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Did you know that there have been about a gazillion books written about Chess? Amazon.com has tons of them, with most at great discounts!

I have done a little leg-work for you, looking-up most of the Chess Books you'll find at Amazon.com, and arranging them into categories that will help you find what you are looking for a little quicker. Or, if you want to look for non-chess-related books, you can use the Search utility to the right.

You won't believe some of the prices on these books. Many of them are under $10!

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I found that there are reviews of many of the books at various sites around the internet. If you go to one of the major seach engines (I like Yahoo.com), and search for the full title of the book, you will usually find web pages containing more information about the book.

The first category listed is the "Highly Recommended" category. These are the best books from all of the other categories. At Amazon.com they allow people to submit reviews of the books. When a book has multiple positive reviews I'll mark it as Highly Recommended. Each book is also in it's respective category as well.

This picture indicates that the book is "Highly Recommended"

Index of Categories

Highly Recommended
Advanced
Audio/Video
Beginners
Chess for Kids
Computers and Chess
Correspondence Chess
Masters of Chess
Other
Puzzles
Stories/Novels/Texts
Strategy - Defense
Strategy - End Play
Strategy - General
Strategy - Middle Play
Strategy - Offense
Strategy - Openings
Test/Rate Yourself

Highly Recommended
	Basic Chess Endings	Best Lessons of a Chess Coach (McKay Chess Library)	Chess : 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games
	How to Reassess Your Chess : The Complete Chess-Mastery Course	Improve Your Chess Now (Cadogan Chess Books)	Josh Waitzkin's Attacking Chess : Aggressive Strategies and Inside Moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion (Fireside Chess Library)
	LA Tabla De Flandes/the Chess Master	My Best Games of Chess 1908-1937 (Alexander Alekhine)	My System. (Aron Nimzovich)
	One Thousand and One Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations	Pawn Power in Chess	Play Winning Chess : An Introduction to the Moves, Strategies, and Philosophy of Chess from the Usa's #1 Ranked Chess Player (Yasser Seirawan)
	Searching for Bobby Fischer : The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess	Simple Checkmates	Square One : The Best Chess Drill Book for Beginners of All Ages (Fireside Chess Library)
	The Chess Encyclopedia	The Complete Najforf	The Flanders Panel
	The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings	The Luneburg Variation	The Mammoth Book of Chess
	The Oxford Companion to Chess	The Oxford Companion to Chess (paperback)	The Sorcerer's Apprentice : 40 Recommendations for the Novice, 40 Combinations With Explanations, 50 Games With Comments, 60 Games With Diagrams
	U.S. Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess (McKay Chess Library)	Winning Chess Tactics (Yasser Seirawan)
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Advanced
	Advanced Chess	Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player	Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player
	Cjs Purdy : The Search for Chess Perfection (Purdy Series)	Genius in Chess	Grandmaster Chess (Cadogan Chess)
	H.O.T. Chess	Improve Your Chess Now (Cadogan Chess Books)	Judgment and Planning in Chess
	Modern Chess Strategy	Modern Ideas in Chess	Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played : 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy
	New Ideas in Chess	Planning	Play Winning Chess : An Introduction to the Moves, Strategies, and Philosophy of Chess from the Usa's #1 Ranked Chess Player (Yasser Seirawan)
	Secrets of Grandmaster Chess	Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Vol 1: Beyond the Basics	Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Vol 2: Fundamentals of the Game
	Sharpen Your Tactics	Strategical Themes	Surprise in Chess
	Symmetrical English : 1...C5 : Tournament Level	The Game of Chess	The Inner Game of Chess : How to Calculate and Win (McKay Chess Library)
