This is a list of significant books in the doctrines of Sunni Islam. A classical example of an index of Islamic books can be found in Kitāb al-Fihrist of Ibn Al-Nadim.
The Qur'an
Quran
Qur'anic translations (in English) Some notable & famous quranic translations in English language.
Kanzul Iman by Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi The Noble Qur'an by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Shaykh Taqi ud din al Hilali The Meaning of the Glorious Koran by Marmaduke Pickthall The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali The Qur'an: A New Translation by Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem The Clear Quran: A Thematic English Translation by Dr. Mustafa Khattab The Noble Quran: Meaning With Explanatory Notes by Taqi Usmani
Tafsir (Exegesis of the Qur'an)
Classical Tafsirs Tafsir Mujahid by Mujahid ibn Jabr Tafsir al-Tabari by Al-Tabari Tafsir al-Maturidi by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi Tafsir al-Samarqandi by Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi Tafsir al-Thalabi by Al-Tha'labi Tafsir al-Basit by Al-Wahidi Tafsir al-Wasit by Al-Wahidi Tafsir al-Wajiz by Al-Wahidi Tafsir al-Baghawi by Al-Baghawi Ahkam al-Qur'an by Al-Kiya al-Harrasi Ahkam al-Qur'an by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi Tafsir Ibn Atiyya by Ibn 'Atiyya Zad al-Masir fi Ilm al-Tafsir by Ibn al-Jawzi Al-Tafsir al-Kabir (also known as: Mafatih al-Ghayb) by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi Al-Taysir fi al-Tafsir by Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi Al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an by Al-Qurtubi Madarik al-Tanzil by Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi Tafsir al-Baydawi by Al-Baydawi Tafsir al-Nisaburi by Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi Tafsir al-Khazin by 'Ala al-Din al-Khazin Al-Bahr al-Muhit by Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati At-Tahsil li-'Ulumi al-Tanzil by Ibn Juzayy Tafsir ibn Kathir by Ibn Kathir Tafsir al-Jalalayn by Al-Mahalli and Al-Suyuti Dur al-Manthur by Al-Suyuti
Modern Tafsirs Tafsir Ibn Ajiba by Ahmad ibn Ajiba Ruh al-Ma'ani by Mahmud al-Alusi Risale-i Nur by Bediüzzaman Said Nursi Tafsir Ibn Ashur by Ibn Ashur Al-Tafsir Al-Mawdu'i li-suwar Al-Qur'an al-Karim by Muhammad al-Ghazali Safwat al-Tafasir by Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni
Urdu Tafsirs Kanzul Iman by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Bayan al-Quran by Ashraf Ali Thanwi Maariful Quran by Muhammad Shafi Tafseer-e-Majidi by Abdul Majid Daryabadi Tafhim-ul-Quran by Abul A'la Maududi Anwar Ul Bayan by Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri
Quranic Sciences Al-Nasikh wa al-Mansukh by Abu Ubaid al-Qasim bin Salam Kitab al-Sabʿa fī al-Qraʾat by Abu Bakr Ibn Mujāhid Asbab al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi Dala'il al-I'jaz by Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani Al-Mufradat fi Gharib al-Quran by Al-Raghib al-Isfahani Shatibiyyah by Abu al-Qasim al-Shatibi Muqaddimah fi Usul al-Tafsir by Ibn Taymiyyah Al-Burhan fi ʿUlum al-Qur'an by Al-Zarkashi Mawaqiʿ al-ʿUlum min Mawaqiʿ al-Nujum by Jalal al-Din al-Bulqini Al-Itqan by Al-Suyuti Al-Muqaddima al-Jazariyya by Ibn al-Jazari Tayyibat al-Nashr by Ibn al-Jazari Al-Nashr fi al-Qira'at al-ʿAshr by Ibn al-Jazari Al-Tamhid fi ʿIlm al-Tajwid by Ibn al-Jazari Manahil al-ʿIrfan fi ʿUlum al-Qur'an by Muhammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzim al-Zurqani Al-Fawz al-Kabir by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
