Book Reviews
Here are some reviews from the British Go Journal and the American Go Journal of some Go instructional books, and also some Go-related novels.
The order here is roughly the date order of the reviews. Select Title to sort into alphabetical order.
Check out our recommendations for beginners and mid-kyu players.
Other reviews are available: David Carlton's Go Bibliography has reviews of many books and other reviews can often be found on Sensei's Library or on Amazon or publishers' websites.
| Title | From |
|---|---|
| Teach Yourself Go | BGJ 115 Summer 1999 |
| Proverbs | BGJ 115 Summer 1999 |
| Novel Plays and Shapes | BGJ 120 Autumn 2000 Reviewer: Matthew Macfadyen ISBN 1-889554-52-9 The title of this book is not particularly informative, in fact it is a joseki book which says novel things about shapes in particular rather than in general. |
| Fuseki Small Encyclopedia | BGJ 121 Winter 2000 Reviewer: Andrew Grant ISBN 1-889554-25-1 |
| Galactic Go: Volume 1 | BGJ 121 Winter 2000 Reviewer: Alan Barry ISBN 1-889554-47-2 |
| Jungsuk in our Time | BGJ 123 Summer 2001 Reviewer: Matthew Macfadyen ISBN 89-7990-123-2 |
| Understanding How to Play Go | BGJ 123 Summer 2001 Reviewer: Matthew Macfadyen ISBN 1-9706193-0-8 |
| A Way of Play for the 21st Century | BGJ 123 Summer 2001 Reviewer: Matthew Macfadyen ISBN 0-9676096-1-5 |
| Cross-Cut Workshop | BGJ 125 Winter 2001 Reviewer: Brian Timmins ISBN 0-9706193-6-7 |
| The Book of Go | BGJ 127 Summer 2002 Reviewer: Matthew Macfadyen ISBN 978-0-8069-2729-9 |
| Monkey Jump Workshop | BGJ 127 Summer 2002 Reviewer: Simon Goss ISBN 0-9706193- 9-1 |
| Handbook of Handicap Go | BGJ 129 Autumn 2002 Reviewer: Francis Roads ISBN 1-889554-28-6 |
| Go as Communication | BGJ 129 Autumn 2002 Reviewer: Simon Goss ISBN 1-932001-03-4 |
| 501 Opening Problems | BGJ 129 Winter 2002 Reviewer: Matthew Macfadyen ISBN 4-906574-72-6 501 Opening Problems by Richard Bozulich and Rob van Zeist and 1001 Life and Death Problems by Richard Bozulich |
| 1001 Life and Death Problems | BGJ 129 Winter 2002 Reviewer: Matthew Macfadyen ISBN 4-906574-72-6 501 Opening Problems by Richard Bozulich and Rob van Zeist and 1001 Life and Death Problems by Richard Bozulich |
| Baduk Made Fun and Easy | BGJ 140 Spring 2007 Reviewer: Ian Davis ISBN 89-5660-167-4 |
| Vital Points and Skillful Finesse for Sabaki | BGJ 141 Summer 2007 Reviewer: Charles Matthews ISBN 0-9788874-0-9 |
| Think Like a Pro: Pae | BGJ 143 Winter 2007 Reviewer: Ian Davis ISBN 89-90079-42-X |
| 100 Tips | BGJ 144 Spring 2008 Reviewer: Tony Atkins ISBN 978-89-90079-60-2 Volume 2 also available ISBN 978-89-90079-69-5 |
| All About Ko | BGJ 145 Summer 2008 Reviewer: Tony Atkins ISBN 4-906574-76-6 |