	The King in Jeopardy (Alburt, Lev. Comprehensive Chess Course Series,)	Weapons of Chess : An Omnibus of Chess Strategy	Win at Chess : A Comprehensive Guide to Winning Chess for the Intermediate Player
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Audio/Video
	Buddy Guy : Complete Chess	Chess Kids
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Beginners
	Beginner's Chess Course	Beginner's Guide to Playing Chess	Beginner's Guide to Winning Chess
	Beginning Chess (Fireside Chess Library)	Chess Basics	Chess Tactics for Beginners
	Chess Training (Cadogan Chess)	Comprehensive Chess Course : Learn Chess in 12 Lessons	Easy Guide to Chess (Cadogan Chess)
	First Steps in Chess	Learn Chess : A Complete Course (Cadagon Chess)	Learn Chess in a Weekend (Learn in a Weekend Series)
	Paper Sculpture Chess Set : The Learn to Play Chess Book	Simple Checkmates	Start Playing Chess
	The Amazing Book of Chess : Learn to Play the World's Most Popular Game of Skill	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess	The Modern Chess Self-Tutor (Cadogan Chess Books)
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Chess for Kids
	Chess for Children	Chess for Juniors : A Complete Guide for the Beginner	Chess for Kids
	Chess Openings for Juniors	Chess; Kid Kit	The Kids' Book of Chess/Book and Kids' Chess Set
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Computers and Chess
	Battle Chess \ Mac C/Mac/Ww/Rental	Battle Chess 4000 C/Dos/Ww/Rental	Classic 5\Backgammon Chess Bridge Go C/Dos/Ww/Rental
	Kasparov and Deep Blue : The Historic Chess Match Between Man and Machine	Kasparov Versus Deep Blue : Computer Chess Comes of Age	Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess \School S/Us (For Windows)
	Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess C/Ww95/Us
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Correspondence Chess
	Complete Guide to Correspondence Chess	Modern Postal Masterpieces
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Masters of Chess
	500 Master Games of Chess (3 Books in 1 Volume)	A New Era : How Garry Kasparov Changed the World of Chess	A Primer of Chess (Jose Raul Capablanca)
	A Primer of Chess/Algebraic Edition (Jose Raul Capablanca)	Akiba Rubinstein : The Later Years	Akiba Rubinstein : Uncrowned King
	Bobby Fischer	Bobby Fischer : A Study of His Approach to Chess (Cadogan Chess Books)	Bobby Fischer : Profile of a Prodigy
	Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess	Bobby Fischer's Outrageous Chess Moves (Fireside Chess Library)	Capablanca's Best Games (New American Batsford Chess Library)
	Decisive Games in Chess History	Emanuel Lasker : The Life of a Chess Master	Five Crowns
	Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters (Dover Books on Chess)	Great Short Games of the Chess Masters	Henrique Mecking : Latin Chess Genius
	How Karpov Wins	How to Beat Bobby Fischer	John Speelman's Best Games
	Journal of a Chess Original	Michael Adams Development of a Grandmaster	Modern Chess Miniatures (Cadogan Chess Series)
	Morphy's Games of Chess	My Best Games of Chess 1905-1954 (Two Volumes Bound As One) (S. G. Tartalower)	My Best Games of Chess 1908-1937 (Alexander Alekhine)
	My Chess Career (J.R. Capablanca)	My System : 21st Century Edition (Aron Nimzowitsch)	My System. (Aron Nimzovich)
	Nigel Short : Quest for the Crown	Nigel Short; World Chess Challenger	No Regrets : Fischer-Spassky
	On Top of the Chess World; The 1995 Wcc	One Hundred Selected Games	Pandolfini's Chess Complete (Fireside Chess Library)
	Paul Keres : The Road to the Top	Paul Keres' Best Games	Paul Keres; The Quest for Perfection
	Persona Non Grata (Viktor Kortchnoi)	Power Chess : Great Grandmaster Battles from Russia	Richard Reti's Best Games
	Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces	Sokolov's Best Games	Studies and Games (Jan Timman)
	Taimanov's Selected Games	The Bobby Fischer I Knew & Other Stories	The Chess Games of Adolph Anderssen : Master of Attack
	The Chess Gladiator	The Chess of Bobby Fischer	The Chessplayer's Laborary : Polugayevsky-Nyezhmetdinov Sochi, 1958
