Start with high-confidence the koran & commentary books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
In the Shade of the Qur'an Vol. 18 (fi Zilal Al-qur'an)
Sayyid Qutb, Adil Salahi
A Textbook of Hadith Studies
Mohammad Hashim Kamali
Dear Moon
Zayneb Haleem
A Concise Guide to the Quran
Ayman S. Ibrahim
