If the idea of an ideal reading order for Abhidhammika texts, or your favourite books on the Abhidhamma, is logically sound, what specific sequence would you propose for read and study?
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Hi Paulo, 
Any of Nina van Gorkom’s books or Ajahn Sujin Boriharnwanaket’s would be good places to start. 
Abhidhamma in Daily Life by Nina van Gorkom is a good one, and there are many, many other good ones. I haven’t read all 14, but I have read most of them. Some are much lighter and easier to read like Pilgramage in Sri Lanka, or Considering the Truth, but you will learn a lot about development in daily life reading them. Others are more technical like Cetasikas, The Buddhist Teaching of Physical Phenomena, The Conditionality of Life (I would probably save that one for last), and you will learn a lot of specifics in those. Two other good ones I would recommend reading early on are Realities and Concepts, and A Survey of Paramattha Dhammas by Ajahn Sujin Boriharnwanaket.
Then you can get into other material, etc.
R
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However you do it I suggest keeping the Kathavatthu near at hand. It is a compendium of debates that display how they are solved by Theravadins. This will avoid some confusion with some abhidhamma terms and ideas.
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