Hadith
Kutub al-Sittah (The Six Books) The most authoritative collections of Hadith are called The Six Books. Sahih al-Bukhari - compiled by Muhammad al-Bukhari Sahih Muslim - compiled by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Al-Sunan al-Sughra - compiled by Al-Nasa'i Sunan Abi Dawud - compiled by Abu Dawood Sunan al-Tirmidhi - compiled by Al-Tirmidhi Sunan ibn Majah - compiled by Ibn Majah
Other primary Hadith collections Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas Kitab al-Athar of Muhammad al-Shaybani Musannaf of ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani Musnad of Imam Shafi‘i Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shaybah Musnad of Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh MusnadSahifah Ibn Munabbih of Hammam ibn Munabbih (d. 719 A.D.) is included in it. of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal Sunan of al-Darimi Al-Adab al-Mufrad of Muhammad al-Bukhari Musnad of Abu Bakr Ahmad al-Bazzar Musnad Abi Ya'la of Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili Tahdhib al-Athar of al-Tabari Sahih of Ibn Khuzaymah Sahih of Ibn Hibban Al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer of al-Tabarani Sunan of Al-Daraqutni Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn of Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri Sunan al-Kubra of Al-Bayhaqi Shu'ab al-Iman of Al-Bayhaqi Al-Sunan al-Wusta of Al-Bayhaqi
Secondary Hadith collections These were compiled from the primary collections. Masabih al-Sunnah by Al-Baghawi Musnad al-Firdous by Abu Mansur Al-Daylami Jami' al-Usul fi Ahadith al-Rasul by Majd ad-Dīn Ibn Athir At-Targhib wat-Tarhib by Al-Mundhiri Riyadh as-Saaliheen by Al-Nawawi Al-Arba'in al-Nawawiyyah by Al-Nawawi Mishkat al-Masabih by Khatib Al-Tabrizi Talkhis al-MustadrakAn abridged version by Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain of Hakim al-Nishaburi. by al-Dhahabi Majma al-Zawa'id by Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami Al-Jaami' al-Kabir by Al-Suyuti Al-Jami' as-Saghir by Al-Suyuti Kanz al-Ummal by Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi
Hadith commentaries (Sharh) Commentaries on Sahih al-Bukhari A'lam al-Sunan by al-Khattabi Sharh Ibn Battal by Ibn Battal Al-Kawakib al-Darari by Shams al-Din al-Kirmani Al-Tawdhih by Ibn al-Mulaqqin Fath al-Bari by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani Umdat al-Qari by Badr al-Din al-Ayni Irshad al-Sari by al-Qastallani
Commentaries on Sahih Muslim Ikmāl al-Muʿlim bi-Fawāʾid Muslim by Qadi Iyad Al-Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim by Al-Nawawi
Commentaries on Sunan al-Nasa'i Sharh Sunan Al-Nasa'ai by Al-Suyuti
Commentaries on Sunan Abi Dawud Ma'alim al-Sunan by Al-Khattabi Sharh Sunan Abi Dawud by Ibn Raslan Badhl al-Majhud by Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri
Commentaries on Sunan al-Tirmidhi Aridat al-Ahwadhi bi-Sharh Sahih al-Tirmidhi by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
Commentaries on Al-Muwatta Al-Tamhid by Ibn 'Abd al-Barr Al-Muntaqa Sharh al-Muwatta by Abu al-Walid al-Baji Kitab al-Qabas fi Sharh Muwatta Malik by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi Awjaz al-Masalik by Zakariyya Kandhlawi
Other Hadith commentaries Commentary on Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith by Ibn Daqiq al-'Id Mirqat al-Mafatih Sharh Mishkat al-masabih by Ali al-Qari Fayd al-Qadir by Al-Munawi Silsalat al-Hadith as-Sahiha by Al-Albani
