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Disclaimer: These recommendations are broadly reformed. Some of them advocate conflicting views, but by and large they agree. In the spirit of irenicism, I hope to recommend worthwhile resources, even if I disagree with them.

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Commentaries

Broadmann Bible Commentary 

Reformed Expository Commentary Series, currently being expanded

Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible

Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, currently being expanded

New International Commentary on the New/Old Testament

John Calvin's Commentaries

General Theology

Concise Theology, J. I. Packer

Essential Truths of the Christian Faith, R. C. Sproul

The Wonderful Works of God, Herman Bavinck

A Body of Divinity, Thomas Watson

The Doctrines of the Christian Religion, Comprising a Complete Body of Divinity, Thomas Boston

Delighting In God and All His Ways, William McEwen

Systematic Theology

Systematic Theology, Louis Berkhof (1 volume)

Systematic Theology, John Frame (1 volume)

Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin (2 volumes)

Reformed Systematic Theology, Joel Beeke & Paul Smalley (4 volumes)

Reformed Dogmatics, Herman Bavinck (4 volumes)

The Christian's Reasonable Service, Wilhelmus á Brakel (4 volumes)

Attributes of God

The Identity and Attributes of God, Terry L. Johnson

The Attributes of God: An Introduction, Gerald Bray

The Incomprehensibleness of God, George Swinnock

The Knowledge of the Holy, A. W. Tozer

The Existence and Attributes of God, Stephen Charnock (2vols)

Christ

The Person of Christ, John Owen

The Glory of Christ, John Owen

On the Incarnation, Athanasius

On God and Christ, St. Gregory

Christ Set Forth, Thomas Goodwin

Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers, Dane Ortlund

Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit, Robert Letham

Who Is the Holy Spirit? Malcom Yarnell

The Deep Things of God, Fred Sanders

Man and Sin

An Unregenerate Man's Guiltiness Before God (Vol. 10 in The Works of Thomas Goodwin), Thomas Goodwin

Vanity of Thoughts Discovered, Thomas Goodwin

The Mortification of Sin, John Owen

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Body, Soul, and Life Everlasting, John Cooper

Created In God's Image, Anthony Hokema

Doctrine of Scripture

For the Mouth of the Lord Has Spoken, Guy Prentiss Waters

The Doctrine of Scripture: An Introduction, Mark Thompson

Battle for the Bible, Harold Lindsell

Scribes and Scripture, John Meade & Peter Gurry

Covenant Theology

Sacred Bond, Michael Brown & Zach Keele (Presbyterian)

Christ of the Covenants, O. Palmer Robertson (Presbyterian)

The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology, Pascal Denault (Baptist)

The Mystery of Christ, His Covenant, and His Kingdom, Samuel Renihan (Baptist)

A View of the Covenant of Grace from the Sacred Records, Thomas Boston (Presbyterian)

The Fulfillment of the Promises of God, Richard P. Belcher (Presbyterian)

Law and Gospel

A Treatise on the Law and the Gospel, John Colquhoun

The Whole Christ, Sinclair Ferguson

Christian Living

The Pursuit of God, A. W. Tozer

Christian Love, Hugh Binning

The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan

Thriving in Grace, Joel Beeke & Brian Hedges

God's Battle Plan for the Mind, David Saxton

The Church

The Primary Mission of the Church, Brian Estelle

Devoted to God's Church, Sinclair Ferguson​

Preaching & Pastoral Ministry

The Christian Ministry, Charles Bridges

The Christian Pastor's Manual, compiled by John Brown of Edinburgh

Theology for Ministry, ed. Edwards, Ferguson, and Van Dixhoorn

The Art of Prophesying, William Perkins

Simplicity in Preaching, J. C. Ryle

Called to Preach, Steven Lawson

The Supremacy of God in Preaching, John Piper

Worship

Worship In Song, Scott Aniol

By the Waters of Babylon, Scott Aniol

What Happens When We Worship, Jonathan Landry Cruse

A Better Way, Michael Horton

Church History

Church History, Everett Ferguson (2 volumes)

2000 Years of Christ's Power, Nick Needham (5 volumes)

Documents of the Christian Church, ed. Henry Bettenson & Chris Maunder

Puritan Writings and Resources

The Works of John Owen (23 volumes)

The Works of Thomas Goodwin (12 volumes)

The Works of Jonathan Edwards (2 volumes)

The Works of Stephen Charnock (5 volumes)

The Works of John Bunyan (3 volumes)

The Works of Thomas Manton (22 volumes)

The Works of Thomas Boston (12 volumes)

The Works of Richard Sibbes (7 volumes)

The Works of John Flavel (6 volumes)

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Meet the Puritans, Joel Beeke & Randall Pederson

A Guide to the Puritans, Robert P. Martin

Christian Biography

Meet the Puritans, Joel Beeke & Randall Pederson

C. H. Spurgeon Autobiography, by Charles Spurgeon

Spurgeon, by Arnold Dallimore

To the Golden Shore, by Courtney Anderson (Adoniram Judson)

A Chance to Die, by Elizabeth Elliott (Corrie ten Boom)

Christian Heroes Then and Now (children's set), by Youth With a Mission

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