Best Chess Books by Rating
Chess Rating: 1200-1400
1) Chess Tactics for Students
2) Logical Chess Move by Move by Irving Chernev
3) Back to Basics: Tactics (ChessCafe Back to Basics Chess)
4) Winning Chess Tactics, revised (Winning Chess – Everyman Chess)
5) Silman’s Complete Endgame Course
Chess Rating: 1400-1600
1) Modern Chess Strategy
2) The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played
3) Chess Training Pocket Book 
4) Chess Exam and Training Guide
Chess Rating: 1600-1700
1) The Amateur’s Mind
3) Practical Chess Exercises
4) Capablanca’s Best Chess Endings
5) Chess Praxis by Nimozwitch
Chess Rating: 1700-1800
1) Art of Attack in Chess
2) My 60 Memorable Games
3) One Hundred Selected Games by Botnnivik
4) Understanding Chess Move by Move
Chess Rating: 1800-2000
1) How to Reassess Your Chess
2) Fire On Board
3) Fundamental Chess Endings
by Mueller
4) Improve your Chess Now By Johnathan Tillman
5) Dvoretsky’s Analytical Manual
6) Chess Strategy for Club Players by Grooten
7) Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953
8. Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual
9) My System by Nimzowitch
11) Think Like a Grandmaster by Kotov
Great List! I am a litte surprised to find “My System” so high up on the list.
Very interesting post.Thanks for the information.
I also think that My System is fairly accessible to lower rated players….and isn’t Chess Praxis supposed to be a follow on book? I haven’t read it but my understanding is that it demonstrates applications of the principles he outlines in MS.
Also: my new favorite “intro to the openings for beginners” book is the recently published FCO. It’s not a repertoire book, nor a reference work, but it’s very useful for understanding the reasons and history behind why the openings are played the way they are.
This list meets my approval.
And I have no problem with My System being a 1800+ book b/c that is exactly where it belongs. A sub-1800 player should be reading books such as “modern chess stategy” or “simple chess”….and save MS for later.
I teach children, most of whom have a long and difficult road to get to 1200. Can you recommend books for these young players? Naturally, I think mine is okay. Essential Tactics: Building a Foundation for Chess Skill (2017). Currently this book is available for Kindle readers.