Over the years I have built up a collection of over 80 books about air crashes which make compulsive reading, in particular the work involved in identifying the root cause of an aviation disaster.

Here is a selection of my recommended aviation reading:

AIR DISASTER (Volumes 1, 2 and 3)
Macarthur Job

CREW RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -
Awareness, Cockpit Efficiency & Safety
Brian McAllister

FATAL WORDS -
Communication Clashes and Aircraft Crashes
Steven Cushing

AIRLIFE'S REGISTER OF AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS -
Facts, Statistics and Analysis of Civil Accidents Since 1951
Antonio Bordoni

UNHEEDED WARNING -
The Inside Story of American Eagle Flight 4184
Stephen A. Frederick

AIRCRAFT SAFETY -
Accident Investigations, Analyses and Applications
Shari Stamford Krause, Ph.D.

WORLD DIRECTORY OF AIRLINER CRASHES -
A Comprehensive Record of More Than 10,000
Passenger Aircraft Accidents
Terry Denham