	The Genius of Paul Morphy (Cadogan Chess Books)	The Immortal Games of Capablanca	The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
	The Slav (Matthew Sadler)	The Sorcerer's Apprentice : 40 Recommendations for the Novice, 40 Combinations With Explanations, 50 Games With Comments, 60 Games With Diagrams	Thinker's Chess (Stephan Gerzadowicz)
	Three Steps to Chess Mastery (Alexei Suetin)	Timman's Selected Games : Chess the Adventurous Way	Twelve Great Chess Players and Their Best Games
	Viktors Pupols : American Master	Winning Chess Brilliancies	Winning Chess Stategies : Proven Principles from One of the U.S.A.'s Top Chess Players (Yasser Seirawan)
	Winning Chess Tactics (Yasser Seirawan)
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Other
	C.O.O.L. Chess	Chess for Dummies (For Dummies)	Samurai Chess : Mastering Art of the Mind
	Samurai Chess : Mastering Strategic Thinking Through the Martial Art of the Mind	Scotch 4...Qh4	The Chess Doctor : Sure Fire Cures for What Ails Your Game (Fireside Chess Library)
	The Chess Encyclopedia	U.S. Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess (McKay Chess Library)	Winning Chess Traps
	Winning With Chess Psychology
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Puzzles
	101 Chess Problems for Beginners	200 Challenging Chess Puzzles	200 Classic Chess Puzzles
	200 Demanding Chess Puzzles	Chess : 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games	Chess Problems : Tasks and Records
	Chess Wizardry : The New ABC of Chess Problems (American Batsford Chess Library)	Garry Kasparov's Chess Challenge	Garry Kasparov's Chess Puzzle Book (Cadogan Chess)
	Mathematics and Chess : 110 Entertaining Problems and Solutions	More Chessercizes : Checkmate! (Fireside Chess Library)	Square One : The Best Chess Drill Book for Beginners of All Ages (Fireside Chess Library)
	The Puzzle King : Sam Loyd's Chess Problems and Selected Mathematical Puzzles
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Stories/Novels/Texts
	107 Great Chess Battles, 1939-1945 (Dover Books on Chess)	A Game at Chess (Revels Plays)	Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes : Fifty Tantalizing Problems of Chess Detection
	Epic Battles of the Chessboard	Half a Century of Chess	Hastings 1895, Grand International Chess Congress
	LA Tabla De Flandes/the Chess Master	Quick Chess Knockouts	Searching for Bobby Fischer : The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess
	Soft Pawn	The Bridgewater Manuscript of Thomas Middleton's: A Game at Chess (1624)	The Chess Garden or the Twilight Letters of Gustav Uyterhoeven
	The Flanders Panel	The Gamemaster	The Luneburg Variation
	The March of Chess Ideas (McKay Chess Library)	The New York Times Book of Great Chess Victories and Defeats	The Oxford Companion to Chess
	The Oxford Companion to Chess (paperback)	The World's Great Chess Games	World Chess Championship; Kasparov V Short
	Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953
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Strategy - Defense
	A Complete Defense for Black	King's Indian Defence : Averbakh Variation (Cadogan Chess Books)	Middlegame Strategy
	Nimzo-Indian Defence : Classical Variation (Cadogan Chess Books)	Petroff Defense (MacMillan Chess Library)	Sicilian Defense in the Last Decade 1986 95 : 250 Good and Bad Ideas
	The Art of Defense in Chess	The Caro-Kann Advance (Chess Press Opening Guides)	The Dutch for the Attacking Player
	The Dutch Leningrad (Cadogan Chess Books)	The Fianchetto King's Indian	The Gruenfeld Defense
	The Grunfeld for the Attacking Player	The Modern French Tarrasch	The New Bogo-Indian
	The New Classical King's Indian	The Nimzo-Indian Defence	The Queen's Indian Defence
	The Sveshnikov Sicilian (Cadogan Chess Books)
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Strategy - End Play
	360 Brilliant and Instructive End Games	A Guide to Chess Endings	Basic Chess Endings
	Basic Endgame Strategy : Kings, Pawns, & Minor Pieces (Road to Chess Mastery)	Grandmaster Secrets Endings	How to Force Checkmate
	Mastering the Endgame : Closed Games	Mastering the Endgame : Open and Semi-Open Games (Pergamon Russian Chess Series)	Pandolfini's Endgame Course
	Practical Chess Endings : A Basic Guide to Endgame Strategy for the Beginner and the More Advanced Chess Player	Rate Your Endgame	The Tactics of End-Games
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Strategy - General
	1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate	Alapin French : Tactics for White	Alekhine's Block
	Alekhine's Defense As White : The Four Pawns Attack	Attacking the King	Beating the Anti-King's Indians
	Best Lessons of a Chess Coach (McKay Chess Library)	Bishop Versus Knight	Castling to Win
	Chess Explorations : A Pot-Pourri from the Journal Chess Notes (Cadagon Chess Books)	Chess for Tomorrow's Champions	Chess in the Fast Lane (Cadogan Chess Books)
	Chess Master...at Any Age	Chess Training Pocket Book : 300 Most Important Positions and Ideas	Comprehensive Chess Course : From Beginner to Tournament Player in 12 Lessons
	Creative Chess	Guide to Good Chess : First Steps to Fine Points (Purdy Series)	How to Be a Winner at Chess
	How to Improve Your Chess	How to Win at Chess : 10 Golden Rules to Follow (Cadogan Chess Books)	Lasker's Manual of Chess
	Lessons in Chess (by Garry Kasparov)	One Thousand and One Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations	Pawn Power in Chess
	Pawn Structure Chess (McKay Chess Library)	Positional Sacrifices	Power Mates : Essential Checkmating Strategies and Techniques (Fireside Chess Library)
	The ABCs of Chess : Invaluable, Detailed Lessons for Players of All Levels	The Application of Chess Theory	The Art of Chess Analysis
	The Art of Sacrifice in Chess	The Chess Teacher (Cadogan Chess Series)	The Development of Chess Style
	The Heavy Pieces in Action	The Mammoth Book of Chess	Winning Quickly With Black
	Winning Quickly With White	Winning with the Catalan
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Strategy - Middle Play
	Practical Middlegame Techniques	The Art of the Middle Game	The Middle Game in Chess
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Strategy - Offense
	How to Attack in Chess	Josh Waitzkin's Attacking Chess : Aggressive Strategies and Inside Moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion (Fireside Chess Library)	The Complete C3 Sicilian (New American Bratsford Chess Library)
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Strategy - Openings
	Chess Openings : Traps and Zaps	Gambit Opening Repertoire for Black (Essential Opening Repertoire Series)	Gambit Opening Repertoire for White (Essential Opening Repertoire Series)
	How to Play the Chess Openings	How to Win in the Chess Openings (Fireside Chess Library)	Inside Chess Openings
	Leningrad Dutch : Strategy and Tactics	Mastering the French	Modern Chess Openings : MCO-13
	Modern Chess Openings : MCO-13 (Hardcover) (McKay Chess Library)	New Ideas in the Queen's Gambit Accepted	Play the Benko Gambit (Maxwell MacMillan Chess Series)
	Play the Caro-Kann (Maxwell MacMillan Chess Series)	Play the Catalan (Pergamon Russian Chess Series)	Play the Catalan : Open Variation (Pergamon Russian Chess Series)
	Play the Queen's Gambit (Maxwell MacMillan Chess Series)	Practical Opening Tips	Queen's Gambit Accepted
	The Chigorin Queen's Gambit	The Closed Sicilian (Chess Press Opening Guides)	The Complete Najforf
	The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings	The Killer Grob (Pergamon Chess Series)	The King's Gambit As White
	The Open Spanish (Cadogan Chess)	The Semi-Closed Openings in Action/Intermediate (Anatoly Karpov)	The Sicilian Taimanov
	Winning Chess Openings (Road to Chess Mastery)	Winning in the Opening (Cadogan Chess Series)	World Champion Openings
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Test/Rate Yourself
	How Good Is Your Chess? : Rate Your Skill and Improve Your Strategy by Participating in 35 Master Games	How to Reassess Your Chess : The Complete Chess-Mastery Course	Test and Improve Your Chess : Numerical Evaluation and Other Improvement Techniques (Cadogan Chess)
	Test Your Chess	Test Your Chess IQ : Master Challenge	The Chess Traveller's Quiz Book (Cadogan Chess Series)
	What's the Best Move? : Chess Quiz (Fireside Chess Library)
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