Buddhism
Peter Harvey, An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012).
Keown, Damien and Charles Prebish, Introducing Buddhism (London: Routledge, 2009).
Keown, Damien. Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd edn, Very Short Introductions (Oxford, 2013).
Mitchell, Donald W. Introducing the Buddhist Experience (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).
Robinson, R. H., W.L. Johnson, and Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Buddhist Religions: A Historical Introduction (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. Inc., 2003).
The Buddha’s Life
M. Carrithers, The Buddha: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001).
Theravāda Buddhism
Gombrich, Richard. Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo (London: Routledge, 1988).
Gethin, Rupert. The Foundations of Buddhism (Oxford: Oxford Paperbacks, 1998).
Williams, Paul, Anthony Tribe, and Alex Wynne, Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition (London: Routledge, 2011).
Mahāyāna Buddhism
Paul Williams, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations (London: Routledge, 1989).
Tibetan Buddhism
Powers, John. Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism (Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2008).
Samuel, Geoffrey. Introducing Tibetan Buddhism (London: Routledge, 2012).