Karate history:
History and traditions of Okinawan karate Hokama & Borkowski – Masters Publication – 1996
Shotokan karate: a precise history Cook – H. Cook – 2009
Karate: Its History and Practice Koyama Masashi, Wada Koji, Kadekaru Toru – translation by Alexander Bennett – Nippon Budokan press – 2021
Manuals:
Karate-do kata: 5-Heian, 2-Tekki Kase & Daudier – Sedirep – 2004
Kata Supérieurs Shotokan-ryu Kase – Budo – 2013
Karate-dō kyōhan the master text Funakoshi – Kodansha International – 1973
Karate-dō nyūmon: the master introductory text Funakoshi – Kodansha USA – 2013
Modern Classics:
The twenty guiding principles of karate: the spiritual legacy of the master Funakoshi & Nakasone – Kodansha Usa – 2012
Essence of karate Funakoshi & Berger – Kodansha America, Inc – 2013
Bushido: the soul of Japan Nitobe – Origami Books Pte Ltd – 2021Controversial book; needs contextualisation. Critical views such as Inventing the Way of the Samurai by Oleg Benesch and even counterarguments to Benesch work
Shambhala: the sacred path of the warrior Trungpa & Gimian – Shambhala Publications, Inc. – 2019
Ancient Classics:
Bubishi, the bible of karate edited by McCarthy – Tuttle – 1995
Hagakure Tsunetomo – Random House Inc – 2014 Requires contextualisation such as Benesch work again or The Shogunate podcasts: The Bushido Myth and The Hagakure