Books about Villa-Lobos: biographies, bibliographies, primary documents, analysis of the music.
| Appleby (1988) | Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music) |
| Appleby (2002) | Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Life (1887-1959) |
| Beaufils (1967) | Villa Lobos, musicien et poète du Brésil |
| Béhague (1994) | Heitor Villa-Lobos : the search for Brazil's musical soul |
| D'Anunciação (2006) | Os instrumentos típicos brasileiros na Obra de Villa-Lobos |
| Duarte (1994), v.2 | Revisão das Obras Orquestrais de Villa-Lobos, v.2 |
| Jardim (2005) | O Estilo Antropofágico de Heitor Villa-Lobos |
| Karmo / Museu Villa-Lobos | As Fantásticas Viagens Imaginárias do Índio Cascaca Pelo Brasil Adentro, by karmo |
| Manuel Negwer (2008) | Heitor Villa-Lobos und der Aufbruch der brasilianischen Musik |
| Mariz (1963) | Heitor Villa-Lobos; Brazilian composer |
| Mariz (2005) | Villa-Lobos: O Homem e a obra |
| Palma & Chavez (1971) | As Bachianas Brasileiras de Villa-Lobos |
| Peppercorn (1991) | Villa-Lobos: An Analysis of His Style |
| Peppercorn (1992) | Villa-Lobos: Collected Studies |
| Peppercorn (1994) | The Villa-Lobos letters |
| Peppercorn (1996) | The World of Villa-Lobos in Pictures and Documents |
| Schic (1987) | Villa Lobos: souvenirs de l'Indien blanc |
| Tarasti (1995) | Heitor Villa-Lobos: the life and works, 1887-1959 |
| Villa-Lobos, Sua Obra (2009) | Villa-Lobos, Sua Obra, Version 1.0 |
| Villa-Lobos: Sua Obra (1989) | Villa-Lobos: Sua Obra, 3rd edition, 1989 |
| Wright (1992) | Villa-Lobos (Oxford Studies of Composers) |