FOUNDATION TEXTS:

Cardew, Michael. Pioneer Pottery. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1969.
Davis, Harry. The Potter’s Alternative. Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Company, 1986.
Illian, Clary. A Potter’s Workbook. Iowa City: University of Iowa, 1999.
Leach, Bernard. A Potter’s Book.
Rawson, Philip. Ceramics. Oxford University Press, 1971.

HISTORICAL:

Leach, Bernard. The Potter’s Challenge. New York: Dutton, 1975.
Sweezy, Nancy. Raised in Clay: The Southern Pottery Tradition. Washington, DC: The Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984.
Watkins, Laura. Early New England Potters and Their Wares.
Wilson, Richard L. The Art of Ogata Kenzan: Persona and Production in Japanese Ceramics. New York: Weatherhill, 1991.
Zug, Charles G. Turners and Burners: The Folk Potters of North Carolina. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1986.

TECHNICAL:

Hamer, Frank and Janet. The Potter’s Dictionary of Materials and Techniques. Third Edition. London: AC Black. 1993.
Mark Shapiro, Improving Your Pots. Class Handout.

ALSO: Studio Potter magazine from the 1970s to the present is an excellent resource for all of these subjects.