When we get started our course in Macroeconomics and Microeconomics lessons, we are always curious about the reference book to start to read. As this is the common topic every professor will talk at the very beginning of each course. I hereby try to give you some more hints, because many professors have their own tastes. So I make up some a list so that you can find out whether you have missed something or not. If you find this list is incomplete, please contact me by sending email to Mr.JinYi[at]gmail.com.

Ok, now let’s start from the basic economics, or so-called principles of economics:

The very first book we have to recommend is the book of Greg Mankiw
Principles of Microeconomics
Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 5 edition (September 24, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0324589980
ISBN-13: 978-0324589986
Principles of Macroeconomics
Paperback: 584 pages
Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 5 edition (September 25, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0324589999
ISBN-13: 978-0324589993

As well, you can use another book written by Paul Samuelson and William Nordhaus, which in my opinion is a book more suitable for a reader with some basic ideas of economics. And this book is also suitable to be regarded as a reference book of the basic economics. If you don’t want to go further in the macroeconomics or the microeconomics world, this reference book is enough for your study.
Economics 19th edition
Hardcover: 744 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 19th edition (April 8, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0073511293
ISBN-13: 978-0073511290

However the book from Joseph E. Stiglitz has got several critics, I still recommend to explore it when you are in the library or in the bookstore.
Economics (Fourth Edition)
Hardcover: 830 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Fourth Edition edition (April 1, 2006)
ISBN-10: 0393168174
ISBN-13: 978-0393168174

Now let’s see some books which go further in the microeconomics field:
So when you step in the microeconomics field, you will find that the book from Pindyck & Rubinfeld is extremely useful, the explanation and the graphics are quite clear and easy to understand. In my learning experience, I can find exactly what the professor is talking about in that certain book.
Microeconomics (7th Edition)
Loose Leaf: 768 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 7 edition (March 14, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0136111858
ISBN-13: 978-0136111856

For the analysis of microeconomics, the book from Hal R. Varian is the superb reference book to read, as many researchers in the application of microeconomics field highly recommended this book.
Microeconomic Analysis, Third Edition
Hardcover: 563 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 3rd edition (March 17, 1992)
ISBN-10: 0393957357
ISBN-13: 978-0393957358

Well, if you want to get yourself interested in the application of the science of economics, try this one: Freakonomics.

For those who are in the macroeconomics field, let’s have a look at these books:
The intermediate level of macroeconomics is more complicated with more models set up and more variables to observe. Olivier Blanchard has written the book of macroeconomics which, I believe, could guide you in the macroeconomics field.
Macroeconomics (5th Edition)
Hardcover: 656 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 5 edition (May 26, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0132078295
ISBN-13: 978-0132078290

Anyway, the book from RUDI DORNBUSCH is also a great book to read.
Macroeconomics
Hardcover: 720 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 10 edition (September 4, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0073128112
ISBN-13: 978-0073128115

In the end of this entry, I hope you could find something interesting and useful for you economics study. In the future, I will post out some other book lists recommended for the other field of study, like econometrics or finance.

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