I have bought the following books, mostly after discussion with archie.
Andrews, Bill. The Hand that Bowled Bradman. Memories of a professional cricketer.
Cardus, Neville. Days in the Sun. A cricketer's journal. London,1924
Cashman, Richard. The "Demon" Spofforth. Kensington, (New South Wales), 1990
Fingleton, J.H. Batting From Memory. An autobiography.
Foot, David. Wally Hammond. The Reasons Why. A biography.
Hughes, Simon. A Lot of Hard Yakka.
Piesse, Ken. The Taylor Years. Australian Cricket 1994-99
Thomson, A.A. Cricketers of My Times
Low, Robert. W.G. A Life of W.G.Grace. 1st 1997
Simon Rae - WG
In Quest of the Ashes - Jardine
Wisden Almanack
Cricinfo Guide to Int cricket 2009 (I always find this book useful while watching games)
Cricket's strangest Matches
Hansie Cronje - Authorised Biography
Fast Men - Frith
Rain Men
Grovel
Have read 40 pages of Bodyline Autopsy. It is a good read so far though it started concentrating too much on the facts nearer to page 40.