- The Holy Bible
- The Worship Pastor, Zac Hicks
- 126 Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting, Robin Frederick
- The Music Producer’s Handbook, Bobby Owsinski
- The Craft of Christian Songwriting, Robert Sterling
- Singing for the Stars, Seth Riggs
- Successful Songwriting: A How-To Manual for Christian Songwriters,Tony Llewellyn
- Shortcuts to Songwriting for Film & TV, Robin Frederick
- The Songwriters Workshop: Melody, Berklee Press
- Method Songwriting, Buddy Kaye
Songwriting Sourcebook, Songs and Solos, Rikky Rooksby
- Mixing Secrets, Mike Senior
Singing for the Stars, Seth Riggs - Songwriting: a Complete Guide to the Craft, Stephen Citron
- The Art of Writing Great Lyrics, Pamela Oland
- The Complete Singer Songwriter, Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
- Songwriters Coloring Book, Bill Pere
- Tunesmith: inside the art of songwriting, Jimmy Webb
- Live Music Method, Tom Jackson
COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS
Most of these are recommended by Berklee College of Music in Boston:
- The Plain And Simple Guide To Music Publishing, Randall D. Wixen
- What They’ll Never Tell You About The Music Business, Eric Beall
- Making Money Making Music, Eric Beall
- The Billboard Guide To Writing And Producing Songs That Sell, Eric Beall
- Essential Guide to Rhyming, Pat Pattison
- Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure, Pat Pattison
- Melody in Songwriting, Jack Perricone
- The Songwriters Workshop, Jimmy Kachulis
- Popular Lyric Writing, Andrea Stolpe