Concise Chess Endings, by Neil McDonald, 2002, Everyman Chess. . Basic material in a physically small book. The Endgame, by Marat Makarov, 2007, Chess Stars, . The basic material. How to Win in the Chess Endings, by I. A. Horowitz, 1957, David McKay. Chess Endgames for Kids, by Karsten Müller 2015, Gambit Publications. A good introductory book (and not just for kids). Large, more comprehensive one-volume books Basic Chess Endings, by Reuben Fine and Pal Benko, 1941, 2003, McKay. . The first modern endgame book in English. A classic book by Fine in 1941 – revised by Benko in 2003. Fundamental Chess Endings, by Karsten Müller and Frank Lamprecht, 2001, Gambit Publications. . Comprehensive and modern. Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, second edition, by Mark Dvoretsky, 2006, Russel Enterprises. . A modern manual book by a noted chess teacher. Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner To Master, Jeremy Silman, 2007, Siles Press, . Has a unique approach, presenting material in order of difficulty and the need to know of various classes of players. It starts with material for the absolute beginner and progresses up to master-level material. Practical Endgame Play - mastering the basics, Efstratios Grivas, 2008, Everyman Chess, . Batsford Chess Endings, by Jon Speelman, Jon Tisdall, and Bob Wade, 1993, Batsford. . More of a catalog of positions and analysis with little discussion (probably out of print). The Russian Endgame Handbook, by Ilya Rabinovich. This is the 2012 English translation of the 1938 Russian book. . Multi-volume works Comprehensive Chess Endings, by Yuri Averbakh, et al., 1983. In five volumes. A detailed, advanced, and comprehensive look at various endings. Intended for players with a rating of roughly 1800 or higher. Published by Pergamon Press. The work originally appeared as a series of smaller books (e.g. Bishop Endings, Knight Endings, etc.). Out of print in book form, but available on computer CD-ROM. Volume 1: Bishop endings/Knight endings, Yuri Averbakh and Vitaly Chekhover, , 553 diagrams, 209 pages. Volume 2: Bishop against knight, rook against minor piece, Yuri Averbakh, , 631 diagrams, 245 pages. Volume 3: Queen and pawn endings, queen versus rook, queen versus minor piece, Yuri Averbakh, Vitaly Chekhover, and V. Henkin, , 734 diagrams, 306 pages. Volume 4: Pawn endings, Yuri Averbakh and Ilya Maizelis, , 768 diagrams, 291 pages. Volume 5: Rook endings, Yuri Averbakh and Nikolai Kopayev, , 808 diagrams, 322 pages. Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, Šahovski