Flutist Autobiographies and Biographies

• James Pappoutsakis: His Artistry and Inspired Teaching - Nina Barwell
  
• Taffanel: Genius of the Flute - Edward Blakeman
• The Man with the Golden Flute: Sir James, a Celtic Minstrel - James Galway
• Marcel Moyse: Voice of the Flute - Ann McCutchan
• Music, My Love - Jean Pierre Rampal
• Monarch of the Flute: The Life of Georges Barrere - Nancy Toff
• Marcel Moyse: An Extraordinary Man - Trevor Wye
  

Flute History and Historical Methods

• The Flute and Flute Playing - Theobald Boehm
• The Early Flute: A Practical Guide - Rachel Brown
• Principles of the Flute, Recorder and Oboe - Jacques-Martin Hotteterre
  
• The Notation Is Not the Music: Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance - Barthold Kuijken
  
• The Flute - Ardal Powell
• A Treatise On The Construction, The History, And The Practice Of The Flute - Richard Shepherd Rockstro 
• The Early Flute - John Solum
• The Flute Book: A Complete Guide for Students and Performers - Nancy Toff
• On Playing the Flute: The Classic of Baroque Music Instruction - Johann Joachim Quantz
• The Rules of Musical Interpretation in the Baroque Era - Jean-Claude Veilhan

Flute Performance Methods

• Bel Canto Flute: The Rampal School - Sheryl Cohen
• The Other Flute - Robert Dick
• The Gilbert Legacy - Angeleita Floyd
• The Complete Piccolo - Jan Gippo
• Interpretation - Peter-Lukas Graf
• Kincaidiana: A Flute Player's Notebook - John C. Krell
• The Simple Flute: From A to Z - Michel Debost
• The Art of Flute Playing - Edward V. Putnik

Music Career Help

• Beyond Talent: Creating a Sucessful Career in Music - Angela Myles Beeching
• Becoming an Orchestral Musician: A Guide for Aspiring Professionals - Richard Davis

Practice Psychology

• The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity - Julia Cameron
• The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart - Madeline Bruser
• Zen in the Art of Archery - Eugen Herrigel
• The Inner Game of Music - Barry Green, W. Timothy Gallwey
• The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life - Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander

Other Suggested Books

• A to Z of Foreign Musical Terms - Christine Ammer
• Johnathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach
• The Joy of Music - Leonard Bernstein
• What to Listen for in Music - Aaron Copland
• Arnold Jacobs: Song and Wind - Brian Frederiksen
• Outliers: The Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell
• Musician's Yoga - Mia Olson
• The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
• ​The Orchestra Speaks - Bernard Shore