Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mespoptamian Religion by Thorkild Jacobsen

History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine "Firsts" in Recorded History by Samuel Noah Kramer

Sumerian Mythology: A Study of Spiritual and Literary Achievement in the Third Millennium B.C. by Samuel Noah Kramer

A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000-323 BC by Marc Van De Mieroop

Inanna Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her stories and Hymns from Sumer by Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer

The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character by Samuel Noah Kramer

Myths from Mesopotamia (Oxford World's Classics) by Stephanie Dalley

Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization by A. Leo Oppenheim

Ancient Mesopotamia by Susan Pollock

Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia by Jeremy Black and Anthony Green

Sumerian Mythology: A Study of Spiritual and Literary Achievement in the Third Millennium B.C. by Samuel Noah Kramer

Asimov's Guide to the Bible: Old and New Testaments by Isaac Asimov

The last book on the list I just got for Christmas from my wonderful friend Maria Marius. :D It may not seem like something that should go with a list like this, but it has a lot of info on the historical, geographical and biographical aspects of Mesopotamia. I've only read a few pages in "Genesis" and already I'm getting ideas for areas to delve deeper into and post about.