Bacteriophage (phage) are viruses of bacteria and arguably are the most numerous "organisms" on Earth. The history of phage study is captured, in part, in the books published on the topic. This is a list of over 100 monographs on or related to phages.

List of phage monographs (descending date order)

Books published in the 2010s

Hyman, P., Abedon, S. T. 2018. Viruses of Microorganisms. Abedon, S. T., García, P., Mullany, P., Aminov, R. 2017. Phage therapy: past, present and future. Jassim, S.A.A., Limoges, R.G. 2017. Bacteriophages: Practical Applications for Nature's Biocontrol. Dobretsov, N. T., 2018. Bacteriophages: The Enemies of Our Enemies as published as a special issue in Science First Hand consisting of nine articles. Rakonjac, J., Das, B. Derda, R. 2017. Filamentous Bacteriophage in Bio/Nano/Technology, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Ecology. Nicastro, J., Wong, S., Khazaei, Z., Lam, P., Blay, J., Slavcev, R.A. 2016. Bacteriophage Applications - Historical Perspective and Future Potential. Allen, H. K., Abedon, S. T. 2015. Viral Ecology and Disturbances: Impact of Environmental Disruption on the Viruses of Microorganisms. Wei, H. 2015. Phages and Therapy as published as a special issue in Virologica Sinica consisting of four reviews, three research articles, six letters, and one insight article. Weitz, J.S., 2015. Quantitative Viral Ecology: Dynamics of Viruses and Their Microbial Hosts. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. . Borysowski, J., Międzybrodzki, R., Górski, A., eds. 2014. Phage Therapy: Current Research and Applications. Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK. Hyman, P., Harrah, T. 2014. Bacteriophage Tail Fibers as a Basis for Structured Assemblies. Momentum Press/ASME, New York, NY. Chanishvili, N. 2012. A Literature Review of the Practical Application of Bacteriophage Research. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York. Hyman, P., Abedon, S. T., eds. 2012. Bacteriophages in Health and Disease CABI Press, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. Abedon, S. T. 2011. Bacteriophages and Biofilms: Ecology, Phage Therapy, Plaques. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York. Partial online version is also available, constituting effectively a "first edition". Petrenko, V., Smith, G., eds. 2011. Phage Nanobiotechnology. RSC Publishing, Cambridge, UK. Scheduled for a June, 2011, publication. Abedon, S. T., ed. 2010. The 'Nuts and Bolts' of Phage Therapy. a special issue of the journal, Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, consisting of six articles on phage therapy, plus an editorial. Carnazza, S., Guglielmino, S. eds. 2010. Phage Display As a Tool for Synthetic Biology. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York. Sabour, P. M., Griffiths, M. W., eds. 2010. Bacteriophages in the Control of Food- and Waterborne Pathogens. ASM Press, Washington, D.C.

