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Brickhouse, Thomas C., and Smith, Nicholas D. Socrates on Trial. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. Substantial scholarly study, with extensive bibliography.
Cornford, Francis M. Before and After Socrates. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1932. 
Grower, Barry S., and Stokes, Michael C., eds. Socratic Questions: New Essays on the Philosophy of Socrates and its Significance. London: Routledge, 1992. Scholarly evaluations of his philosophy.
Kraut, Richard. Socrates and the State. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984. Discussion of the Crito and Socrates' views of political obligation.
O'Brien, Michael J. The Socratic Paradoxes and the Greek Mind. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1967. 
Plato. The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues. New York: Dover; London: Constable, 1992. Classic work, translated by the great 19th-century scholar Benjamin Jowett.
Stone, I. F. The Trial of Socrates. London: Cape, 1988. Good popular account.
Vlastos, Gregory. Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher. Cambridge University Press, 1991. Good study of his importance as a philosopher.
Xenophon. Conversations of Socrates. London: Penguin, 1990. Edited with new material by Robin Waterfield. Excellent and very readable translation.

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