A list of books and essays about Stanley Kubrick and his films.

Biographies and interviews

• Baxter, John (1998). Stanley Kubrick: A Biography. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0-00-638445-8.
• Ciment, Michel (18 September 2003). Kubrick: The Definitive Edition. Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-21108-1.
• Herr, Michael (2001). Kubrick. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-330-48113-7.
• Kolker, Robert P.; Abrams, Nathan (2024). Kubrick: An Odyssey. Pegasus Books. ISBN 978-1639366248.
• Kubrick, Christiane (2002). Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-8212-2815-9.
• LoBrutto, Vincent (April 1999). Stanley Kubrick: A Biography. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80906-4.
• Mikics, David. Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-22440-5.
• Phillips, Gene D. (1 January 2001). Stanley Kubrick: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-57806-297-3.
• Walker, Alexander (1 January 1972). Stanley Kubrick Directs (Expanded ed.). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ISBN 978-0156848923.

General

• Abrams, Jerold (4 May 2007). The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-7256-9.
• Bane, Charles (2006). Viewing Novels, Reading Films: Stanley Kubrick and the Art of Adaptation as Interpretation. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. ISBN 978-0-542-81110-4.
• Castle, Alison; Kubrick, Stanley (2005). The Stanley Kubrick Archives. Taschen Deutschland. ISBN 978-3-8228-2284-5.
• Ciment, Michel (18 September 2003). Kubrick: The Definitive Edition. Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-21108-1.
• Cocks, Geoffrey (2004). The Wolf at the Door: Stanley Kubrick, History, & the Holocaust. Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-7115-0.
• Cocks, Geoffrey; Diedrick, James; Perusek, Glenn (1 August 2006). Depth of Field: Stanley Kubrick, Film, and the Uses of History. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-21613-9.
• Coyle, Wallace (1980). Stanley Kubrick, a Guide to References and Resources. G. K. Hall. ISBN 978-0-8161-8058-5.
• D'Alessandro, Emilio; Ulivieri, Filippo (5 September 2012). Stanley Kubrick e me. Trent'anni accanto a lui. Rivelazioni e cronache inedite dell'assistente personale di un genio [Stanley Kubrick and me: Thirty Years Next to Him – Revelation and Unreleased Chronicles by a Genius' Personal Assistant] (in Italian). Il Saggiatore. ISBN 978-88-6576-239-4.
• Duncan, Paul (2003). Stanley Kubrick: Visual Poet 1928-1999. Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8228-1592-2.
• Eugeni, Ruggero (2015). Invito al cinema di Kubrick [Invitation to Kubrick's Cinema] (in Italian). Mursia. ISBN 9788842554424.
• Falsetto, Mario (1996). Perspectives on Stanley Kubrick. G.K. Hall. ISBN 978-0-8161-1991-2.
• Falsetto, Mario (1 January 2001). Stanley Kubrick: A Narrative and Stylistic Analysis. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-275-96974-5.
• Felden, Thorsten (August 2007). Man/Machine Interaction in the Work of Stanley Kubrick. GRIN Verlag. ISBN 978-3-638-72193-6.
• Fenwick, James (2020). Stanley Kubrick Produces. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9781978814882.
• Fischer, Ralf Michael (2009). Raum und Zeit im filmischen Oeuvre von Stanley Kubrick [Space and Time in Stanley Kubrick's Cinematic Oeuvre] (in German). Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7861-2598-3.
• García Mainar, Luis M. (2000). Narrative and Stylistic Patterns in the Films of Stanley Kubrick. Camden House Publishing. ISBN 978-1-57113-265-9.
• Ghezzi, Enrico (21 March 2007). Stanley Kubrick. Il Castoro cinema (in Italian) (5th ed.). Milano: Il Castoro. ISBN 978-8880334170.((cite book)): CS1 maint: date and year (link)
• Harlan, Jan; Struthers, Jane M. (2009). A. I. Artificial Intelligence: From Stanley Kubrick to Steven Spielberg - The Vision Behind the Film. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-51489-4.
• Howard, James (1999). Stanley Kubrick Companion. Batsford Books. ISBN 978-0-7134-8487-8.
• Hughes, David (31 May 2013). The Complete Kubrick. Ebury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4481-3321-5.
• Jacke, Andreas (February 2009). Stanley Kubrick: eine Deutung der Konzepte seiner Filme [Stanley Kubrick: An Interpretation of the Concepts in His Films] (in German). Psychosozial-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-89806-856-7.
• Jenkins, Greg (1 January 1997). Stanley Kubrick and the Art of Adaptation: Three Novels, Three Films. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0281-6.
• Kagan, Norman (29 February 2000). Cinema of Stanley Kubrick (3rd ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8264-1243-0.
• Kinney, Judy Lee (1982). Text and Pretext: Stanley Kubrick's Adaptations (Academic dissertation). University of California, Los Angeles. OCLC 13178053.
• Kuberski, Philip (2012). Kubrick's Total Cinema: Philosophical Themes and Formal Qualities. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-4411-4956-5.
• Lyons, Viktoria; Fitzgerald, Michael (1 January 2005). "IX". Asperger Syndrome: A Gift Or a Curse?. Nova Biomedical Books. pp. 185–195. ISBN 978-1-59454-387-6.
• Naremore, James (2023). On Kubrick (Revised ed.). British Film Institute and Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-8390-2400-9.
• Nelson, Thomas Allen (1 January 2000). Kubrick: Inside a Film Artist's Maze. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-21390-8.
• Rasmussen, Randy (1 January 2005). Stanley Kubrick: Seven Films Analyzed. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2152-7.
• Rhodes, Gary Don (2008). Stanley Kubrick: Essays on his Films and Legacy. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-3297-4.
• Sperb, Jason (2006). The Kubrick Facade: Faces and Voices in the Films of Stanley Kubrick. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5855-8.
• Webster, Patrick (21 December 2010). Love and Death in Kubrick: A Critical Study of the Films from Lolita through Eyes Wide Shut. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-6191-2.

