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This section lists books that I found useful or interesting. Click on the picture of the book to order a copy from Amazon.com
(If you live overseas and Amazon.com can't ship to you, you can buy The Bread Builders directly from Alan Scott. You might also check www.abebooks.com, which is one of my favorite websites, for used and out-of-print books).

The Bread Builders: Hearth Loaves and Masonry Ovens by Daniel Wing and Alan Scott. No-brainer: If you're interested in using or building a brick oven, BUY THIS BOOK! This is the one! You should also visit Alan Scott's Ovencrafters web site for more information about his oven designs, other plans and oven accessories. cover

Building a Wood-Fired Oven For Bread & Pizza by Tom Jaine. Presents a simpler, smaller oven than Alan Scott's. The plans in this book are based on UK building material sizes. I used some of Jaine's concepts to scale down the Bread Builders plans for my oven. This book is filled with wonderful historical details and anecdotes about bread and brick ovens, a sample of which you'll find down in the FAQ section.

Crust & Crumb: Master Formulas For Serious Bakers by Peter Reinhart. A great book about bread: recipes and hard science.
Build Your Own Earth Oven : A Low-Cost, Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves by Kiko Denzer.
I haven't read this one myself. A mud oven sounds less expensive and less permanent than a brick oven! May have good recipes too -- let me know how you like this book!
Bread Ovens of Quebec by Lise Boily-Blanchette and Jean-Francois Blanchette. Another book I haven't seen but which Amazon says people like us are buying... (no picture)
The Zuni Cafe Cookbook: A Compendium of Recipes and Cooking Lessons from San Francisco's Beloved Restaurant
 by Judy Rogers and Gerald Asher. Includes the recipe for the Zuni's incredible roast chicken with warm bread salad. If you haven't had this dish, fly out to California immediately and try it. Or, better yet, build an oven and get this book.
Enoteca: Simple, Delicious Recipes in the Italian Wine Bar Tradition by Joyce Esersky Goldstein, Evan Goldstein and Angela Wyant. Great Italian snacks & stories. Of course, you don't  have to build a brick oven to get some amazing food out of this book..
Special Edition Using Windows XP Home - Bestseller Edition A hugely valuable "how to use it" book about Microsoft's latest operating system, written by authors who bring incredible experience, stunning insight and unbelievable wit to a dry topic. If you buy only one book in your entire life, this is the one to buy. (Disclaimer: I'm one of the authors)