Basic commentary recommendations

Series abbreviation meanings
FOB
Focus on the bible (published by Christian Focus)
TOTC
Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (published by IVP)
BST
Bible speaks today series (published by IVP)
IVPNTC
IVP New Testament Commentary (published by IVP)
NIVAC
NIV Application Commentary (published by Zondervan)
New Testament
Gaps are left to show where a commentary covers a number of bible books.
Bible book
Author and series
Matthew
Keener (IVPNTC)
Mark
Garland (NIVAC)
Luke
Bock (IVPNTC)
John
Milne (BST)
Acts
Stott (BST)
Romans
Moo (NIVAC)
1 Corinthians
Blomberg (NIVAC)
2 Corinthians
Belleville (IVPNTC)
Galatians
Stott (BST)
Ephesians
Liefield (IVPNTC)
Philippians
Fee (IVPNTC)
Colossians

Lucas (BST)
Philemon
1 Thessalonians

Stott (BST)
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy

Towner (IVPNTC)
2 Timothy
Titus
Hebrews
Guthrie (NIVAC)
James
Motyer (BST)
1 Peter
Marshall (IVPNTC)
2 Peter

Lucas/Green (BST)
Jude
1 John

Burge (NIVAC)
2 John
3 John
Revelation
Gardner (FOB)
Old Testament
Gaps are left to show where a commentary covers a number of bible books.
Genesis
Atkinson BST & Baldwin BST
Exodus
Enns NIVAC
Leviticus
Averbeck NIVAC
Numbers
Brown BST
Deuteronomy
Block NIVAC
Joshua

Ralph Davis FOB

Judges
Ralph Davis FOB
Ruth
Atkinson BST
1 & 2 Samuel
Ralph Davis FOB
1 & 2 Kings
Ralph Davis FOB
1 & 2 Chronicles
Wilcox BST
Ezra
Kidner (includes Nehemiah) TOTC
Nehemiah
Brown BST
Esther
Jobes NIVAC
Job
Atkinson BST
Psalms

Wilcoxx2 BST

Proverbs

Alden (Proverbs: A Commentary on an Ancient Book of Timeless Advice) BAKER

Ecclesiastes

Provan NIVAC
Song of Songs
Isaiah
Webb BST
Jeremiah

Kidner BST
Lamentations
Ezekial
Duguid NIVAC
Daniel
T-Longman NIVAC
Hosea

Smith NIVAC
Amos
Micah
Joel

Prior (also includes Micah) BST
Habakkuk
Obadiah

Baker, Alexander, Walke (also includes Micah) TOTC
Jonah
Nahum

Baker (also includes Habakkuk) TOTC
Zephaniah
Zechariah
Webb BST
Haggai

Baldwin (also includes Zechariah) TOTC
Malachi