Books published in the 2000s Adams, H. T., 2009. Contemporary Trends in Bacteriophage Research. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York. Chanishvili, N., Sharp, R. 2009. A Literature Review of the Practical Application of Bacteriophage Research. Copyright: Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology, Tbilisi, Georgia. Clokie M. R. J., Kropinski, A. M., eds. 2009. Bacteriophages: Methods and Protocols.Volume 1: Isolation, Characterization, and Interactions. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. This monographs is described also as Methods in Molecular Biology, volume 501. Clokie M. R. J., Kropinski, A. M., eds. 2009. Bacteriophages: Methods and Protocols.Volume 2: Molecular and Applied Aspects. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. This monographs is described also as Methods in Molecular Biology, volume 502. Abedon, S. T., ed. 2008. Bacteriophage Ecology: Population Growth, Evolution, and Impact of Bacterial Viruses. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. This monograph is described also as Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology, volume 15. Mc Grath, S. and van Sinderen, D., eds. 2007. Bacteriophage: Genetics and Molecular Biology. Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK. Cairns, J., G. Stent, and J. D. Watson, eds. 2007. Phage and the Origins of Molecular Biology (40th anniversary edition). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. Holmes, F. L., and W. C. Summers. 2006. Reconceiving the Gene: Seymour Benzer's Adventures in Phage Genetics. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. OCLC 62342731, Wegrzyn, G., ed. 2006. Modern Bacteriophage Biology and Biotechnology. Research Signpost 37/661 (2), Fort PO, Trivandrum-695023, Kerala, India. Calendar, R., and S. T. Abedon, eds. 2006. The Bacteriophages. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford. OCLC 65192869, Häusler, T. 2006. Viruses vs. Superbugs: A Solution to the Antibiotic Crisis. Macmillan, London. OCLC 62804701, Birge, E. A. 2006. Bacterial and Bacteriophage Genetics. Springer-Verlag, New York. OCLC 17838673, Catalano, C. E., ed. 2005. Viral Genome Packaging Machines: Genetics, Structure, and Mechanism. Landes Bioscience/Eurekah, Georgetown, TX; Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. OCLC 57731385, Kutter, E., and A. Sulakvelidze, eds. 2005. Bacteriophages: Biology and Application. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. OCLC 56880238, Sidhu, S. S. 2005. Phage Display In Biotechnology and Drug Discovery. CRC Press, OCLC 60311940, Waldor, M. K., D. Friedman, and S. Adhya, eds. 2005. Phages: Their Role in Bacterial Pathogenesis and Biotechnology. ASM Press, Washington, DC. OCLC 57557385, Clackson, T., and H. B. Lowman. 2004. Phage Display: A Practical Approach. Oxford University Press, Oxford. OCLC 54904081, Ptashne, M. 2004. Genetic Switch: Phage Lambda Revisited. Cold Spring Harbor, New York, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. OCLC 54035585, Häusler, T. 2003. Gesund durch Viren — Ein Ausweg aus der Antibiotika-Krise. Piper, München, Germany. [German; Healthy through Viruses - A Way Out of the Antibiotic-Resistance Crisis] OCLC 53098607 O'Brien, P. M., and R. Aitken. 2002. Antibody Phage Display: Methods and Protocols. Humana Press, Totawa, NJ. OCLC 50175105, Peyrieras, N., and M. Morange. 2002. Travaux scientifiques de François Jacob. Odile Jacob, Paris. [French; The scientific works of François Jacob] OCLC 49567654 Burton, D. R., J. K. Scott, G. J. Silverman, and C. F. Barbas. 2001. Phage Display: A Laboratory Manual. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. OCLC 43903550, Birge, E. A. 2000. Bacterial and Bacteriophage Genetics. Springer-Verlag, New York. OCLC 41273243, Stahl, F. W. 2000. We Can Sleep Later: Alfred D. Hershey and the Origins of Molecular Biology. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. OCLC 43185885,

The following have not yet been sufficiently scrutinized to ascertain that they technically are books (e.g., are not theses), are generally available, or are sufficiently about phages to be included in the above list: Rasool, S. A. 2002. Bacterial Viruses: Basic and Applied Concepts. University Grants Commission, Islamabad. OCLC 62340547 Jia, P. X. 2001. Molecular Biology of Bacteriophage. Science Press, Beijing. OCLC ??? Kutter, E. 2001. Phage Therapy: Bacteriophage as Natural, Self-limiting Antibiotics. AstraZeneca Research Foundation India, India. OCLC ???,

Books published in the 1990s

Summers, W. C. 1999. Felix d'Herelle and the Origins of Molecular Biology. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. , Kay, B. K., J. Winter, and J. McCafferty. 1996. Phage Display of Peptides and Proteins: A Laboratory Manual. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. OCLC 34409484, Rothman-Denes, L., and R. Weisberg. 1995. Recent developments in bacteriophage virology. Academic Press, London. OCLC 34099713 Birge, E. A. 1994. Bacterial and Bacteriophage Genetics. Springer-Verlag, New York. OCLC 29791890, Jacob, F. 1995. The Statue Within: An Autobiography. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York. OCLC 17353378, Karam, J. D. et al. 1994. Molecular Biology of Bacteriophage T4. ASM Press, Washington, DC. OCLC 30028892, Twort, A. 1993. In Focus, Out of Step: A Biography of Frederick William Twort F.R.S. 1877-1950. Sutton Publishing, Thrupp, Stroud; Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, UK. OCLC 28025779, Klaus, S., W. Krüger, and J. Meyer. 1992. Bakterienviren. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. [German; Bacterial Viruses] Ptashne, M. 1992. A Genetic Switch: Phage Lambda and Higher Organisms. Blackwell, Cambridge, MA. OCLC 25713934, Cairns, J., G. Stent, and J. D. Watson. 1992. Phage and the Origins of Molecular Biology (expanded edition). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. OCLC 25872929 He, N.-B., Z.-T. Si, and M.-X. Yu. 1991. Bacteriophage Images [Chinese]. Science Press, Beijing.

