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Volume 7 is now out, and can be ordered from Mr Saris direct:

Wim Saris just recently released Volume 6 of “Headgear of Hitler’s Germany” in a limited edition run.
The format is much larger than the old Bender books, and utilizes period photos with color pics...

This has just been released: "Visor Hats of the German Army 1935-45" by Marcus Rudolf.

"With this book, the author and collector is not only concerned with the army's visor caps, he also sheds...

I have not yet had a chance to review this book, but it apparently deals with SS TKs & eagles:

"Heer & SS Visor Caps & Uniforms" is the most recent headgear book to come out (2015).
It features the Trond ("turbopanzer") Elvan collection, and contains photos of every Heer 'farbe known.

This...

Einheitsfeldmütze
A pictorial study of the German visored field cap by Daniel Fisher & Oliver Lock. Einheitsfeldmutze Translates to "Standard Field cap" and known as the M43 cap
A 130 page, hard...

"Schirmmützen und Kopfbedeckungen im 3. Reich" came out in 2012.

It is a large-format hardback book, with color photos of actual examples along with period photos.
The text is in German and...

"German Army Visor Caps 1871-1945" came out in 2011 and is by our own Spandau (aka Tony).

It is a thorough history of the evolution of visor hats over a period of 75 years.
It is a large format...

"Exotische: Rare Cloth Headgear of the Third Reich" is by Paul Sack and the late Robby Wilson, and came out in 2010.

It is a large format book, with all the hats being photographed in color.
The...

"German Visor Caps" is an English translation of an earlier French work that came out in 2010.
It is a large format softcover book with color photos of visors that passed through the Hermann...

"The Collector's Guide to Cloth Headgear of the Allgemeine & Waffen SS" came out in 2009.

It is a large format book with color photos of all types of headgear worn by the SS.
It is still in print...

"Au Service du Troisieme Reich" came out in 2007.

It is a medium sized book (with all text in French).
All photos are in color, and are supported by period photos (a lot of which I had not seen...

"The Collector’s Guide to Cloth Third Reich Military Headgear" by Gary Wilkins came out in 2002.
It was revolutionary in that it focused on specific makers and their respective manufacturing...

Volume 2 of the above series covers the Waffen- & Allgemeine SS; Political Organisations; & civil (police, Teno, Bahnschutz, etc). Some nice close-ups of one of Goering's hats are included.
The...

"German Headgear in World War II: Army/Luftwaffe/Kriegsmarine: A Photographic Study of German Hats and Helmets" was released in 1997.
It is a coffee-table book, in that it has minimal text.
It...

Volume 5 came out in 2012. It covers the following: RAD, NSFK, wartime NSKK units; the FAD; & the Arbeitseinsatzverwaltung:

Vol. 4 came out in 2005. It covers the SS; NSKK; & NSAK (the predecessor to the NSKK).
It is still available from Bender Publishing:

Vol. 3 came out in 1998. It covers the NSDAP (party); Hitler's headgear; the SA; DAF (Deutsches Arbeitsfront); and NS Frauenschaft:

Vol. 2 came out in 1992. It covers the following: Waffen SS; Legion Condor; Air, Veteran's & Patriotic Struggle Organizations; and the Freikorps.
It is also OOP, but can still be found on the web:

The next headgear-specific book to be released was in 1989, when our own Wim Saris launched the "gold standard" of headgear reference books, Vol. 1 of "Headgear of Hitler's Germany."

These are in...

Next up is "Dress and Field Service Hats of the Third Reich" by the late Tom Shutt (1981).

This was the first color book on headgear in English, and is like the De Filippi book in terms of...

Les Coiffures Militaires Du Troisieme Reich by Richard de Filippi (1980)

This is a sentimental favorite of mine, as it was the first book on headgear I ever owned.
It is in a large format, with...

Mutzen Von Staat & Partei 1933- 1945 by Nimmergut (1978)

This book is in a small paperback format with line drawings of hats and insignia (they are well done)
It is in German, but most of it is...

This is the grand-daddy of all headgear reference books: "Collectors Guide: German Relics, Supplement 2: Headgear" by Stan Bozich. Almost all the hats are from the Bob Coleman collection, from that...