Recommended Chess Book Reading List by Rating

The following list of recommended chess books has been compiled from my personal experience and suggestions of my friends.
Books are categorized based on your rating and in case you do not have a FIDE or USCF rating
you can assume your online rating plus or minus 100 ELO.

1200-1400

1) Chess Tactics for Kids by John Bain
2) Logical Chess Move by Move by Irving Chernev
3) Back to Basics: Tactics (ChessCafe Back to Basics Chess) by Dan Heisman
4) Winning Chess Tactics, revised (Winning Chess – Everyman Chess) by Seirawan
5) Silman’s Complete Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman
6) A First Book of Morphy by Del Rosario
7a) Chess Openings for White, Explained
7b) Chess Openings for Black  
8) How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler
9) Chess for Dummies - James Eade

1400-1600

1) Modern Chess Strategy by Ludek Pachman
2) The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev
3) Chess Training Pocket Book by Lev alburt
4) Chess Exam and Training Guide By Igor Khelmenitsky
5) Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Weeramantry & Eusebi
6) Tips for young players - Mathew Sadler
7) 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations, 21st Century Edition - Fred Reinfeld

1600-1700

1) The Amateur’s Mind by J. Silman
2) Alekhine’s My Best Games of Chess, 1908 - 1937
3) Practical Chess Exercises by Cheng
4) Capablanca’s Best Chess Endings
5) Chess Praxis by Nimozwitch
6) Liquidation on the Chess Board: Mastering the Transition into Pawn Ending by Joel Benjamin


1700-1800

1) Art of Attack in Chess by Victor Vukovic
2) My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer
3) One Hundred Selected Games by Botnnivik 
4) Understanding Chess Endgames by John Nunn
5) Understanding Chess Move by Move by John Nunn
6) Understanding Chess Middlegames by John Nunn

1800-2000

1) How to Reassess Your Chess by J. Silman
2) Fire On Board by Alexei Shirov
3) Fundamental Chess Endings by Mueller
4) Improve your Chess Now By Johnathan Tisdall
5) Dvoretsky’s Analytical Manual by Dvoretsky
6) The Road to Chess Improvement by Yermolinsky
7) Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 by David Bronstein
8. Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual by Dvoretsky
9) My System by Nimzowitch
11) Think Like a Grandmaster by Kotov