Fabricated Hadith collection Al-Mawduʿat al-Kubra by Ibn al-Jawzi
Hadith studies Introduction to the Science of Hadith (Muqaddimah fi Ulum al-Ḥadith) by Ibn al-Salah Some of the works of al-Madini Tawil Mukhtalif al-Hadith by Ibn Qutaybah Gharib al-Hadith by Al-Khattabi al-Kifaya fi ma'rifat usul 'ilm al-riwaya by Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi al-Ilma ila Maʿrifa Usul al-Riwaya wa Taqyid al-Samaʿ by Qadi Ayyad Al-Muqizah fi 'Ilm Mustalah al-Hadith by Al-Dhahabi Alfiyya of al-Iraqi by Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi Muqaddimah al-Badr al-Munir by Ibn al-Mulaqqin Nukhbat al-Fikar by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani Al-Maqasid al-Hasanah by Al-Sakhawi Alfiyyah al-Hadit by Al-Suyuti Tadrib al-Rawi by Al-Suyuti
Ahadith al-Ahkam Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar by Al-Tahawi Sharh Mushkil al-Athar by Al-Tahawi Umdat al-Ahkam by Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi Muntaqa al-Akhbar by Majd ad-Din ibn Taymiyya Khilasat al-Ahkam min Muhimmat al-Sunan wa Qawa'id al-Islam by Al-Nawawi Ihkam al-Ahkam by Ibn Daqiq al-'Id Al-I'lam bi Fawa'id Umdat al-Ahkam by Ibn al-Mulaqqin Tarh al‑Tathrib fī Sharh al‑Taqrib by Wali al-Din al-'Iraqi Bulugh al-Maram by Ibn Hajar Asqalani Nayl al-Awtar by Al-Shawkani
Aqidah (Creed/Theology) Al-Fiqh al-Akbar by Abu Hanifa Al-Fiqh al-Absat by Abu Hanifa Al-Wasiyyah by Abu Hanifa Nawadir al-Usul by Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi Khalq Afal al-Ibad by Muhammad al-Bukhari al-Ikhtilāf fī al-Lafz wa al-Radd ‘alā al-Jahmiyyah wal-Mushabbiha by Ibn Qutaybah Al-Tabsir fi Ma'aalim al-Deen by Al-Tabari Kitab at-Tawheed by Ibn Khuzaymah Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Al-Tahawi Maqalat al-Islamiyyin by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari Istihsan al-Khawd fi 'Ilm al-Kalam by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari Al-Luma by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari Al-Ibana by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari Kitab al-Tawhid by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi Al-Sawad al-A'zam by Al-Hakim al-Samarqandi Al-Shari'ah by Abu Bakr al-Ajurri Al-Mutalif wa al-Mukhtalif by Al-Daraqutni Al-Risala al-Qayrawaniyya by Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani Al-Ibaanah by Ibn Battah Al-Sunnah by Ibn Manda Al-Iman by Ibn Manda Al-Insaf fima Yajib I'tiqaduh by Al-Baqillani Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq by Abu Mansur Al-Baghdadi Hilyat al-Awliya wa Tabaqat al-Asfiya by Abu Nu`aym Al-Arba`in ala Madhhab al-Mutahaqqiqin min al-Sufiyya by Abu Nu`aym Aqidah al-Salafi Ahl al-Hadith by Al-Sabuni Al-Asma' wa al-Sifat by Al-Bayhaqi Al-I'tqaad alaa Madhabis-Salaf Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah by Al-Bayhaqi Hayat ul Anbiya fi Quboor by Al-Bayhaqi Al-Durrah fi ma Yazibu Itiqaduhu by Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi Al-Ishara ila Madhhab Ahl al-Haqq by Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi Kashf ul Mahjoob by Ali Hujwiri Al-Irshad 'ila Qawati' al-Adilla fi Usul al-I'tiqad by Al-Juwayni Al-Shamil fi Usul al-Din by Al-Juwani Al-Aqida al-Nizamiyya by Al-Juwayni Luma' al-Adilla fi Qawa'id 'Aqā'id Ahl al-Sunna by Al-Juwayni Ihya' Ulum al-Din by Al-Ghazali Al-Iqtisad fi al-I'tiqad by Al-Ghazali Iljam al-Awwam fi Ilm al-Kalam by Al-Ghazali Tabsirat al-Adilla by Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi Talkhis al-Adilla li-Qawa'id al-Tawhid by Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari Al-Aqaid al-Nasafiyya by Abu Hafs Umar al-Nasafi Tartib al-Madarik wa takrib al-Masalik by Qadi Ayyad al-I`lam bi Hudud Qawa'id al-Islam by Qadi Ayyad Daqa`iq al-akhbar fi dhikr al-janna wa-l-nar by Qadi Ayyad Al-Milal wa al-Nihal by Al-Shahrastani Nihayat al-Iqdam fi 'Ilm al-Kalam by Al-Shahrastani Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq by Abdul-Qadir Gilani Al-Fath ar-Rabbani by Abdul-Qadir Gilani Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari by Ibn Asakir Al-Baz al-Ashhab by Ibn al-Jawzi Muhassal by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi Asas al-Taqdis by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi Lumat al-Itiqad by Ibn Qudama Abkar al-Afkar by Sayf al-Din al-Amidi Nihayat al-Mubtadi'in fi Usul al-Deen by Ibn Hamdan Al-Aqidah Al-Waasitiyyah by Ibn Taymiyyah Al-Aqidah al-Hamawiyyah by Ibn Taymiyya Kitab al-Iman by Ibn Taymiyyah Nur al-Mubin by Ibn Juzayy Al-Sayf al-Saqil fi al-Radd ala Ibn Zafil by Taqi al-Din al-Subki Kitab ar-Ruh by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya Al-Mawāqif fī 'ilm al-kalām by Adud al-Din al-Iji Aqaid al-Adudiyya by Adud al-Din al-Iji Sharh al-'Aqa'id al-Nasafiyya by al-Taftazani Sharh Al-Aqīdah At-Tahawiyyah by Ibn Abi al-Izz Al-Farq bayna an-Nasihah wat-Ta'yir by Ibn Rajab Lubab al-Muhassal by Ibn Khaldun Al-'Aqida al-Kubra by Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi Al-'Aqida al-Wusta by Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi Umm al-Barahin by Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi Sharh Fiqh al-Akbar by Ali al-Qari Maktubat Imam Rabbani by Ahmad Sirhindi Jawharat al-Tawhid by Ibrahim al-Laqqani Akhbar al-Akhyar by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi Takmīl al-Iman by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi Hujjat Allah al-Baligha by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi Kitab at-Tawhid by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Risāla fī ʿilm al-Tawḥīd by al-Bajuri by Ibrahim al-Bajuri Fitnat al-Wahhabiyya by Ahmad Zayni Dahlan Ilm-ul-Kalam by Shibli Nomani Al-Kalam by Shibli Nomani Al-Aqidah at-Tahawiyyah Sharh wa Ta'liq by Al-Albani Al-Muhannad ala al-Mufannad by Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari Al-Sharh al-Kabir 'ala al-'Aqida al-Tahawiyya by Sa'id Foudah
Fiqh (Jurisprudence)
Hanafi Ẓāhir al-Riwāyah by Abu Hanifa, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani Ikhtilaf Abi Hanifa wa Ibn Abi Layla by Abu Yusuf Al-Asl by Muhammad al-Shaybani Mukhtasar al-Tahawi by Al-Tahawi Al-Kafi by Hakim al-Shahid Mukhtasar al-Quduri by Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad al-Qudūrī Al-Mabsut by Al-Sarakhsi Al-Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani Fath al-Qadir by Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam Multaqa al-Abḥur by Ibrāhīm al-Ḥalabī Fath Ar-Rahman Fi Isbat-e-Madhhab an-Nu'man by Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi Durr ul-Mukhtar by Muhammad Ala ad-Din Haskafi Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Dur al-Mukhtar by Ibn Abidin Majallah al-Aḥkām al-ʿAdlīyah commissioned by the Ottoman Empire Hukuki İslamiye ve Istılahı Fıkhiyye Kamus by Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen
Compilation of Fatwa (Edicts) Fatawa Aziz by Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi