The Living Soil Handbook by Jesse Frost
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast:
The Living Soil Handbook: The No-Till Grower's Guide to Ecological Market Gardening by Jesse Frost.
This book treats soil as a living community - not something to dominate, but something to work with. Jesse returns again and again to three steady principles: disturb the soil as little as possible, keep it covered as much as possible, and keep it planted as much as possible.
What makes the book especially trusted is its honesty. He writes about what worked - and what didn't. Because soil is complicated. Gardening is complicated. And the real work is learning how to listen.