Essentials: Hoppenfeld's Surgical Exposures in Orthopaedics Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics Rockwood & Greens Fractures in Adults & Children (alternatively Musculoskeletal Tauma) Master's Techniques in Fractures Miller's Orthopaedic Review Less essential but great books: Lovell & Winters Pediatric Orthopaedics Green's Operative Hand Surgery Most of the books in the Master's Techniques series