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The Miles Davis literature, as you might expect, is enormous. Here is a sampling. If you know of good books or articles that aren't listed below, send me a message and I will add them.

• Chris Albertson, "The Unmasking of Miles Davis," Saturday Review, November 27, 1971, pp. 67-87 (with interruptions).
• Frank Alkyer, "The Miles Files," Down Beat, December 1991, pp. 22-24.
• ------ (ed.), The Miles Davis Reader. New York: Hal Leonard, 2007.
• Amiri Baraka, "Miles Davis: One of the Great Mother Fuckers," in Amiri and Amina Baraka (edd.), The Music: Reflections on Jazz and Blues. New York: William Morrow, 1987, pp. 290-301.
• Bob Belden and John Ephland, "Miles... What was that note?" Down Beat, December 1995, pp. 17-22.
• Ian Carr, Miles Davis: A Biography. New York: Morrow, 1982.
• Franck Bergerot, Miles Davis: introduction a l'ecoute du jazz moderne. Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1996.
• Luca Bragalini, "Miles Davis e la Disgregazione dello Standard, parts 1-2" Musica Jazz, 53/9 (Agosto-Settembre 1997) and 53/10 (Ottobre 1997). (English translation available on this website)
• Howard Brofsky, "Miles Davis and My Funny Valentine: The Evolution of a Solo," Black Music Research Journal 3, Winter 1983, pp. 23-34.
• Gary Carner, The Miles Davis Companion: Four Decades of Commentary. New York: Schirmer Books, 1996.
• Ian Carr, Miles Davis: A Critical Biography. New York: Morrow, 1982; London: Quartet Books, 1982.
• Luca Cerchiari, Miles Davis: Dal Bebop all' Hip-Hop. Milan: Feltrinelli Editore, 2013.
• Jack Chambers, Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis. New York: Da Capo Press, 1998. Previously published by Quill/Morrow, 1989. Originally published in two volumes, 1983 and 1985.
• Bill Cole, Miles Davis: The Early Years. New York: Da Capo Press, 1994.
• George Cole, The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005. [website]
• Kwami Tain Coleman, The "Second Quintet": Miles Davis, The Jazz Avant-Garde, and Change, 1959-1968. Stanford University PhD Disseration, 2014.
• Todd Coolman, The Miles Davis Quintet of the Mid-1960s: Synthesis of Improvisational and Compositional Elements. New York University PhD dissertation, 1997.
• Richard Cook, It's About That Time: Miles Davis On and Off Record. London: Atlantic Books, 2005.
• Julie Coryell and Laura Friedman, Jazz-Rock Fusion: The People, The Music. New York: Delta Books, 1978.
• Laurent Cugny, Electrique Miles Davis 1968-1975. Marseille: André Dimanche Éditeur, 1993. [reissued 2019]
• Michael Cuscuna and Michel Ruppli, The Blue Note Label: A Discography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
• Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe, Miles: The Autobiography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.
• Miles Davis with Scott Gutterman, The Art of Miles Davis. New York: Prentice Hall Editions, 1991.
• Stephen Davis, Miles Davis 1973: My Ego Only Needs a Good Rhythm Section. New York: Vigliano Books, 2014.
• Scott DeVeaux, The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History. Berkeley and London: University of California Press, 1997.
• Chris DeVito, Yasuhiro Fujioka, Wolf Schmaler, David Wild, edited by Lewis Porter, The John Coltrane Reference. New York and London: Taylor and Francis, 2008. [website]
• Massimo Doná, La Filosofia di Miles Davis. Milan and Udine: Mimesis Edizione, 2015.
• Gerald Early (ed.), Miles Davis and American Culture. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 2001.
• Leonard Feather, "Miles and the Fifties" (Classic Interview), Down Beat, March 1995, pp. 36-39. (Interview originally appeared in Down Beat July 2, 1964.)
• Leonard Feather and Miles Davis, "Blindfold Test." Davis did five Blindfold Tests with Feather in Down Beat magazine: September 21, 1955 (pp. 33-34); August 7, 1958 (p. 29); June 18, 1964 (p. 21); June 13, 1968 (p. 34); and June 27, 1968 (p. 33).
• Larry Fisher, Miles Davis and Dave Liebman: Jazz Connections. Stroudsberg: CARIS Music Services, 1999.
