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Rabbinic legal texts and responsa

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Shulchan Aruch
book of Jewish law by Rabbi Joseph Karo
Mishneh Torah
code of Jewish religious law authored by Maimonides
Mishnah Berurah
Book written by the Rabbi Israel Meir Kegan
Arba'ah Turim
book written by the Rabbi Jacob ben Asher
Orach Chayim
Section of the books Arba Turim of the Rabbi Asher ben Jehiel, and the Shulchan Aruch of the Rabbi Joseph Karo.
Mikraot Gedolot
edition of the Tanakh with the classic Jewish commentaries
responsa
Responsa (plural of Latin , 'answer') comprise a body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them. In the modern era, the term is used to describe decisions and rulings made by scholars in historic religious law.
Even Ha'ezer
Section of the books Arba Turim and Shulchan Aruch.
Rabbinic responsa
religious legal rulings by rabbis
Sefer ha-Chinuch
Book about the 613 mitzvot of the Torah.
Sefer Hamitzvot
book by Maimonides that lists the commandments of Judaism
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch
Jewish law book
Choshen Mishpat
Section of the books Arba Turim and Shulchan Aruch.
Yoreh De'ah
Section of the books Arba Turim, written by the Rabbi Asher ben Jehiel, and the Shulchan Aruch, written by the Rabbi Joseph Karo.
Shulchan Aruch HaRav
codification of halakha by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Aruch HaShulchan
book about Jewish law written by Yechiel Michel Epstein
Beit Yosef
Commentary on Arba'ah Turim
Minchat Chinuch
Commentary of the book Sefer ha-Chinuch.
Sefer Mitzvot Gadol
Book about the jewish law written by the Rabbi Moses ben Jacob of Coucy.
Chofetz Chaim
Book written by the Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kegan.
Chayei Adam
book about Jewish law written by the Rabbi Avraham Danzig
Pearls of Halakha
Series of books on Jewish law