Here is my very unscientific list of the greatest chess books of all time:
Zurich 1953
David Bronstein
My System
Aaron Nimzowitch
Logical Chess: Move by Move
Irving Chernev
My 60 Memorable Games
Bobby Fischer
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played
Irving Chernev
Endgame Strategy
M. Shereshevsky
Chess Fundamentals
Jose R. Capablanca
Alekhine’s Best Games of Chess
Alexander Alekhine
Modern Chess Strategy
Ludek Pachman
Masters of the Chessboard
Richard Reti
