Below is a selection of books focused on Drosophila research and related topics. This list was begun in February 2018 based on a community request. Please tweet suggestions for books or further sub-categories to @DRSC_TRiP or use our "Submit news ..." form (link at top right of any page on the site).
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General audience:
First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery by Stephanie E. Mohr (2018)
Deep Homology? Uncanny Similarities of Humans and Flies by Lewis Held (2017)
Won for All: How the Drosophila Genome was Sequenced by Michael Ashburner (2006)
Imaginal Discs by Lewis Held (2002)
Fly the Unsung Hero of 20th Century Science by Martin Brookes (2001)
Time, Love, Memory by Jonathan Weiner (1999)
Lords of the Fly by Robert Kohler (1994)
The Making of a Fly by Peter Lawrence (1992)
Biology of Drosophila by M. Demerec (1950)
Protocol book or primer:
The Drosophila Model in Cancer, edited by Wu-Min Deng (2019)
Drosophila Workers Unite (digital lab manual), by Michelle Markstein (2019)
Drosophila Models for Human Diseases, edited by Masamitsu Yamaguchi (2018)
Drosophila Cells in Culture, Second Edition, edited by Guy Echalier, Norbert Perrimon, and Stephanie E. Mohr (2017)
Drosophila Methods and Protocols, Second Edition, edited by Christian Dahmann (2016)
Drosophila Neurobiology: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition, edited by Bing Zhang, Mark Freeman, and Scott Waddell (2010)
Drosophila Methods and Protocols, edited by Christian Dahmann (2008)
Drosophila Protocols, edited by William Sullivan, Michael Ashburner, and R. Scott Hawley (2000)
Drosophila: A Practical Approach, Second Edition, edited by D.B. Roberts (1998)
Drosophila Cells in Culture by Guy Echalier (1997)
Fly Pushing by Ralph Greenspan (1996)
Drosophila Genetics: A Practical Course by Ulrich Graf, Nancy van Schaik, and Fridrich E. Würgler (1992)
Drosophila: A Laboratory Handbook, edited by Michael Ashburner, Kent Golic, and R. Scott Hawley (1989)
Drosophila: A Practical Approach, edited by D.B. Roberts (1986)
The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila (multivolume series) by Ashburner, Carson, and Thompson (1976-1983)
Experiments in Genetics with Drosophila by Monroe Strickberger (1966)
Compendium or Atlas:
Atlas of Drosophila Morphology by Sylwester Chyb and Nicolas Gompel (2013)
Atlas of Drosophila Development by Volker Hartenstein (1993)
'Red Books' of Drosophila genes and mutants:
The Genome of Drosophila Melanogaster by Dan Lindsley and Georgianna Zimm (1992)
Genetic Variations of Drosophila melanogaster by Dan Lindsley and E.H. Grell (1967)
The Mutants of Drosophila melanogaster by Calvin Bridges and Katherine Brehme (1944)