Bernard Clayton's book is a classic, tried and true. http://www.amazon.com/Bernard...

I LOVE Laurel's Kitchen Bread book for whole wheat breads. It really improved my bread baking. Also The Bread Bible, Rosie Levy Berenbaum, Peter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads.

I vote for Peter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads

I am a huge fan of Daniel Leader's books, especially "Local Breads"

For great photos and inspiring variety, I like HomeBaking by Jeffery Alford and Naomi Duguid. http://www.randomhouse...
The book covers more than bread and focuses on baking traditions all over the world, but has some really good bread recipes.

Rose Levy Beranbaum's Bread Bible is wonderful. If you ever get the itch to make sourdough, try Tartine Bread. It changed the way I bake bread!

Can't live without Chad Roberston's Tartine Bread Book. He narrates his thought process so that it is interesting & enjoyable & truly valuable. Also love Andrew Whitley's Bread Matters & Peter Reinhart's books.

An oldie/goodie is the Tassahara Bread Book. Good baking, and the best directions for making an 8 braid Challah.

I'm reading Peter Reinhart's "Artisan Breads Every Day", which focuses on the no-knead method, and have made some amazing bread over the past week. I haven't read his other books, but from reading his intro, I gather it updates some of his older recipes. Working with the wet no-knead dough can be hard, but this book offers some of the best tips I've read so far (like using oil or water on your working surface and hands instead of lightly dusting with flour, which has never quite worked for me with wet dough.)

http://www.amazon.com/Peter...

Another classic: Beard on Bread.

Excellent bread book is Dan Lepard's The Handmade Loaf :) he also has a great website full of recipes http://www.danlepard.com/

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