Reference books

There have been a number of reference books published about Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, both officially licensed, and not. Many of these publications are of the academic variety, collecting series of essays and theses.

Licensed publications

 * Angel: The Casefiles, Volume One
 * Angel: The Casefiles, Volume Two
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer Magazine, the UK magazine series
 * The Monster Book
 * The Watchers Guide, Volume One
 * The Watchers Guide, Volume Two
 * The Watchers Guide, Volume Three

Academic publications

 * The Aesthetics of Culture in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
 * Bite Me: Narrative Structures and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
 * Blood Relations: Chosen Families in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel"
 * Buffy and the Heroine's Journey: Vampire Slayer as Feminine Chosen One
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BFI TV Classics)
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale
 * Dusted: The Unauthorised Guide to Buffy The Vampire Slayer
 * Fighting The Forces: What's At Stake In Buffy The Vampire Slayer?
 * Five Seasons of "Angel"
 * The Gentleviewer's Obsessive Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 * The Girl's Got Bite: The Original Unauthorized Guide to Buffy's World
 * Hollywood Vampire: The Unofficial Guide to Angel
 * Hollywood Vampire: A Revised and Updated Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Angel
 * Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy
 * Once Bitten: An Unofficial Guide To The World Of Angel
 * Reading Angel: The TV Spin-off With a Soul
 * Reading the Vampire Slayer
 * Seven Seasons of Buffy
 * Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer for the "Buffy" Fan
 * Slayer: The Totally Cool Unofficial Guide to Buffy
 * Slayer: The Revised and Updated Unofficial Guide to Buffy The Vampire Slayer
 * Slayer The Next Generation: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Season Six of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 * Slayer: The Last Days of Sunnydale: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Final Season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 * Slayer: A Totally Awesome Collection of Buffy Trivia
 * The Complete Slayer: An Unofficial; and Unauthorised Guide to Every Episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 * Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon
 * Televised Morality: The Case of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
 * Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 * What Would Buffy Do?: The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide