Great Tactics Checkmate and Combination Books

Strategy and Tactics in Chess by Max Euwe

Excellent book for beginners and intermediate players alike covers alot of ground in only 171 pages everything you'd ever want to know in your life about chess combinations all kinds! In descriptive notation not algebraic.

Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations, Fourth Edition

http://www.newinchess.com/Encyclopedia_of_Chess_Combinations__Fourth_Edition-p-7233.html

This is new from Chess Informant in Belgrade if your going to study combinations there's enough material in here to last you a life time 3001 combinations it was formally called Anthology of Chess Combinations. Some people prefer the CD but I like the book because I study Chess the traditional way with a board and clock not a Computer another reason I like the book if the CD gets scratched or stolen I'm going to have a problem.

1000 Checkmate Combinations by Victor Henkin and Mikail Tal

http://www.amazon.com/1000-Checkmate-Combinations-Victor-Khenkin/dp/1906388709/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361577685&sr=1-1&keywords=1000+checkmate+combinations

This is a very special book by Mikhail Tal and Henekin written in the 70's in Russian (Origionally called Tal's Winning  Combinations) I treat it with great respect blows away alot of current books on tactics and checkmate in terms of the quality to me it's like a magic book whenever I open it I always learn something new it inspires me to study Chess.

Chess 5334 Problems Combinations Games by Laszlo Polgar

A monster book of checkmates problems minatures and combinations more than anyone will ever need but if you want to dive deep this is your book for building patterns

Checkmate Tactics by Gary Kasparov:

http://www.amazon.com/Checkmate-Tactics-Garry-Kasparov/dp/1857446267/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361579789&sr=1-1&keywords=checkmate+tactics

This book is deceptive because you would assume just by the cover it's only for small children but when you open it up and read it that's not the case it's an excellent primer that covers the fundamentals of tactics really well written by the number #1 player in the world so he knows what he's talking about if you're a beginner of any age your in good hands for your $15.95

How to beat your Dad at Chess:

This is a great book you can take to bed at night before going to sleep and fall asleep to 50 deadly checkmates that you can definitely beat your Dad with :) Like a modern art of checkmate from the 1950's but better.

Advanced Chess Tactics by Yuri Averbakh:

http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Tactics-Advanced-Players-Averbakh/dp/4871875083/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1361581246&sr=8-3&keywords=averbakh+tactics

Not for beginners but excellent book on tactics 330 pages.

A useful list - many thanks for that!

Also yusupov books are great

can't remember where I read it but there was a bit of advice that if your time is limited you should only study checkmating patterns

I own Henkin's book and I agree it's great. I like "Understanding Chess Tactics" by FM Martin Weteschnik and "A Course In Chess Tactics" by GM Dejan Bojkov too...