These ratings are up to date as at the end of Series 1, (Episodes 00 – Episode 29)
A note on Ratings: Please note that the top rating at this point is a 8/10 – the first series is intended to be a benchmark against which future books will be rated, so by not rating a book as 10/10 – I avoid the problem of later books being better and being unable to rate them higher. (Note, I’ve made an exception to this rule on the Anarchist’s Workbench, you can listen to the podcsast to get my reasoning behind this)
Books are rated in one or more categories to allow listeners to sort based on category and find their favourites in this way.
| # | Book | Author | Category | /10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Anarchists Tool Chest | Christopher Schwarz | All-Round | 8.0 |
| 2 | The Perfect Edge | Ron Hock | Miscellaneous | 8.0 |
| 2 | The Perfect Edge | Ron Hock | Sharpening | 8.0 |
| 3 | The Solution at Hand | Robert Wearing | Tools | 8.0 |
| 4 | Making Wood Tools | John Wilson | Miscellaneous | 8.0 |
| 4 | Making Wood Tools | John Wilson | Tools | 8.0 |
| 5 | The Handplane Book | Garrett Hack | Planes | 8.5 |
| 5 | The Handplane Book | Garrett Hack | Tools | 8.5 |
| 6 | Getting Started with Handplanes | Scott Wynn | Planes | 6.0 |
| 6 | Getting Started with Handplanes | Scott Wynn | Tools | 6.0 |
| 7 | Handplane Essentials | Christopher Schwarz | Planes | 8.0 |
| 7 | Handplane Essentials | Christopher Schwarz | Tools | 8.0 |
| 9 | The Village Carpenter | Walter Rose | Autobiography | 7.0 |
| 9 | The Village Carpenter | Walter Rose | History | 7.0 |
| 10 | Country Furniture | Aldren Watson | History | 8.0 |
| 10 | Country Furniture | Aldren Watson | Techniques | 8.0 |
| 12 | The Joiner and Cabinet Maker | Anonymous | History | 8.0 |
| 13 | The Minimalist Woodworker | Vic Tesolin | All-Round | 8.0 |
| 15 | Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction | Gary Rogowski | Philosophy | 8.0 |
| 17 | Hands Employed Aright | Joshua Klein | History | 8.5 |
| 18 | Workbenches: From Design and Theory to Construction and Use | Christopher Schwarz | Workbenches | 8.0 |
| 19 | Ingenious Mechanicks | Christopher Schwarz | Workbenches | 7.0 |
| 19 | Ingenious Mechanicks | Christopher Schwarz | History | 7.5 |
| 20 | The Workbench Design | Christopher Schwarz | Workbenches | 7.0 |
| 21 | The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Woodworking Handtools Vol 1 | Graham Blackburn | Tools | 5.0 |
| 22 | The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Woodworking Handtools Vol 2 | Graham Blackburn | Tools | 7.5 |
| 25 | With the Grain | Christiaan Becksvoort | Wood | 7.0 |
| 26 | The Anarchist's Workbench | Christopher Schwarz | Workbenches | 10 |
| 27 | A Reverence for Wood | Eric Sloane | History | 7.0 |
| 27 | A Reverence for Wood | Eric Sloane | Wood | 6.5 |
| 28 | Wood! | Eric Meier | Wood | 7.5 |
| 29 | The Artisan of Ipswich | Robert Tarule | History | 8.0 |