Use of music

• Gengaro, Christine Lee (1 November 2012). Listening to Stanley Kubrick: The Music in His Films. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-8564-6.
• McQuiston, Kate (December 2013). We'll Meet Again: Musical Design in the Films of Stanley Kubrick. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-976766-3.

Books on individual films

Lolita

• Schulze, Kerstin (10 May 2011). A Novel and Its Adaptation: Stanley Kubrick – Lolita (1962). GRIN Verlag. ISBN 978-3-640-91182-0.

2001: A Space Odyssey

• Agel, Jérôme (June 1970). The Making of Kubrick's 2001. New American Library.
• Benson, Michael (April 2018). Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781501163951.
• Chion, Michel (2001). Kubrick's Cinema Odyssey. British Film Institute. ISBN 978-0-85170-839-3.
• Kolker, Robert (24 February 2006). Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey: New Essays. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-972436-9.
• Wheat, Leonard F. (21 June 2000). Kubrick's 2001: A Triple Allegory. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4616-6023-1.

A Clockwork Orange

• Böttcher, Heiko (31 March 2007). The Metamorphosis of Alex in Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange from a Viewpoint of Abnormal Psychology. GRIN Verlag. ISBN 978-3-638-63109-9.
• Burgess, Anthony (2000). Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange: Based on the Novel by Anthony Burgess. ScreenPress Books. ISBN 978-1-901680-47-8.
• von der Heide, Thomas (1 June 2006). A Clockwork Orange: The Presentation and the Impact of Violence in the Novel and in the Film. GRIN Verlag. ISBN 978-3-638-50681-6.
• McDougal, Stuart Y. (7 July 2003). Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-57488-4.
• Schill, Oliver (14 January 2004). The Expressionistic Style and the Theatricality in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971). GRIN Verlag. ISBN 978-3-638-24523-4.
• Volkmann, Maren (16 October 2006). A Clockwork Orange in the Context of Subculture. GRIN Verlag. ISBN 978-3-638-55498-5.

Full Metal Jacket

• Modine, Matthew (25 October 2005). Full Metal Jacket Diary. Rugged Land. ISBN 9781590710470.

Eyes Wide Shut

• Abrams, Nathan; Orgill, Georgina, eds. (2023). Eyes Wide Shut: Behind Stanley Kubrick's Masterpiece. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-83764-515-2.
• Althaus, Benjamin (18 November 2004). Communication in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. GRIN Verlag. ISBN 978-3-638-32589-9.
• Kolker, Robert P.; Abrams, Nathan (June 2019). Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0190678036.
• Raphael, Frederic (31 August 1999). Eyes Wide Open: A Memoir of Stanley Kubrick. Ballantine Books. ISBN 9780345437761.
• Ruwe, Carolin (November 2007). Symbols in Stanley Kubrick's Movie Eyes Wide Shut. GRIN Verlag. ISBN 978-3-638-84176-4.

On Kubrick's photography

• Sante, Lucy (2018). Stanley Kubrick Photographs: Through a Different Lens. Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8365-7232-3.
• Crone, Rainer (2005). Stanley Kubrick: Drama & Shadows – Photographs 1945-1950. Phaidon Press. ISBN 978-0-7148-4438-1.
• Mather, Philippe (2013). Stanley Kubrick at Look Magazine: Authorship and Genre in Photojournalism and Film. Intellect. ISBN 978-1-84150-611-1.

Documentary

• Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures. Documentary film. Dir. Jan Harlan. Warner Home Video, 2001. 142 min.