Reddit reviews Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life

What are the best books on Hannibal (particularly ones that may have been overlooked)?

Personally I like Lazenby's Hannibal's War (for the academically inclined) and Dodge's Hannibal (for a general audience).

EDIT:

For those interested in learning more about Hannibal, here are my top picks from books actually on my book shelf:

1. Hannibal's War by J. F. Lazenby (little dry, but well documented history)
   
2. The First Punic War: A Military History by J. F. Lazenby (can't really understand Hannibal without the prelude)
   
3. The Punic Wars by Adrian Goldsworthy (dude knows more about the Roman Army than anyone)
   
4. Hannibal by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (Dodge was a Union officer in the Civil War and wrote some great books on Hannibal, Caesar, Alexander, etc. ... probably the best companion to primary source material on a first read through -- and it's out of copyright so you can find free copies online)
   
5. Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon by B. H. Liddell Hart (was Scipio the real, and somewhat overlooked, genius of the Second Punic War?)
   
   And recommendations and from /u/gevemacd :
   
   
6. Hannibal A Hellenistic Life by Eve MacDonald (/u/gevemacd herself!)
   
7. Cannae: The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War by Gregory Daly (I haven't read this, but the slow trapping and butchery 70,000 men on a hot day seems like a fascinating topic for history as it was actually experienced)

I find Hannibal Barca to be fascinating and love reading about him. Depends on what aspect you want to read about though. For me the Punic Wars and especially the Second Punic war are incredible to study. Here are some of the books on him that I liked.

• Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life
  
• [Livy, The War with Hannibal] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/War-Hannibal-History-Foundation-Classics-ebook/dp/B00358VI0A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482890891&sr=8-1&keywords=Hannibal+Barca)
  
• [The Fall of Carthage] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fall-Carthage-265-146BC-MILITARY-PAPERBACKS-ebook/dp/B008Y15DFE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1482890891&sr=8-3&keywords=Hannibal+Barca)

There's a new book out called "Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life" that offers some really good context and analysis from the Carthaginian perspective of the war.