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Not a book for the OP, perhaps, but more for a complete beginner, or someone who knows the rules and wants to progress a bit futher.
"The Mammoth Book of Chess" by Graham Burgess
It's a great book if you had to have just one, until you've decided where you want to focus your efforts next. Its content is impressively broad and deep, covering most topics well, expect perhaps strategy. I also appreciated that a large chunk of the book is dedicated to subjects that can be read without a board and without having to think too hard: chess clocks, tournaments, world champions, etc. Things to read while relaxing.
It was the first chess book I bought, and 18 months before I started reading it, for reasons lost on me. I've bought several other books since, and often see what it has to say on a subject after reading a more specialized tome. I've been impressed by how well it compares - usually 75% of the content in 20% of the space - and easy to read too.
I have the Kindle version. It's a good conversion, unlike some Kindle offerings. Reviewers on Amazon have commented on the bulk of the paper book, and the less-than-stellar quality of the paper. So take that into account if you're a dead tree kind of person.
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