You definitely are more well read than me. I cannot name drop with you!
Ever read “Warriors of the Steppe”? That one opened my eyes. Mongolian cavalry was the mechanized divisions of that era
For general background, I recommend:”A Thousand Years of the Tartars”, by E. H. Parker;”The Empire of the Steppes”, by Rene Grousset,tr. Naomi Walford; “The Barbarians of Asia”, by Stuart Legg.
For the Mongols, in general:”The Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire”, by Christopher P. Atwood; “Historical Dictionary of the Mongol World Empire”, by Paul D. Buell; “History of the Mongols”, by Bertold Spuler; “The Mongols”, by David Morgan; “The Mongols: A History”, by Jeremiah Curtin; “The History of the Mongol Conquests”, by J.J. Saunders; “The Mongols” [Osprey Mn at Arms Series]; “The Mongol Art of War”, by Timothy May”Mongol Warrior: 1200-1350 [Osprey Warrior Series]; “Storm from the East” Robert Marshall.by
For Chinnghis Quan: “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World”, by Jack Weatherford; “Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy”, by Paul Ratchnevsky; “Genghis Khan”, by R.P. Lister; “National Geographic”,Vol. 190, No. 6, Dec. 1996
For the Great Khans:”The Mongol Warlords”, by David Nicolle; “National Geographic”, Vol. 191, No. 2, February, 1997; Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times”, by Morris Rossabi
The Mongols and the West:”The Devil's Horsemen, supra; “The Mongols and the West”, by Peter Jackson; “Kalka River 1223” [Osprey Campaign]”Russia and the Golden Horde”, by Charles J. Halperin; “Mongols and Mamluks”, by Reuven Amitai-Preiss.
Miscellaneous: “Genghis Khan's Greatest General: Subotai the Valiant”, by Richard A. Gabriel; “Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongol State in Central Asia”, by Michael Biran”The Tartar Khan's Englishman”, by Gabriel Ronay