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I've read these books and find them to be quite intriguing.

The magic power of witchcraft by Gavin Frost and Yvonne Frost:
This si the book that jumpstarted and through me into the world of magick and psi, it's an awesome book that teaches all the basics of balancing your checkbook and being a witch, such as casting spells and astral projecting, it's got the basics of everything mrgreen .


Limitless Mind by Russel Targ:
This book is amazing, I ahven't finished it yet but it's got all the scientifical aspects of psionic research, especially remote viewing.

Teen Psychic by Julie Tallard Johnson:
This book is a very good book. it teaches all the ways of the shamen and all the ways of being a holistic psychic such as balancing yourself aemotionally, balancing your chakras and the energy of language, Great for a beginner.

I'll edit this and put more later but I can't remember the titles of some books I've read sweatdrop

When it comes to books on Wicca the Frosts are a good team. If you aren't familiar with them they are some of the movers and shakers in the movement and write pretty reliable, balanced literature.

I recomend The Only Wiccan Book You'll Ever Need. It's got spells, how to cast them, and other stuff. I'll put more when it's not so late.

Although I've yet to read it, from paging through them I may be getting them soon. There are several topics that touch on things the psionic crowd would like although they are aimed at wiccans: meditation, visualization, energy control, telepathy...

Nocturnal Witchcraft
Gothic Grimoire
-Both by Konstantine

Egyptian based:

These are a little Isis heavy, but by studying reconstructed (or modern versions of) Egyptian focused worship, you can gain a bit of insight on how the culture surrounding all the deities worked.

Isis Magic - M. Isidora Forrest

A personal favorite as it is completely centered around information about and devotion to that Goddess. It is a 575 page book about Isis in various roles such as Mother, Magician, and also Dark Isis. The golden part of the book is the devotional section which gives several different stages of devoting yourself to Her as your Patron. If you enjoy using other languages in ritual, it has several phrases and translations throughout the rituals.

Mysteries of Isis - De Traci Regula

A much more historical look with some primary text references to back up the rituals. THe book is broken into sections of the day and the acts that may have been performed in a temple devoted to Isis. This author is fairly well known within the Golden Dawn circuit of books as well.

Circle of Isis - Ellen Cannon Reed

No it isn't yet another book all about Isis! This one runs over I think 20 something Egyptian deities, just a page or two but more interesting things that other books tend to tell ya. It also has hieroglyphs, chants, and rituals. Not to say anything against it, I don't often use book rituals, so this is a great reference book for me when I encounter a deity I'm not very familiar with.

Also check out:

Fellowship of Isis- International HUGE network for the worshipe and study of Egyptian deities, yes very much including Isis. You can find this info online with a large array of free e-literature or become a member for a nominal fee and get hard copy booklets and info.

Crowley and also the Golden Dawn use Egyptian pantheons in many of their rituals also.

I have another book by that auther, The Elemental Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells. My two best friends got it for me for my birthday, and I LOVE it.

Crossposted from Mysteric Realms:

Condensed Chaos by Phil Hine
Ah, good ol' Hiney. XD This was one of my first books on Chaos Magick (along side Liber Null & Psychonaut, Now That's What I Call Chaos Magic!, PsyberMagick, and Liber Kaos). Personally, I think it's the best book one could read as an introduction to chaos magick; Phil speaks in clean, concise terms about a subject that few can pin down, and he does it while avoiding all the pseudoscience and Oh-My-Kia of Peter Carroll. Everything's explained lucidly, he gives examples where needed, talks about his own experiences, and gives the user some practical stuff that isn't chopping off one of your egos. For anyone wishing to dive into Chaos Magick, Condensed Chaos is the book to get. .
Overall Rating: 9/10. (Points off for being too simplistic. XD)

Prime Chaos by Phil Hine
A companion piece to Condensed Chaos, giving information on rituals, magickal groups (covens, factions, cults, wha have you), and two mini-sections on Discordianism and working with Lovecraftian entities like Cthulhu and Barbara Streisand. I'd suggest getting it if you liked Condensed.
Overall Rating: 9/10. (Points off for not covering lots'n lots.)

The Magician's Companion by Bill Whitcomb
A very nice book of symbols, signs, correspondances and the like; I've heard Aleister Crowley's book 777 is thematically similar (though I wouldn't know, haven't read much of any of ol' Al's work. I'm terrible, I know.) Very handy for figuring out what colour socks jel with promoting wealth (green and gold, of course!).
Overall Rating: 8/10. (S'kinda huge and clunky.. and hard to read, sometimes.)

To Ride a Silver Broomstick by Silver Ra- Okay, okay, just kidding. But if you clean past the crap, she does have /some/ useful books, and hey, everyone has to start somewhere. I learned how to rewrite rituals from her books, after all. =o!
Overall Rating: 2/10. (Don't hate her because everyone else does. Read a few of her books, THEN hate her).

The learned art of Witches and Wizards - Anton & Mina Adams
My very first book on Wicca. <3 It's so weird and peaceful-like, I really enjoyed reading and learning from it because it didn't have the "GUESS WHAT GOD'S FEMALE!" of Ravenwench. It's a very simple book, and doesn't have much to offer, but I'd still advise reading it; it goes over the basics pretty damn well.
Overall Rating: 7/10. (Simplistic, short, sometimes dogmatic (With the Rede and all), but nice to have. Kinda like a puppy, in some ways.)

The Sorcerer's Handbook - Peter J. Clark
Arp, one of the books I read when I began stumbling into less Wicca-orientated stuff, and into more arcane things (though it was only a stumble, Hine and friends are what made me trip XD). Clark's book is handy for younger folk, in that it nicely divides magick into different segments so folk can readily understand things like the difference between spells and rituals, high and low magick, divination and active and so forth. He doesn't seem overly preachy, and I'm a tad unsure of the greatness of his so-called Psychic Enhancement chapter, although they were kinda fun to try out. It even has some neat spells in the back that fall into the categories he provides as examples to the potentiate. I'd recommend this, like I said, to younger folk who're looking into more than just nature/fertility magick, but after a while it becomes kind of meh. Still, it's a great read (saved me from being bored unto despair when I was about 15, over at my dad's house in Ireland for a week. Those who know my dad would thusly recommend this book.)
Overall rating: 8/10. (Material becomes old-hat after a while).

Postmodern Magic by Patrick Dunn
A truly awesome book for people who aren't happy with the typical way of makin' magick. It's got lots of neat information and /exercises/! Exercises are one thing that all magickal books should have. If you have a spare few quid, get this book.
Overall Rating: 8/10. It's smallish, but it's worth it.