• Phil Freeman, Running the Voodoo Down: The Electric Music of Miles Davis. New York: Backbeat Books, 2005.
• Yasuhiro Fujioka, Lewis Porter, and Yoh-Ichi Hamada, John Coltrane: A Discography and Musical Biography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995. Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies, Studies in Jazz, Volume 20.
• Alain Gerber, Miles Davis et le blues du blanc: La ballade du honky-tonk man. Paris: Éditions Bayard, 2003.
• Ralph J. Gleason, "Miles Davis," Rolling Stone, December 13, 1969.
• Bob Gluck, The Miles Davis Lost Quintet and Other Revolutionary Ensembles. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017.
• Frédéric Goaty, Miles Davis, Editions Vade Retro, Paris, 1995.
• George Grella, Jr., Bitches Brew. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
• Farah Jasmine Griffin and Salim Washington, Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008.
• Gregg Hall, "Miles Davis: Today's Most Influential Contemporary Musician," Down Beat, July 18, 1974, pp. 16-20.
• Alex Haley, "The Miles Davis Interview," Playboy, September 1962.
• Max Harrison, "Sheer Alchemy, for a While: Miles Davis and Gil Evans," Jazz Monthly, December 1958 and Febraury 1960.
• Don Heckman, "Miles Davis Times Three: The Evolution of a Jazz Artist," Down Beat, August 30, 1962, pp. 16-19.
• Clarence Bernard Henry, Miles Davis: A Research and Information Guide. London and New York: Routledge, 2017.
• Michael James, Miles Davis. London: Faber and Cassell, 1961.
• Ashley Kahn, Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece. New York: Da Capo Press, 2000.
• James Kaplan, 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool. New York: Penguin Random House, 2024.
• Barry Kernfield, Adderley, Coltrane, and Davis at the Twilight of Bop: The Search for Melodic Coherence (1958-1959). Ann Arbor: University Microfilems, 1981.
• Bill Kirchner (ed.), A Miles Davis Reader (Smithsonian Readers in American Music). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997.
• Tobias Lemkuhl, Coolness: Über Miles Davis. Rogner & Bernhard, Berlin, 2009
• Ruud Kuyper, Miles Davis dichterbij. Utrecht: Luyting, 1988.
• Steve Lajoie, Gil Evans and Miles Davis: Historic Collaborations 1957-1962. Advance Music, 2003.
• Jan Lohmann, The Sound of Miles Davis: The Discography 1945-1991. Copenhagen: JazzMedia ApS, 1992.
• Daryl Long, Miles Davis for Beginners. New York: Writers and Readers, 1994.
• Serge Loupien, Miles Davis. E.J.L. Librio no. 307. Paris: Flammarion, 1999.
• Jeffrey Magee, "Kinds of Blue: Miles Davis, Afro-Modernism, and the Blues," Jazz Perspectives vol. 1, no. 1 (May 2007): 5-27.
• Paul Maher, Jr. and Michael K. Dorr (edd.), Miles on Miles: Interviews and Conversations with Miles Davis. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2009.
• Howard Mandel, "Sketches of Miles," Down Beat, December 1991, pp. 16-20.
• Gary Marmorstein, The Label: A Story of Columbia Records. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007.
• Walter Mauro, Miles et Juliette. Rome: Giulio Perrone Editore, 2018.
• Barry McRae, Miles Davis. London: Apollo Books, 1988.
• Franck Médioni, Miles Davis – 80 musiciens de jazz témoignent. Arles: Actes Sud, 2009.
• Enrico Merlin, "Code MD: Coded Phrases in the Early Electric Period" (Prepared for Miles Davis and American Culture II: May 10-11, 1996, Washington University, St. Louis). (Copy available on this website)
• ------, Miles Davis 1959: A Day-by-Day Chronology. Privately printed, 2017. (Details on his website)
• Enrico Merlin and Veniero Rizzardi, Bitches Brew: Genesi del capolavaro di Miles Davis. Milano: Il Saggiatori, 2009.
• Guido Michelone, Miles Davis: Il Sound del Futuro. Siena: Libra Barbera, 2011.
• Dan Morgenstern, "Miles in Motion," Down Beat, September 3, 1970, pp. 16-17.
