Books are great if you are into that but I think they are less efficient than simply doing the online courses/lessons that this site has to offer. It's less expensive as well. Books are great though and if you enjoy collecting them then that's great.
I would like to respectfully disagree. I know I’m new and not a good player yet, but books are different than online. Yes, a person could sit down and work a Chess board with online puzzles and games, but a book forces the study. I believe most people today do not have the self discipline to utilize books.
Books are great if you are into that but I think they are less efficient than simply doing the online courses/lessons that this site has to offer. It's less expensive as well. Books are great though and if you enjoy collecting them then that's great.