The history of the Sudan has been the subject of greater inquiry than almost any other country of Sub-Saharan Africa. The scope and depth of the literature is overwhelming and cannot and should not be repeated here, for there are several excellent bibliographies which the general reader, student, or scholar can consult to investigate specific subjects. This bibliography was compiled by me during the writing of A Modern History of the Sudan (forthcoming) for the Cambridge University Press. Upon completion of the manuscript for the press, my editor and I realized that this bibliography of books concerning the history of the modern Sudan was much too long and detailed for a general history. I subsequently reduced the number of books listed here to only a third of those most pertinent to the text.