List of Sunni books

Al-Kutub Al-Sittah

Sahih Bukhari of Muhammad al-Bukhari

Sahih Muslim of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

Sunan al-Sughra of Al-Nasa'i

Sunan Abu Dawud of Abu Dawood

Sunan al-Tirmidhi of Al-Tirmidhi

Sunan Ibn Majah of Ibn Majah

Primary sources

Sunan al-Bayhaqi of al-Bayhaqi

Sunan al-Darimi of al-Darimi

Al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah of Ibn Abi Shaybah

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal of Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Secondary sources

Masabih al-Sunnah of Al-Baghawi

Mishkat al-Masabih by Muhammad ibn Abd Allah Khatib Al-Tabrizi

Riyadh as-Saaliheen of Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi

Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar Asqalani

Talkhis al-Mustadrak by al-Dhahabi

Majma al-Zawa'id by Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami

Kanz al-Ummal of Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi

Sahifah Hammam ibn Munabbih of Hammam ibn Munabbih

Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq of ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani

Musannaf ibn Jurayj of Ibn Jurayj

Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer by al-Tabarani

Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain of Hakim al-Nishaburi

Tahdhib al-Athar of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari

Sahih Ibn Khuzaimah of Ibn Khuzaymah

Sahih Ibn Hibbaan of Ibn Hibban al-Busti

Zujajat al-Masabih of Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi

I'laa As-Sunaan of Mawlana Zafar Ahmad Usmani (R'A) under the instructions of his maternal uncle Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (R'A), edited by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (DB)

Hadith studies

Introduction to the Science of Hadith by Ibn al-Salah

Usool As Sunnah by Imam Ahmed Bin Hanbal

Tareekh Tadween e Hadith by Molana Abdur Rasheed Nomani

Mustalah Al Hadith by Ibn Uthaymeen

Taiseer Al Hadith by Dr. Mehmood At-tahan

Nukhabtul Fikr by Imam Ibn Al-Hajr Al-Asqalani

Khair ul Usool Fi Hadith ir Rasool by Molana Khair Muhammad Jalandhari

Importance of Hadith by Molana Khalil ur Rehman Chishti

Thameen Ad-dari by Molana Abdul Baqi

Funn-e-Asma-Ar-Rijal by Dr. Taqi-ud-Din Nadvi

Hasnat Ul Akhbar (Tareekh Ul Hadith) by Kazi Abuddusamad Sarram

Tabyan Ul Rasikh (Tareekh Ut Tafseer) by Kazi Abdussamad Sarram

Commentaries of Hadith collections

Fath al-Bari of Ibn Hajar Asqalani

Umdat al-Qari of Badr al-Din al-Ayni

Irshad al-Sari of al-Qastallani

Tayseer al Bari of Waheed uz-Zaman

Al Minhaj Be Sharh Sahih Muslim of Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi

Nayl al-Awtar by Muhammad ash-Shawkani

Mirqat Sharh Mishkat al-masabih by Ali al-Qari

Anwar Ul Bari- Sharah Sahih Bukhari by sayyid Ahmed Raza Bijanauri

Anwar Us Sunan - Sharah Tirmiji by Maulana Abdul Gani Tariq Ludhyanavi

Faiz Ul Bari- Tarjuma Fathul Bari by Maualan Muhhmad Abul Hasn Siyalkoti

Fatah Ul Mulhim - Sharh Sahih Muslim by Maulana shabbir Ahmed Usmani Sahab

Khair Us Saleheen - Sharah Riyaz Us Saleheen by maulana muhammad idrees merthi

Mazahir E Haq- Sharh Mishqwat by Allama Kutubuddin Khan Dehlvi

Bazlul Majhood Fi Halli Abi Dawood by Hazrat Maulana Khalil Ahmed Saharanpuri

Tafsir

Kanzul Iman by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi

Tanwir al-Miqbas by `Abd Allah ibn `Abbas

Tafsir al-Qurtubi by Al-Qurtubi

Tafsir ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir

Tafsir al-Baghawi by Al-Baghawi

Al-Tafsir Al-Kabir by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Al-Mahalli and Suyuti

