Recommended Reading

The ICAEW Library holds a large number of items on the IFA list of recommended reading. Use the links below to find out about the items held, including information on availability.

If you wish to borrow any items please call the LIS Enquiry Team on 020 7920 8620 or email us at library@icaew.com. Please note you will need to quote your IFA member/student number. For more information on our loan service see How to Use the Library.

 

Technician Level

T1 - Financial Accounting Fundamentals

• COX, D. Business Accounts (Osborne Books)
• WOOD, F. Business Accounting Volumes 1 & 2 (FT Prentice Hall)

T2 - Management Accounting Fundamentals

• WEETMAN, P. Management Accounting (FT Prentice Hall)
• LUCEY, T. Costing (Thomson Learning)
• DRURY, C. Costing: an Introduction (Chapman & Hall)
• WEETMAN, P. Financial and Management Accounting: an Introduction (FT Prentice Hall)

T3 - Personal and Business Taxation

• TILEY, J. UK Tax Guide (Lexis Nexis Butterworths)
• HOMER, A. Tolley's Tax Guide (Lexis Nexis Butterworths)
• CLUBE, J. Taxwise Volumes 1 & 2 (Lexis Nexis Butterworths)
• Tolley's Tax Digests (Lexis Nexis Butterworths)
• GABLE, S. Taxbriefs Tax Guide (Taxbriefs Ltd)
• ROWES, P. Taxation (Fiscal Publications)
• FINNEY, M.J. UK Taxation for Students (Spiramus Press)
• FOREMAN, A. Zurich Tax Handbook (Pearson Education Ltd)

T4 - Law for Accountants

• KEENAN, D. Law for Business (Pearson Education) - not held
• ADAMS, A. Law for Business Students (Pearson)
• MARTIN, J. The English Legal System (Hodder & Arnold)
• DAVIES, F.R. Davies on Contracts (Sweet & Maxwell)
• TURNER, C. Unlocking Torts (Hodder & Arnold)
• SMITH, J.C. A Casebook on Contract (Sweet and Maxwell) - not held

 

Associate Level

A1 - Financial Accounting

• COX, D. Business Accounts (Osborne Books)
• WOOD, F. Business Accounting Volumes 1 & 2 (FT Prentice Hall)
• SUTTON, T. Corporate Financial Accounting and Reporting (FT Prentice Hall)
• ELLIOT, B. Financial Accounting and Reporting (FT Prentice Hall)
• MIRZA, A.A. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Workbook and Guide (Wiley)
• BLACK, G. Students Guide to Accounting and Financial Reporting (FT Prentice Hall) - not held
• BLACK, G. Introduction to Accounting and Finance (FT Prentice Hall)

A2 - Management Accounting

• DRURY, C. Management and Cost Accounting (Thomson Learning)
• UPCHURCH, A. Management Accounting Principles and Practice (FT Prentice Hall) - not held
• LUCEY, T. Management Accounting (Continuum)

A3 - Financial Management

• PIKE, R. Corporate Finance and Investment: Decisions and Strategies (FT Prentice Hall)
• WATSON, D. Corporate Finance: Principles and Practice (FT Prentice Hall)
• MCLANEY, E.J. Business Finance for Decision Makers (FT Prentice Hall)

A4 - Audit Techniques

• COSSERAT, G. Modern Auditing (Wiley)
• GRAY, I. The Audit Process (Thomson Learning)
• MILLICHAMP, A. Auditing (Thomson Learning)
• RIDLEY, J. Leading Edge Internal Auditing (Prentice Hall)

A5 - Information Systems

• CLEARY, T. Business Information Technology (FT Prentice Hall)
• BOCIJ, P. Business Information Systems: Technology, Development and Management in the E-business (FT Prentice Hall)
• LAUDON, Management Information Systems (FT Prentice Hall) - not held

A6 - Management and Marketing

• KOTLER, P. Principles of Marketing (FT Prentice Hall)
• PEARSON, G. Strategy in Action (FT Prentice Hall) - not held
• WARD, S. What High-Tech Managers Need to Know About Brands, "Harvard Business Review", July - August 1999
• HEMP, P. My Week as a Room-Service Waiter at the Ritz, “Harvard Business Review”, June 2002 pp.50-62
• SEIDERS, K. Attention, Retailers! How Convenient is your Convenience Strategy? “Sloan Management Review”, Spring 2000, pp 79-89 - not held
• VARGO, S.L. Evolving to a New Dominant Logic for Marketing, “Journal of Marketing,” 68 (1), pp.1-17 - not held

 

Fellowship Level

F1 - Accounting Theory and Practice

• ACCA. Accounting Handbook - not held
• IASB. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs)

F2 - Management Accounting Control Systems

• KAPLAN, R. Advanced Management Accounting (FT Prentice Hall)
• DRURY, C. Management and Cost Accounting (Thomson Learning)

F3 - Financial Reporting and the Regulatory Framework

• ELLIOT, B. Financial Accounting and Reporting (FT Prentice Hall)
• LEWIS, R. Advanced Financial Accounting (FT Prentice Hall)
• ALEXANDER, D. Financial Reporting (Thomson Learning)

F4 - Corporate Strategy

• JOHNSON, G. Exploring Corporate Strategy (text only)(FT Prentice Hall)
• GRANT, R. Contemporary Strategy Analysis (Blackwell)
• LYNCH, R. Corporate Strategy (FT Press)
• THOMSON, J.L. Strategic Management Awareness, Analysis and Change (Thomson Learning)