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Books about Wagner I've read all or some of:
Wagner and Philosophy by Bryan Magee is OK. A nice read at least.
The Tragic and the Ecstatic : The Musical Revolution of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde by Eric Thomas Cafe wasn't very good. Typical Wagner stuff.
Prelude and Transfiguration from Tristan and Isolde is a Norton Critical Score and is excellent. It has a lot of the best writings and analyses of Tristan.
Romantische Harmonik und ihre Krise in Wagners "Tristan" by Ernst Kurth hasn't been completely translated into English, but the parts I've read are fascinating. I wrote a paper on Kurth's analysis of the Prelude this past semester.
My Life is a good autobiography, but I've only read bits.
Anyway, who really cares about Wagner anyway? Anti-semite.
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