Tafsir-e-Naeemi by Maulana Mufti Ahmed Yaar Naeemi

Dur al-Manthur by Suyuti

Ruh al-Ma'ani by Mahmud al-Alusi

Tafsir al-Tabari by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari

Al-Kashshaf by al-Zamakhshari

Fath al-Qadir by Muhammad ash-Shawkani

Tibyanul Qur'an by Maulana Mufti Ghulam Rasool Saeedi

Zia ul Qur'an by Peer Syed Karam Ali Shah Al-Azhri

Al-Khazanul Irfan by Maulna Mufti Naeemuddin Muraadabadi

Tafseer-e-Siddiqui by Bahr-ul-Uloom Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqi Qadri

Al-Mufradat fi Gharib al-Quran by al-Raghib al-Isfahani

Fi Zilal al-Qur'an by Sayyid Qutb

The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Tafsir-e-Usmani by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani

Ma'ariful Qur'an by Muhammad Shafi Usmani

Tafheem-ul-Quran (6 vols) by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi

Tafseer e Sirat ul Jinaan by Mufti Qasim Attari

Tafsir al-Karimir Rahman fii Tafsir Kalam al-Mannan by Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di

Tafsir al Quran, 4 vols, Malayalam, by Muhammed amani moulavi

Bayan al Quran by Ashraf Ali Thanwi

Bayan Us Subhaan by Syyed Dayam Al Bukhari

Tafseer E Ahmedi by Mulla Jeevan (17th Centuray)

Tafseer E Mazhari by Kazi Sanaullah Panipati

Tafsir Zia ul Quran by Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari

Tafseer E Yaqub Charkhi by Khwaja Yaqub Charkhi

Tafseer E Mehmood by Ubaidullah Sindhi

Tafseer Mazahir ul Quran by Mazharullah Dehlavi

Anwar Ul Bayan by Aashiq Ilahi Madani

Ahsan Ul Qasas Comentry & Tafseer surah Yusuf' by Abdur Rahim Limbada

Tafseer e Majidi by Abdul Majeed Daryabadi

Maalim Ul Irfan Fi Duroos il Quran by Sufi Abdul Hamid Sawati

Tafseer Jawahir ul Quran by Ghulamullah Khan

Tafseer Ala HAMISHI THAFASEER by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

Quranic studies

Studying The Glorious Quran by Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi

Muhazirate Qurani by Sheikh Dr. Mehmood Ahmed Gazi

Vocablury Of the Holy Quran Arabic - English by Shaykh abdullah Abbas Nadvi

Tarikh Arzul Quran by shaikh Sayyed Sulaiman Nadvi

An Approach To The Quranic Science by Mufti Taqi Usmani Sahab

Jamal Ul Quran by Hakimul Ummat Maulana Ashraf Ai Thanvi

Uloom AL Quran by Mufti Taqi Usmani Sahab

Qasas MArif Ul Quran by Mufti hai Usmani Sahab

Al Fawazul Kabeer Fi Usool At Tafseer by Shah Waliullah Muhaddis Dehlavi

Tarikh Tafseer O Mufassareen by Ghulam Ahmed Hariri

Quran ki Char Bunyadi Istilahain (Four Basic Quranic Terms) by Syed Abul Ala Maududi

Sunni

Kitab Al-Irshad Ila Qawati Al-Adilla Fi Usul Ati Tiqad by Al-Juwayni

"Fiqh al-Akbar" by Imam Abu Hanifa (d.150H)

Letters and quotes by Imam Malik (d.179H)

"ar-Risala" (the Introduction) by Imam Shafi'i (d.204H)

"Kitab al-Iman" by Abu 'Ubayd al-Qaasim ibn Salaam (d.224H)

"Kitab al-Iman" by Ibn Abi Shayba (d.235H)

"Usool us-Sunnah" by Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (d.241H)

"Ar-Radd 'alal Jahmiyyah waz-Zanaadaqah" by Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (d.241H)

