How To Build Shaker Furniture
By Thomas Moser, published by Sterling Publishing. This book runs the range from a simple candle shelf to elaborate cabinetry. Moser has include a tutorial on the Shaker lifestyle, fundamental information on wood as well as tools that the Shakers used to create their furniture. The  woodworking plans are measured drawings with detail paid to joinery and assembly. It's a good source of information that could be used by all woodworkers from beginner to experienced.

Cabinetry: The Woodworkers Guide to Building Professional Looking Cabinets and Shelves Edited by Robert A. Yoder, published by the Rodale Press.  Dealing with just about all aspects of cabinetry from kitchen  cabinets, vanities, buffets and wall cabinets, I've found this book to be a valuable resource. There are measured  drawings with a special detail chapter on how to do specific joinery and assembly, as well as cutting raised panel doors on the table saw. The projects here are detailed requiring a  combination of hand and power tools. Skill level on the type  of projects here range from good beginner to experienced. The  style of the cabinetry, I would categorize as Shaker style to  Early American. If you're going to try your hand at cabinetry, I would recommend this book.

Building Traditional Kitchen Cabinets
By Jim Tolpin, published by Taunton Press. This book couldn't have been published at a better time. I incorporated his techniques into building the kitchen cabinets in our  home. What I liked about this book is that it concentrated on fast methods that were proven in cabinet shops. I didn't have a lot of time to spend building kitchen cabinets as, using paper bags and cardboard boxes for storage and work surface, although, kind of cutesy in the beginning, got old fast. No  plans here. No standard dimension guide either. Good  description on mass production techniques and finishing. The skill level here is more toward the intermediate and above.  It seems to make the assumption that you already know how to  use a lot of the tools that are used in the construction  process. Combine this book with the book I described above  and you're all set.

Mostly Shaker from The New Yankee Workshop, The New Yankee Workshop,  and Classics from The New Yankee Workshop
By Norm  Abram, published by the Little Brown Company. Norm Abram is probably the most famous of woodworkers. Having met him at a  Home Show in Rockland County, New York. It certainly doesn't appear that success has gone to his head. He seems like an all around nice person. I enjoy these three books. The writing style is easy to read. It has a lot of good pictures and each project has a project planner section to help get  started. The projects are pretty basic. A beginning woodworker would get intimidated by the number of tools they would need to do a simple project. The more experienced woodworker wouldn't find the challenge. If you want to drool  about a dream shop though, these are great books.

Building a Workshop

The Workshop Book
By Scott Landis, published by, The Taunton Press.

Although this books doesn't address every aspect of building a shop, there's a lot of good information relative to layout, wiring etc. These are basic fundamentals that will allow your shop  to evolve in the future.