| Kitsune: Japan's Fox of Mystery, Romance & Humor | Long out of print, but now available freely online here: (Direct Link). This is the book that most people refer to at some point. | Kiyoshi Nozaki | 1961 | ISBN-10: 1933330341 |
| The Fox and The Jewel | Scholarly yet accessible book on Inari worship in Shinto. Focuses on the development of Inari worship, and their association with Myobu. | Karen A. Smyers | 1998 | ISBN-10: 0824821025 |
| Far Eastern Fox Lore | | T. W. Johnson | 1974 | https://doi.org/10.2307/1177503 |
| Fire and Femininity: Fox Imagery and Ethical Responsibility | This is the only English-language paper I'm aware of that references the work of Hiroko Yoshino, who previously wrote about the associations of kitsune with elemental types from Yin-Yang Philosophy (see below). | Yuki Miyamoto | 2010 | JSTOR Link |
| 狐―陰陽五行と稲荷信仰 ("Fox - Yin-Yang Five Elements and Inari Faith") | A discussion on Taoist elemental associations for kitsune. No English translation available. Appears to be out of print. (Note: The Void (Ku or Mu) element is not discussed in the paper since it's not one of the Taoist elements. You'll find that in the Godai from Japanese Buddhist Philosophy.). | Hiroko Yoshino | 1985 | ISBN-10 4588203916 |
| The Fox's Wedding: A Compendium of Japanese Folklore | Illustrated Encyclopedia of Yokai with a focus on kitsune. The author is the creator of http://yokai.com | Matthew Meyers | 2022 | ISBN-10: 0985218479 |
| Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan | The kitsune-related pages appear to be in volume 1 (though the Tuttle version combines both volumes.) | Lufcadio Herne | 2016 | ISBN-10: 080484755X |
| The Rice Goddess and The Fox in Japanese Religion and Folk Practice | | Opler and Seido Hashima | 1946 | JSTOR Link |
| The Fox's Craft in Japanese Religion and Folklore - Shapeshifters, Transformations, and Duplicities | | Michael Bathgate | 2004 | ISBN-10: 0203484762 |
| The Goblin Fox and Badger and Other Witch Animals of Japan | | U. A. Casal | 1959 | https://doi.org/10.2307/1177429 |
| The Cult of the Fox - Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China | A scholarly book on fox worship in China. | Xiaofei Kang | 2006 | ISBN-10 0231133383 |
| Alien Kind: Foxes and Late Imperial Chinese Narrative | Examines the shapeshifting fox in the context of an outsider/alien and transgressor of human boundaries. Several others recommended this book to me as a good general discussion on Chinese fox mythology. | Rania Huntington | 2004 | ISBN-10 0674010949 |
| Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio | A compilation of Chinese ghost stories, many featuring the Huli-Jing. | Pu Songling | 2006 | ISBN-10: 0140447407 |
| The Catalpa Bow | A study of Japanese Shamanism that includes a section discussing "Witch Animals" regarding fox-employers, rituals, and tracing the origins of the superstitions of hereditary line possession. | Carmen Blacker | 1975 (1e), 1986 (2e) | 1873410859, 0-04-398008-2 |
| In Search of The Supernatural: The Written Record | An English translation of the Sou Shen Chi, a compilation of stories and accounts of strange happenings, including many about shapeshifting foxes in China. This translation may be difficult to acquire. There is another available on Amazon but that translation seemed to be less detailed when I compared some of the text between the two. | K. J. DeWoskin, J. I. Crump | 1996 | ISBN-10 0804725063 |
| The Discourse on Foxes and Ghosts | Critical analysis of Zhiguai storytelling during the 18th century that gives context to the fox depictions | Leo Tak-Hung Chan | 1998 | ISBN-13 9780824820510 |