How to recognize strategic (esp) rook moves

Hi, I play a lot of Daily chess, and I'd say I'm pretty decent, I'm in the top 12% despite my relatively low rating. I feel I'm doing well when it comes to not making tactical errors, and finding tactics on the board.

But I find myself lacking the tools to improve my strategic game. I analyze all my games post-play, and I almost always understand why I've made blunders, and usually understand my mistakes, but sometimes there are moves where I feel like I don't have a clue when to play them in ANY of my games.

An example is a recent game I played: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/daily/395113113

I'm black, and on move 16, I understand the blunder fine. But I don't think I would even consider Rd8 there. I get it, white moved their rook to the d-file, so there's some logic to it, but I just wouldn't think to play that there.

Would anybody recommend a book or website or really anything that can help me start thinking more strategically, now that I feel my tactics game is pretty strong? Or just comment on this situation, I'd appreciate any help at all! Thanks.

There are many alternatives in that position. There is nothing magic about Rad8.

If you look at the position. You are up a piece for two pawns already.

When white's rook lands on d1, it threatens your queen. That is why moving the queen comes to mind and why you quickly rule out moves like dxe4.

Rad8 is a normal developing move. 

Yeah dxe4 was a huge goof. I . I thought I had a tactic, hitting 3 pawns with Qa4 afterwards, but what I actually found was a huge blunder because of the checkmate threat. Luckily my opp didn't work out that the bishop was essentially pinned.

I figured out that much, it's just like I said, I feel I never would have considered Rad8 there.

Now that NameOfNames points it out though, I do need to work on keeping track of where the battle is taking place, which was definitely the center, and I think if I had been mindful of that I might have come up with Rad8. Also I need to start thinking of more reasons not to trade pawns I think.

I was certainly aware of the checkmate threat, but I didn't think about the bishop being in a way pinned, it's kind of a second-level or x-ray pin. I need to start thinking more about x-rays in general I think.

Thanks, you've both already given me a good amount of food for thought!