Reddit mentions of Book of the Dead: The Complete History of Zombie Cinema

Well, I have a small collection of film-specific books, like my Twin Peaks collection(Full of Secrets, the Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, etc). I have some guides, like both Psychotronic guides and Leonard Maltin's 2011 guide(I only got it so I could play the Leonard Maltin game). I like some history books, and horror fans should definitely check out anything by David J. Skal, or The Book of the Dead which is an amazing and amazingly well-researched history of zombies in popular culture.

Edit Also The Films of Akira Kurosawa(currently in the 3rd edition, I believe) is a pretty indispensible movie-by-movie guide to his films. And any of the Directors on Directors series are really interesting, presented as a director interviewing himself. I own the Terry Gilliam, Martin Scorcese, and David Lynch volumes.

For the aspiring filmmaker, Robert Rodriguez's Rebel Without a Film Crew is pretty inspiring, and has some good advice. Lloyd Kaufmann's Make Your Own Damn Movie has some more practical advice, and is pretty well worth it.