• Tore Mortensen, Miles Davis: Den Ny Jazz. Aarhus: n/a, 1976.
• Brian Morton, Miles Davis. London: Haus, 2005.
• Chris Murphy, Miles to Go: The Lost Years. New York: Da Capo Press, 2006.
• Yasuki Nakayama, Miles Davis Complete Discography. Tokyo: Futabasha, 2000.
• ------, Listen to Miles, Version 6. Tokyo: Futabasha, 2004.
• ------, Miles Davis: We Love Music, We Love the Earth. Tokyo: Tokyo FM, 2002.
• Eric Nisenson, 'Round About Midnight: A Portrait of Miles Davis. New York: Da Capo Press, 1996.
• ------, The Making of Kind of Blue: Miles Davis and his Masterpiece. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000.
• Takao Ogawa a.o., Jazz Hero's Data Bank. [sic] Tokyo: JICC, 1991.
• Toyoki Okajima (ed.), The Complete Blue Note Book: Tribute to Alfred Lion. Jazz Critique Special Edition, No. 3 (1987). Tokyo: Jazz Hihyo, 1987.
• ------, The Prestige Book: Discography of All Series. Jazz Critique Special Edition No. 3 (1996). Tokyo: Jazz Hihyo, 1996.
• Harvey Pekar, "Miles Davis: 1964-69 Recordings," Coda, May 1976, pp. 8-14.
• Bret Primack, "Remembering Miles," Jazz Times, February 1992, pp. 17-88 (with interruptions).
• Michel Ruppli and Bob Porter, The Prestige Label: A Discography. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1980.
• Michel Ruppli and Bob Porter, The Savoy Label: A Discography. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1980.
• Jimmy Saunders, "An Interview with Miles Davis," Playboy, April 1975.
• R.B. Shaw, "Miles Above," Jazz Journal, November 1960, pp. 15-16.
• Chris Smith, "A Sense of the Possible: Miles Davis and the Semiotics of Improvised Performance", in In the Course of Performance: Studies in the World of Musical Improvisation (edd. Bruno Nett and Melinda Russell), University of Chicago Press, 1998.
• Jeremy Smith, Sound, Mediation, and Meaning in Miles Davis' A Tribute to Jack Johnson. Duke University PhD Dissertation, 2008.
• Michael Stradford, Miles Style: The Fashion of Miles Davis. London: Smith Stradford Services, 2020.
• Victor Svorinich, Listen to This: Miles Davis and Bitches Brew. University Press of Mississippi, 2015.
• John Szwed, So What: The Life of Miles Davis. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2002.
• Greg Tate, "The Electric Miles: Parts 1 and 2," Down Beat, July and August 1983.
• Matthieu Thibault, Bitches Brew ou le Jazz Psychédélique. Marseille: Éditions Le mot et le reste, 2012.
• Paul Tingen, Miles Beyond: Electric Explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991. New York: Billboard Books, 2001. [website]
• Gary Tomlinson, "Miles Davis: Musical Dialogician," Black Music Research Journal 11/2, Fall 1991, pp. 249-64.
• Quincy Troupe, Miles and Me. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000.
• Ken Vail, Miles' Diary: The Life of Miles Davis, 1947-1961. London: Sanctuary Publishing, 1996.
• Robert Walser, "Out of Notes: Signification, Interpretation, and the Problem of Miles Davis," Musical Quarterly, Summer 1993, pp. 343-65.
• Peter Weissmüller, Miles Davis: Sein Leben, Musik, Schallplatten. Berlin: OREOS, 1988.
• Keith Waters, The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-1968. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
• Richard Williams, The Man in The Green Shirt. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1993.
• ------, The Blue Moment: Miles Davis' Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music. London: Faber and Faber, 2009.
• Masaya Yamaguchi, Miles Davis: New Research on Miles Davis and His Circle. New York: Masaya Music, 2019. (Available as an e-book from Amazon.com)
• Jeremy Yudkin, Miles Davis, Miles Smiles and the Invention of Post-Bop. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008.

Several collections at the New York Public Library are invaluable resources for anyone with a serious interest im Miles Davis and his music. The George Avakian Papers and the Teo Macero Collection are a goldmine.

If you know of other good internet resources about Miles Davis and his music, please send me a message and I will check them out.