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If you get any book make sure you play the book and not just read it.

There is a 4 book series by Russian grandmaster "Lev Alburt" it is a series with grandmaster "Nikolay Krog­­­­ius, "Who the heck is that?" He is the man Spassky insisted as his special coach, he has trained many Russian grand masters. . .
Each book covers specific subjects I recommend this set. Here are the titles. . . .

"Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player" 2005

"The King in Jeopardy" 2005

"Chess Strategy" 2005

"Just the Facts" 2005

I have another “Silman’s Complete Endgame Course” From beginner to Master 2007. This one is a must for every player. . .

I get my books from Thrifty books on line . . .

This topic needs CPR. Which book has been the most useful?  

Lasker's manual of chess took me from beginner to intermediate. I'm thinking about which book will take me to expert 🤔

opening books and strategy books

I definitely need to work on strategy 🤔

My personal favorite is Silmans Complete Endgame Study. It has something for every skill level. 

"Zürich 1953" Bronstein

I have a few more than 300 Chess books. The best fit for your request might be the Everyman Chess Move by Move series. 

I don’t have all of my books organized yet (I bought up collections), so I will have to see if that one is in the case. If so, I will move it up the list. 

Any titled player who is also an author will have plenty to teach in his/her books.

Logical Chess: Move by Move is a good first annotated games book. You can follow all of the games in this book here: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/logical-chess-move-by-move-1

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Play and analysis of lost games is more important than books. Some book study helps.

I wonder if there are any current GM’s that have never utilized books as part of their training regimen. 

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I can't really say whether Nakamura never used books (his stepfather and trainer wrote a chess book) but according to an interview he doesn't think that studying the classics is important as practical play has brought him the most results.

Kramnik is on the other side of the spectrum and thinks that you should study all of it. Here is an interview translated from russian:

Vladimir Kramnik: From Steinitz to Kasparov

EDIT: The book by Naka's trainer is called "Best Lessons of a Chess Coach" by Sunil Weeramantry

Thank You!