The following have not yet been sufficiently scrutinized to ascertain that they technically are books (e.g., are not theses), are generally available, or are sufficiently about phages to be included in the above list: Anonymous. 1991. Practical Phage Control. International Dairy Federation, Brussels. van Helvoort, T. 1993. Research Styles in Virus Studies in the Twentieth Century: Controversies and the Formation of Consensus. Doctoral Thesis, University of Limburg. (note that though this is a thesis, it is of sufficient general interest toward addressing issues in the history of bacteriophagy as to warrant inclusion in this list)

Books published in the 1980s

Birge, E. A. 1988. Bacterial and Bacteriophage Genetics: An Introduction. Springer-Verlag, New York. OCLC 17838673, Hobom, G., and R. Rott, eds. 1988. The Molecular Biology of Bacterial Virus Systems. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, Volume 136. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. OCLC 18590320, Jacob, F. 1988. The Statue Within: An Autobiography. Basic Books, New York. OCLC 17353378, Jacob, F. La Statue intérieure [French: The Statue Within]. Editions Odile Jacob, Paris Fischer, E. P., and C. Lipson. 1988. Thinking About Science: Max Delbrück and the Origins of Molecular Biology. W.W. Norton & Co., New York. OCLC 16277429, Calendar, R. 1988. The Bacteriophages. Volume I Plenum Press, New York. OCLC 18686137 Calendar, R. 1988. The Bacteriophages. Volume II Plenum Press, New York. OCLC 17675040 Goyal, S. M., C. P. Gerba, and G. Bitton. 1987. Phage Ecology. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. OCLC 15654933, Symonds, N., A. Toussaint, P. van de Putte, and W. V. Howe. 1987. Phage Mu. Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. OCLC 16089280, Ackermann, H.-W., and M. S. DuBow. 1987. Viruses of Prokaryotes, Volume 1, General Properties of Bacteriophages. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. OCLC 15518646, Ackermann, H.-W., and M. S. DuBow. 1987. Viruses of Prokaryotes, Volume 2, Natural Groups of Bacteriophages. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. OCLC ???, Ptashne, M. 1986. A Genetic Switch: Gene Control and Phage ?. Blackwell, Cambridge, MA. OCLC 14719427, Mendzhul, M. I. 1985. Tsianofagi: Virusy Tsianobakterii. Nauk. dumka, Kiev. [Russian; Cyanophages] OCLC 16131273 Luria, S. E. 1984. A Slot Machine, a Broken Test Tube: An Autobiography. Harper & Row, Publishers, New York. OCLC 9758798, (1985 paperback ) Lin, E. C. C., R. Goldstein, and M. Syvanen. 1984. Bacteria, Plasmids, and Phages: An Introduction to Molecular Biology. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA . OCLC 10182998, Mathews, C. K., E. M. Kutter, G. Mosig, and P. B. Berget. 1983. Bacteriophage T4. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC. OCLC 9622410, Hendrix, R. W., J. W. Roberts, F. W. Stahl, and R. A. Weisberg. 1983. Lambda II. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York. OCLC 9556019, Birge, E. A. 1981. Bacterial and Bacteriophage Genetics: An Introduction. Springer-Verlag, New York. OCLC 7248504, ASIN B000ICBYWI DuBow, M. 1981. Bacteriophage Assembly: Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial Conference on Bacteriophage Assembly, Asilomar, California, September 14–17, 1980. A.R. Liss, New York. OCLC 7555738,