"Recommend books on Mongols" Topic

I was looking over what's available in 28mm for Mongols of Ghengis Khan and his successors, and (without criticising anyone in particular) to my eye they often look like their horses are much bigger than the Mongolian horses that were actually ridden.

So that gave me the itch to sculpt some. So what would you recommend in terms of books to take seriously on the topic of Mongol armies. All I have just now is the WRG book on the crusades that has a couple of pages on them. I'm eyeing the Osprey MAA "The Mongols" and the Warrior title "Mongol Warrior 1200-1350".
Baring in mind that visual material is the primary aid to the sculptor (or text that deals with armament and equipment), rather than historical narrative, what books would you recommend?

Here is a great place to start: link

I totally agree with you on the lack of properly sized Mongol ponies. I mounted my 28mm Mongol Hordes on old Hinchliffe 25mm horses. I think that they work pretty well as Mongol Ponies.

Aso in Osprey are The Age of Tamerlane, and Mounted Archers of the Steppes.

If you are looking for pictures, at one time this was an unbelievable source for all steppe warriors:
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Now. most of the pictures from the first 60 pages are gone, but still some really good stuff in last 20 pages.
Also, some good pictures in The Mongol Warlords by David Nicolle and Richard Hook, which is not an Osprey book. And Heath's Armies of the Middle Ages, Vol 2 has a section on the Golden Horde.

A couple more Ospreys. The Mongol Invasions of Japan and Genghis Kahn and the Mongol Conquests.

Contemporary illustrations of Ilkhanid Mongols may be of interest.

Druzhina
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Thanks all, some good suggestions here.

Texaswalker- I've seen that site before, back when most of the first 60 pages were still working. A lot of useful stuff, plus interesting Hun images which is something I've been seeking too. I've ordered the David Nicolle book.

Druzhina- your site was one of the first places I looked! But for now I want to stick to the early expansionary period under Ghengis Khan. Might move on to the sucessor states, but want to get a firm base with the expansion.

Perhaps of interest to people in this thread is this Youtube channel. The guy appears to know his stuff (not that I can judge that yet, but I found him convincing on the subject the silk shirt and arrows, which I was always very doubtful of). Not the best presented channel, but that is secondary to the quality of the info.

YouTube link

Quick additional question- I'm aware of the Concord "Fighting Men" book on the Mongols. I saw it years ago and was hoping it would be another Angus McB book (I would have got it just for his work), but was put off by the art- a lot of it looked a bit off, especially when showing European warriors, which made me suspect the whole thing.
Any views on its reliability?