (d.870 AD)
 * Fath al-Buldan by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)
 * Genealogies of the Nobles (book) by Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d.892 AD)
 * Tarikh at-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d.923 AD)
 * Tarikh E Masoodi by Al-Masudi (d.956 AD)
 * Works of Ahmad ibn Fadlan (d.960 AD)
 * Al-Kāmil fi Ḍuʿafāʾ ar-Rijāl by Ibn 'Adi al-Jurjani (d.976 AD)
 * History of Nishapur by Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (d.1014 AD)
 * Hilyat al-Awliya by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (d.1038 AD)
 * Tabaqat al-Hanabilah by Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la (d.1066 AD) and Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (d.1393 AD)
 * History of Baghdad by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d.1071 AD)
 * Al-Istiʿāb by Ibn Abd-al-Barr (d.1071 AD)
 * History of Damascus by Ibn `Asakir (d.1176 AD)
 * Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi (d.1203 AD)
 * Chach Nama by Kazi Ismail al-Thakafi & Ali bin Ḥamid Kufi (written in 1226 AD)
 * Mu'jam Al-Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi (d.1229 AD)
 * The Complete History by Ali ibn al-Athir (d.1233 AD)
 * Usd al-ghabah fi marifat al-Saḥabah by Ali ibn al-Athir (d.1233 AD)
 * Tabaqat-i Nasiri by Minhaj-i-Siraj (written in 1260 AD)
 * Deaths of Eminent Men and the Sons of the Epoch by Ibn Khallikan (d.1282 AD)
 * Ar Riyadh un Nadhra by Muhibuddin Tabri (d.1295 AD)
 * Minah al-madh by Fatḥ al-Din Ibn Sayyid al-Nās (d.1334 AD)
 * Mizan al-Itidal by al-Dhahabi (d.1348 AD)
 * al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah by Ibn Kathir (d.1373 AD)
 * Qisas Al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (d.1373 AD)
 * Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun (d.1406 AD)
 * Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (d.1449 AD)
 * History of the Caliphs by Al-Suyuti (d.1505 AD)
 * Wafa al-Wafa by Ali ibn Ahmad al-Samhudi (d.1533 AD)
 * Habib al-Siyar by Ghiyās̲ ad-Dīn Khvāndamīr (d. 1534-37 AD)
 * Tarikh Khamis by Husayn ibn Muhammad Diyarbakri (d.1559 AD)
 * Tarikh-i Firishta by Muhammad Qasim Firishta (d.1620 AD)
 * Sirat al-Halbiya by Ali Ibn Burhan-ud-din Halbi (d.1635 AD)
 * Tariqh-e Haqqi by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi (d.1642 AD)
 * Al Insaf fi Bayan Asbab Al Iktikaaf by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (d.1762 AD)
 * Sirush Shahadhathayn by Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi (d.1824 AD)

Biographies

 * Hilyat al-Awliya' by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (d. 430 AH)
 * Ṣifat al-Ṣafwwah by Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH)
 * Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' by Al-Dhahabi (d. 748 AH)
 * Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra by Taj al-Din al-Subki (d. 771/1370)

Basics

 * Risalah al-Mustarshidin (Treatise for the Seekers of Guidance) by Harith al-Muhasibi (d. 243 AH)

Spiritual Diseases and their Cures

 * ʿUyūb al-nafs wa adwiyātuhā (Infamies of The Soul And Their Treatments) by Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad al-Sulamī al-Nīshāpūri (d. 412 AH)
 * Ṭibb al-Rūḥāni by Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH)
 * Tanbih al-Mughtarin by Al-Sha'rani (d. 973 AH)
 * Maṭharat al-Qulūb by Muḥammad al-Mawlūd (d. 1323 AH)

Dhikr

 * Al-Da'awat al-Kabir by Al-Bayhaqi
 * Hizb al-Bahr by Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili
 * Kitab al-Adhkar by Al-Nawawi
 * Al-Wabil al-Sayyib by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
 * Dala'il al-Khayrat by Muhammad al-Jazuli
 * Al-Hizb ul-Azam by Ali al-Qari

Adab (Manners)

 * Al-Adab al-Mufrad of Muhammad al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH)
 * Al-Akhlāq wa al-Siyar by Ibn Hazm (d. 456 AH)
 * Fuṣul al-Adab wa Makarim al-Akhlaq al-Mashruʿah by Ibn Aqil (d. 513 AH)

Zuhd (Asceticism)

 * Kitab az-Zuhd wa al-Raqa'iq by Ibn al-Mubarak (d. 189 AH)
 * Kitab al-Zuhd by Ahmad ibn Hanbal
 * Al-Zuhd al-Kabir by Al-Bayhaqi

Sufism

 * al-Arba'in fi 'l-tasawwuf by Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad al-Sulamī al-Nīshāpūri
 * Qut al-qulub (Sustenance of the Hearts) by Abu Talib al-Makki (d. 386 AH)
 * Al-Arba`in ala Madhhab al-Mutahaqqiqin min al-Sufiyya by Abu Nu`aym (d. 430 AH)
 * Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya by Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri (d. 465 AH)
 * Kashf ul Mahjoob by Ali Hujwiri (d. 465 AH)
 * Tazkirat al-Awliya by Attar of Nishapur (d. 617 AH)
 * Maktubat Imam Rabbani by Mujaddid Alf-e-Saani Ahmad Sirhindi (d. 1034 AH)

Islamic Ethics and Philosophy

 * Hayat ul Anbiya fi Quboor by Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH)
 * Ihya Ulum al-Din by Al-Ghazali (d. 505 AH)
 * Kimiya-yi sa'ādat by Al-Ghazali (d. 505 AH)
 * Al-Fath ar-Rabbani by Shaykh Abdul-Qadir Gilani (d. 561 AH)
 * Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya by Ibn Arabi (d. 638 AH)
 * al-Mufassal fi 'Ahkam al-Mar'ah wa Bayt al-Muslim fi al-Shari'at al-Islamiyyah by Abdul Karim Zaidan (d. 2014 CE)

Critique

 * Saife Chishtiyai by Meher Ali Shah
 * Signs of Qiyamah and the Arrival of Maseeh by Muhammad Shafi
 * Finality of the Prophethood by Muhammad Shafi

Shi'a

 * Al-Awasim min al-Qawasim by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
 * Al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
 * Taufa Ithna Ashari by Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi