Reddit reviews Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs

Yup! I took Middle Egyptian for my degree and I have still have my books. How to read Egyptian hieroglyphs: A step-by-step guide to teach yourself , Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, A concise dictionary of Middle Egyptian, and Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs
These were the books I used in class. Keep in mind there's also Late Egyptian, Hieratic, and Coptic.

I'm attempting to educate myself in Old Testament criticism. I'm reading through the following:

• The Old Testament: An Introduction to Biblical Scholarship by Arthur Bellinzoni
  
  
• Old Testament Textual Criticism by Brotzman and Tully
  
  
• Literary Criticism of the Old Testament by Norman Habel
  
  Alongside this, I'm also learning Classical Egyptian and plan on learning Sumerian later on.
  
  
• Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs by James Allen
  
  
• Middle Egyptian Grammar by James Hoch

Here is what I've been recommended:

Loprieno: Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction (a bit heavy on linguistics, but nothing you can't handle with some basic knowledge)

How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A step-by-step guide to teach yourself by Collier and Manley

L'Égyptien hiéroglyphique by Assimil

Middle Egyptian by Allen

Unfortunately, there isn't all that much "real" literature in ME, but it must still be a load of fun. :-)

Almost nobody who works with Egyptian makes any serious attempt to pronounce it correctly. They just use the closest easy-to-pronounce consonants, and stick in whatever filler vowels are natural in their native language. This is partly because we're talking about a language that was spoken a couple thousand years and which had many regional dialects, and so historical pronunciation varied considerably by time and place.

If, however, you want to learn more about the reconstructed pronunciation, then Lorpieno is an excellent choice from a linguistics perspective, and Allen is great if you want a course.