Help with book reading order

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TheRealQbertt

Hello. I recently decided to purchase some used chess books and work my way through them.  I’m interested in improving but not intense about it, will be pretty casual. 

I bought Comprehensive Chess Course vol 2, Chess Tactics for Students by Bain, Bobby Fischer Teaches chess.  I also bought complete chess course, but may just donate that because it’s in descriptive notation and I already have these. 

If I make it through these my ideas for next are Back to Basics Tactics, Logical Chess move by move, and Silmans Endgame Course.  I also had my eye on the Steps Method, what I read seemed interesting and positive. 

So my main question is should I work through one book at a time, cover to cover?  If so which one to start with?  Comprehensive Chess Course?

Or should I be dividing my time between them?

Gregg-Turkington

You should definitely read Comprehensive Chess Course cover to cover. You can read the others cover to cover afterward if you want but you will see a lot of redundant information. You could shelve them and use them as resource book and read selectively as needed.