"Kitab al-Iman" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)

"Kitab at-Tawheed" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)

"Khalq Afaalul-Ibaad" by Imam Bukhari (d.256H)

"As-Sunnah" by Abu Bakr al-Athram (d.273H)

"Kitab as-Sunnah" by Ibn Abu Dawood as Sijistaanee (d.275H)

"Al-Ikhtilaaf fee Ladfh war-Radd 'alal-Jahmiyyah" by Ibn Qutaybah (d.276H)

"Ahl us-Sunnah" by Abu Haatim ar-Raazee (d.277H)

"Ar-Radd 'alal Jayhmiyyah" by Imam ad-Darimee (d.280H)

"As-Sunnah" by Ibn Abee 'Aasim (d.287H)

"As-Sunnah" by Abdullah ibn Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal (d.290H)

"As-Sunnah" by Abu Bakr al-Maruzi (d.292H)

"As-Sunnah" by al-Marwazi (d.292H)

"Sharh us-Sunnah" by ibn Jareer at-Tabari (d.310H)

"Kitab at-Tawheed" by ibn Khuzayma al-Shafi'i (d.311H)

Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Imam Tahawi (d.321H)

"Al-Maqaalatul-Islamiyeen" by Imam Abdul-Hasan al-Ashari (d.324H)

"Ar-Risaalah ilaa Ahlth-Thaghr" by Imam Abdul-Hasan al-Ashari (d.324H)

"Al-Ibaanah 'an Usoolid-Diyaanah" by Imam Abdul-Hasan al-Ashari (d.324H)

"Sharh us-Sunnah" by Imam Barbahari (d.329H)

"Kitaab us-Sunnah" by Abu Ahmad al-Asaal (d.349H)

"Ash-Shareeah" by Abu Bakr al-Aajuri (d.360H)

"Itiqaad Aimmatul-Hadeeth" by Abu Bakr al-Ismaili (d.371H)

"Kitaabus-Sifaat" by Imam ad-Daraqutni (d.385H)

"Kitaabun-Nuzool" by Imam ad-Daraqutni (d.385H)

"Al-Ibaanah 'an Sharee'atil Firqatin -Naajiyah" by Imam Battah al-Akbaree (d.387H)

"Sharhul-Ibaanah 'an Usoolis-Sunnah wad-Diyaanah" by Imam Battah al-Akbaree (d.387H)

"Kitaabut-Tawheed" by Ibn Mandah (d.395H)

"ar-Radd'alal-Jahmiyyah" by Ibn Mandah (d.395H)

"Sharh Usool Itiqaad Ahlus-Sunnah Wal Jamaah" by Imam al-Laalilka'i (d.428H)

"Al-Wusool ilaa Maarifatil-Istiwaa" by Imam Abu 'Amr at-Talamankee al-Andalusee (d.429H)

"Al-Itiqaad" by Abu Nuaym al-Ashbaanee (d.430H)

"Risaalah fee Ithbaatil-Istiwaa" by Imaam Abu Muhammad al-Juwaynee (d.438H)

"Aqeedatus-Salaf Ashaabul-Hadeeth" by Imam Abu Uthmaan as-Saboonee (d.449H)

"Al-I'tqaad alaa Madhabis-Salaf Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah" by Imam al-Bayhaqi (d.457H)

"Fitna e Wahbiat Ahaadees Ki Raushni Me" By Shaikh ul Islam Imam Anwar Ullah Farooqi Rahmatullahialaih (d.1336H)

"Dhammul-Kalaam" by Shaykh ul-Islaam Abu Ismaeel al-Harawee (d.481H)

"Ad Daulat Ul Makkiya" by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (d.1340H)

"Jaa Ul Haq" by Ahmad Yaar Khan Naeemi

"AL-MIRQATH" by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

"Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq" by Abu Mansur Al-Baghdadi

Seerah

Seerat Ibn e Hisham by Ibn Hisham

Sirat Rasul Allah by Ibn Ishaq

Al-Sira Al-Nabawiyya (4 Volume Set) by Ibn Kathir

Fiqh Us-Seerah by Mohammed al-Ghazali

Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum by Safi-ur-Rehman Mubarakpuri

