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Donald Michael Kraig - Modern Magick: Eleven Lessons in the High Magickal Arts
Call it Golden Dawn Lite...but this is an excellent book. I've seen Mr. Kraig put down for some of his more self-aggrandizing comments in this text, but they are few and far between (when I first heard the remarks, I had to hunt for them). This is a well rounded course in magick, beginning with the basics of energy control and divination and moving on into talismans, the Qabalah and even Tantra. One of the blurbs on the book cover says it could have been written by "Crowley himself"; I heartily disagree. Crowley, at his most lucid, couldn't have written this concise, mostly even-handed and easy to work with book. Highest marks for Mr. Kraig. There is also an audio tape available as a companion to this book, the tape contains the correct pronunciations of the Hebrew and Enochian words used in the text (I do not own the tape).
Israel Regardie, et al - The Golden Dawn
The occult resource! So much of modern occultism and Paganism is based on the pioneering work of the early Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, it makes this text invaluable to anyone who practices magick. Even if the Qabalah holds no interest for you, this work contains so much information and history it should be read by everyone. That said, its dry and hard to get into. The rituals are long, the knowledge "lectures" not lectures but lists of information meant to be learned by rote...taken in small doses, its good for you.
Donald Tyson - Ritual Magick: What It Is and How to Do It
A survey of the many of the forms that Ritual Magick takes today, from Witchcraft to the Golden Dawn, Thelema to Satanism, Tyson covers them all, giving a little history and some basic information on each. A fun read, but not terribly substantial.
Aliester Crowley - 777 And Other Qabalistic Writings of Aliester Crowley
One of Crowley's best known works, 777 is a compendium of magickal correspondences for the Qabalist (or just plain old magickian). It also contains a gematria section where the numerical value of hundreds of Hebrew words are given. This is an important and valuable book for any ceremonialist, though as with all Crowley, it is to be taken with a grain of salt and it should be realized that many of his contemporaries disagreed with his attributions (most vociferous of his opponents being Dion Fortune, whose work -The Mystical Qabalah should also be on the shelf of any practicing occultist.
Aliester Crowley - Eight Lectures on Yoga
This work is actually from two series of lectures presented by Crowley in his own inimatible and irreverent fashion. Possibly his most accessible work, it is delivered in a conversational style with few obscure references and a strong dose of cynical humor. Through it all, Crowley does manage to provide a nice overview of the history and practice of yoga. Though his simplification of the process to: "...sit down, shut up, get out..." might turn some people off, I believe his point was to demystify yoga and meditation, to make it an attainable process rather than some esoteric Eastern art available only to fakirs and their like.
Aliester Crowley - Book 4
Now available as part of the compendium that Crowley originally envisioned Magick: Libra Abra: Book Four, Book 4 is intended as a companion to Magick: In Theory and Practice (which unfortunately is unavailable through Amazon at this time). Its essays on the Elemental Weapons and Magickal States are must reads for the practicing occultist. This is Crowley at his best (is that an oxymoron?).
Aliester Crowley - The Book of Thoth
Crowley's work on the Tarot, in particular the Thoth Tarot, created by Crowley and the Lady Frieda Harris. A valuable work, doubtlessly; like most Crowley, it is obscure at times and the style is often hard to penetrate. His essays on The Fool are worth the price of the book.
Aliester Crowley (with an introduction by Israel Regardie) - Magick Without Tears
Magick Without Tears was written late in Crowley's life, a collection of letters sent to a student. It is classic Crowley, full of himself and his theories. There is much to be learned from this text, but it is certainly not for those unfamiliar with Crowley and his style.
Aliester Crowley, et al - Magick: Libra Abra: Book Four
Published posthumously, Crowley's greatest work gathered together in the compendium he had envisioned as he wrote the works contained, expanded and revised. I do not yet own this work, as I own individual copies of its contents, but it is on my list of Crowleyana to obtain.