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Chess Games of Adolph Anderssen Master of Attack by Ron Burnett
http://www.chesscentral.com/Chess_Games_of_Adolph_Anderssen_p/301517.htm
Beautiful games by a player who was honest to the core Anderssen considered all Chess players his friends everyone liked him he was a wise and trusted counsle that players could turn to for advice whenever they needed it.
William Steinitz Chess Champion a Bigoraphy of Bohemiam Ceaser by Kurt Landsberger
http://www.amazon.com/William-Steinitz-Chess-Champion-Biography/dp/0786428465/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1369013751&sr=8-9&keywords=wilhelm+steinitz
A beautiful book about Wilhelm Steinitz by one of his descendants 15 annoted games by Andrew Soltis. I keep a picture of Steinitz in my room on my door it always a brings a smile for some reason.
My Fifty Years of Chess by Frank J.Marshall
http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Years-Chess-Frank-Marshall/dp/1843820536/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369015180&sr=1-1&keywords=My+Fifty+Years+of+Chess
An entertaining book with alot of fun games he won the Cambridge Springs tournament in 1904 he played the best players in the world he was U.S. Champion for 27 years and formed the Marshall Club which is still going today.
Grandmaster of Chess The Complete Games of Paul Keres by Paul Keres:
http://www.amazon.com/Grandmaster-Chess-Complete-Games-Keres/dp/0668026456/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369015377&sr=1-7&keywords=Paul+Keres
One of the best writers in Chess next to Taimanov Tarrasch and Tal book includes many exciting and instructive games.
Morphy`s Games of Chess by Phillip Sergeant
http://www.amazon.com/Morphys-Games-Chess-Philip-Sergeant/dp/0486203867/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369016279&sr=1-2&keywords=paul+morphy
300 beautiful games a player with an unequaled talent for Chess like Carlsen Capablanca and Fischer.
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The 'life and games of Mikhail Tal' is sublime, if only there were a hardback edition!
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Books are very subjective... personally I avoid any books done in ancient descriptive notation. The following books I have enjoyed not only because of the content, but the authors writing style.
Anything by IM Silman such as Amateur mind, Complete endgame course, Reassess your chess...
Cyrus Lakdawala - Capablanca move by move, Kramnik move by move and the slav move by move.
Valerie Biem - Morphy - a modern perspective
For fun, Birds Opening by Timothy Taylor
and for game collections the My greatest predecessors series by Garry Kasparov.
What are your favorite books on chess and why no matter what one's playing strength or rating is? They can be biographical, strategic, tactical, analysis, opening, ending, etc. Be specific why you would recommend them.