 | Oxford Beginner's Chinese Dictionary
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £5.71 An invaluable reference to have when yellowbridge.com isn't available to you
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 | Reading & Writing Chinese: Simplified Character Edition by William McNaughton
Buy new: £12.07 / Used from: £8.50 This book is great when you want to look up the meaning of an individual character and learn to write it. Not reccomended as a standalone 'course' - hence the poor reviews
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 | Basic Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook (Grammar Workbooks) by Yip Po-Ching
Buy new: £19.94 / Used from: £20.98 Excellent resource for learning grammar, it helps to know a few characters before you start though. Advanced also available. These books are a little dry.
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 | Chinese in a Flash: v. 1 (Tuttle Flash Cards) by Philip Yungkin Lee
Buy new: £12.86 / Used from: £11.99 Personally, I make my own flash cards - they are invaluable when you start learning Chinese, I use the Leitner system
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 | New Practical Chinese Reader: Textbook v. 1 by Liu Xun
Buy new: £14.95 / Used from: £16.67 NPCR is a complete course that works great. You can order the full set from Amazon.com. It slowly builds up your vocab, grammar and writing skills before finally being written entirely in chinese
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 | Advanced Reader of Contemporary Chinese Short Stories: Reflections on Humanity by Carrie E. Reed
Buy new: £19.87 / Used from: £22.31 If you think you are getting somewhere try an advanced reader. This one includes colloquial terms and each story is followed by a section detailing unusual words
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 | Chinese GCSE by Yu Bin
If you are thinking of taking the GCSE this book provides good example questions and a useful GCSE word list. Includes a CD for listening practice
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 | Total Chinese Learning Kit by Shan Lin
Buy new: £170.00 This is OK and includes flashcards, NPCR is better. I would avoid 'teach yourself' books and sign up to a class instead. Having a chinese speaker available is crucial .
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 | P100 152x102 Record Cards
Buy new: £2.37 For your own flashcards. I hope my list helps and if you are thinking of learning chinese, go for it, it is easier than you might think. If you can't get to a class get yourself the NPCR listed above.
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| Chinese For GCSE - Students workbook 1 by Dr Dilbahar Tawakkul
Final note - the official chinese for GCSE course is available from EdExcel
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