My GO TO anatomy book! This has so much gold in it and won't break the bank. From the skeleton to muscles and a hair growth chart, it is filled with amazing references which can be copied and reversed for all your artistic needs. 

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I personally have two of these, one with the pages removed and kept beside my sculpting desk. If you can only buy one book, this would be the one I suggest.

This has some beautiful insights into the head and joints that I haven't found in other books. Gorgeous drawings showing insightful angles like the inside of the foreleg and shoulder.  Breaks down the muscles of the face in very easy steps and shows the anatomy of the ear and false nostril. 

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A must have for insights into the details that can make your work stand out!

Breaks down anatomy muscle by muscle in a very visual way. It also shows the different areas of the spine and how they move and by how much. A great reference for dynamic sculptures and understanding how each muscle works!

A great addition to How Your Horse Moves and goes into deeper detail about muscles of the back and legs. Some really interesting overhead bending shots and how the muscles change the skeleton's posing when engaging the core and collecting.

A book full of dissection photos and very useful angles for sculpting. The intent of the photos is to show anatomy with cross sections, xrays, photos and different dissection layers.

Very good reference for legs, joints and understanding how all the layers of anatomy interact. 

A great reference for horse colors and their patterns!

A great book that goes over anatomy, armatures, sculpting and molding sculpture, including horses. The mold making techniques are brush on and more geared towards bronze but still useful! A good cover all book.

The drawings of the leg from all angles are great for coloring to better understand the forms in 3D

Goes over sculpting, molding and casting in resin! Mostly for action figures and statues. Including molding in pieces, articulation and painting.

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A great non-model horse reference!

A more fantastical anatomical spin but does have lots of fun horse anatomy (A whole chapter in fact). Some neat comparisons and a cool pegasus and centaur anatomy reference!

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A beautiful and inspiring book!

A great reference for the movement of the horse and the different gaits. Not a lot of detail to the photographs, but some interesting breeds, gaits, poses and movements.

This has wonderful angles and movement diagrams that show how the muscles and bones work.  Lots of information on the head and angles taht are hard to find of diffeent limbs and less static poses. Very handy! A must have in my opinion!

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It is a hefty book with many species in it with some comparative anatomy.

This is the book with all the wonderful measurements and breed specific proportional charts. It has different breeds including zebras and tons of measuements from mares and stallions. It is a very cool book!

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Look for used copies as it is out of print. Amazon sometimes has used ones available through other sellers.

Great references of anatomy drawn onto horses in movement and photographed. Shows you what is going on under the skin in very active poses. A very good visual aid! Lots of fun insights and photography angles and poses like jumping.

A great book for understanding how muscles engage and which are active or relaxed in various poses. Uses a unique way of showing muscle lines over the skeleton to understand interactions and layering of muscles over bone. 

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Also shows placement of hooves and muscles from above in various poses for proper movement/posture.

A combined volume of Dr. Deb's three conformation books. It goes over a lot of conformational faults,  postural issues and anatomy in general. Teaches you how to see these principles under the skin and how it will impact movement. Goes over false vs real collection as well.

A great reference for horse colors, particularly rare patterns and how genetics comes into play interacting with base colors.

Great for sculpting information, particuarly polymer clay. Goes over sculpting from concept drawing to finished painted piece. It isn't horse related but shows some good info!

Sculpting from clay including making armatures, making your own sculpting tools, some human anatomy and detailing in clay.

Some really handy drawings and the coloring factor helps you understand the anatomy in a different way. 

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Also covers some conformational faults and shows anatomical cut aways that are insightful.