* The Buddha and his Teachings * An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life * Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World
Those are some book of Buddhism.
I am no authority on the best intro to Buddhism books, but some that seem to be popular are: Buddhism Plain and Simple Buddhism for Beginners How to Practice : The Way to a Meaningful Life I learned from the How to Practice book and just on-line studying.
There are many books about Buddhism and it really depends on which tradition and sect you follow, but the basic book would be Dhammapada. It is a collection of the Shakyamuni Buddha's original teaching.
Any decent-sized bookstore will have some books related to Zen Buddhism. Perhaps the most influential books about Zen Buddhism written in English during the last half century are Philip Kapleau's THE THREE PILLARS OF ZEN and Shunryu Suzuki's ZEN MIND, BEGINNER'S MIND. .
Yes Buddhism does have holy books, and they are very important to Buddhist. The Tipitaka, is the believed to be the direct words of the Buddha.
Some of the SECTS of Buddhism are Theravada, Mahayana, Tibetan, and Zen Buddhism. Buddhism is a religion, and therefor it has no "religions".
Buddhism
There are many books on Buddhism available in bookstores and online. These are usually in the Spirituality or Philosophy section. Many are written as introductions by western writers and are quite enjoyable to read. Others like D.T. Suzuki's discussions of Zen Buddhism books are more of a slog but are much deeper.
Two books that have attracted many people to Zen Buddhism are Philip Kapleau's THE THREE PILLARS OF ZEN and Shunryu Suzuki's ZEN MIND, BEGINNER'S MIND. .
Buddhism is a type of religon
Bhuddists do not worship books as such. Sacred books for the monks would be the Pali Canon (at least for Theravada Buddhists).
The founder of Buddhism was the Buddha.
There are a number of books that deal with the religion of Buddhism, and they are found in Buddhist temples, also in libraries, bookstores, or people's homes.