The Characteristics Of Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) by Imam At Tirmidhi

Interactions Of The Greatest Leader by Muhammad Al-Munajjid

Muhammad as of you can see him by A'id ibn 'abdullah al-Qarni

The Legacy of the Prophet by Ibn Rajab [IBN RAJAB AL-HANBALI]

A mercy to the Universe by Saeed Ibn Ali Bin Wahf Al-Qahtani

Seerat E Rasool SAW. by Shah Waliullah

The Life of Prophet Muhammad: Highlights and Lessons by Dr. Mustafa As-Sibaa'ie

Seerat Un Nabi Sallallahualaihiwasallam by Fakhr e Hindustan Zia e Millat Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Sahab Shaikh ul Fiqh Jamia Nizamia Hyderabad

Seeratul Mustafa by Hazrat Maulna Abdul Mustafa Azami

Shan-e-Habib e Rahman by Mufti Ahmed Yaar Naeemi

Kitab al-Miraj by Abu'l-Qasim al-Nisaburi (alleged)

An Nabi Ul Khaatim by sayyed manazar ahasan Gilani

Seerat Khateem Ul Ambiya by Muhammad Shafi Deobandi

Seerat Un Nabi SAW. by Allama Shibli Naumani

Seerat e Badr-Ud-Duja by Sayyed Shahabuddin Salfi Firdausi

Hanafi

Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani

"Mukhtasar al-Quduri" by Imam al-Quduri

Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Dur al-Mukhtar by Allama Sayyid Muhammad Ameen ibn `Aabideen ash-Shaami

"Nur al-Idah" – The Light of Clarification by Abu al-Ikhlas al-Hasan b. `Ammar b. `Ali b. Yusuf Shurunbulali

"Maraqi al Sa`adat" by Abu al-Ikhlas al-Hasan b. `Ammar b. `Ali b. Yusuf Shurunbulali

"Imdad al Fatah Sharh Nur al Idah" by Abu al-Ikhlas al-Hasan b. `Ammar b. `Ali b. Yusuf Shurunbulali

"Maraqi al Falah Sharh Nur al Idah" by Abu al-Ikhlas al-Hasan b. `Ammar b. `Ali b. Yusuf Shurunbulali

Fatawa-e-Alamgiri commissioned by sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb

Shafi'i

Al-Maqasid by Yahya Ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi

Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasik by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri

Bulugh Al Maram Min Ad Dillat AL Ahkam by Hafiz Ibne Hajar Al Asqlani

Minhaj Ut Talibeen By Abu Zakariya Yahya ibn Sharif an Nawawi

Umdat Us Salik by Shaikh Ahmed Ibn Naqeeb Al Misri

AL-MADARIJ by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

Maliki

Al Mudawanna by Imam Malik ibn Anas

Al Risala by Imam Abu Zayd Al Qayrawani

Al Mukhtasar by Imam Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi

Al-Murshid al-Mu’īn ‘ala al-Darûri min ‘Ulûm il-Dīn by ‘Abd ul-Waḥid ibn ‘Āshir (d. 1040 A.H.) [1]

Hanbali

Al-Kaafi fi fiqh al-Imaam Ahmad bin Hanbal by Ibn Qudamah

General

The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam by Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Nayl al-Awtar by Muhammad ash-Shawkani

History books

Raud al-Unuf by Al Suhayli, a commentary of Ibn Hisham's The Life of the Prophet

Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun

Genealogies of the Nobles by Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri

The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions by Ibn Abd-al-Barr

History of the Prophets and Kings by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari

The Complete History by Ali ibn al-Athir

al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah or Tarikh ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir

History of the Caliphs by Suyuti

The Caliphs who Took the Right Way by Suyuti

History of Baghdad by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi

Al-Farooq by Shibli Nomani

Ma'alim fi al-Tariq by Sayyid Qutb

Al-Imama wa al-Siyasa by Ibn Qutaybah

Al-Fitna Al-Kubra by Taha Hussein

Sirat al-Halbiya by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani

Fath al-Buldan by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri

Tabaqat al-Hanabilah by Ibn Abi Ya'la and Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali

Nobider Kahini by Dr. Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib

Tarikh E Tabri by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari

Tarikh E Islam by Maulana akbar Shah najibabadi

Tabqat Ibn Saad by Muhammad bin Saad

Tabqat E Kabeer by Muhammad bin Saad

Tarikh E Masoodi by Abul Hasan Bin Husain Bin Ali Al Masoodi

Tarikh E Farshita by Muhammad Qasim Farishta

Ehad e Risalat ke Mufassareen E Kiram by Shaikh Ruhullah Naqshbandi

Tabqat E nasiri by Maulana Mirhajuddin

Kitab Fuh Ul Buldan by Imam Abul Abbas Ahmed Ibn jabir Al Baladhuri

Maasir E Alamgiri by SAqi Mustaid Khan

Futuh Us Shaam by Imam Al Waqeedi

Al Insaf fi Bayan Asbab Al Iktikaaf by Shah Waliullah

Usdul Gabbah Fi Marifat Us Sahaba by Ibn Asir

Tarikh Dawat O Azimat by Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi

NIQATHUN-MIN-THAREEQIL ISLAM by Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

Travelogue

Ambiya A.s. Ki Sarzameen Me by Mufti Rafi Usmani DB

Jahan E Deeda by Mufti Taqi Usmani DB

Duniya Mere Aage by Mufti Taqi Usmani DB

Dariya E Kabul Se Darya E yarmuk Taq by Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi

Lahore se Ta Khak E Bukhara O SamaraQand by Shaikh Zulfiqar Sahab Naqshbandi

Safar Nama Aseerane Malta by Shaikh Husain Ahmed Madni

Biographical evaluation

Tahdhib al-Tahdhib by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani

The Great History by Muhammad al-Bukhari

Al-Kamal fi Asma' al-Rijal by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi

Tarikh Tafsir O Mufassareen by Ghulam Ahmed Harari

Hadees e Rasool ka Qurani Meyar by Maulana Tayyab Sahab

Hasnat Ul Akhbar- Tarikh Ul Hadees by Abdussamad sarni

Shi'a

Taufa Ithna Ashari by Shah Abdul Aziz

Al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami

Ayat-e-Bayyinat by Nawab Moshin ul Mulk

Ikhtilaf

Habib al-Siyar by Muhammad Khwandamir

Avicenna

The Incoherence of the Philosophers by Al-Ghazali

Dhikr

al-Wabil al-Sayyib by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Dala'il al-Khayrat by Muhammad al-Jazuli

Hisnul Muslim by Sa'id bin Ali bin Wahf Al-Qahtani

General

Kimiya-yi sa'ādat by Al-Ghazali

Adab

Minhaj ul Muslimeen by Syed Masood Ahmad

Tambeeh Ul Mugtareen by

ADABUL MUSLIM by Syed Sayed Ismaeel Shihabudheen Pookoya Thangal

Islamic economics

An Introduction to Islamic Finance — Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Present Financial Crisis Causes & Remedies — Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Our Socio-Economic Order — Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

The Historic Judgment on Interest — Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Political Islam

Hujjat al-Balagha by Shah Waliullah

The Economic System In Islam by Taqiuddin al-Nabhani

Siyasat E sharaiya by Ibn Taymiyyah

Kitab Ul Khiraj by Imam Abu Yusuf

Fi Zilal Al-Quran by Sayyid Qutb

Caliphate Hejaz and Saudi State by Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi

Miscellaneous books

Chach Nama by Kazí Ismail

Sharh al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah by Muhammad al-Zurqani

Sirush Shahadhathayn by Shah Abdul Aziz

Mu'jam Al-Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi

Wafa al-Wafa by Ali ibn Ahmad al-Samhudi

Ma'arij-ul-Nabuwwah by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi

Kitab Akhbar as-Sifat by Ibn Jawzi