Four Chess Books...

So, my small library of chess books has four books in it. Which ones should I read first?

These are the books

Danger in Chess- How to Avoid Making Blunders- FM Amatzia Avni, 1994

How Good Is Your Chess?- GM Daniel King, 1993

Why you Lose at Chess (second edition)- Tim Harding, 1982

Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual (second edition)- Mark Dvoretsky, 2006

i think Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, cause i think endgame should be studied before anything else. then you can read Danger in Chess- How to Avoid Making Blunders

You call yourself a chessplayer? Collect 20 books, with several on the endgame, that you never read and then come back.

 +1

I think you should pick the fifth one: How to Reassess Your Chess.

oops! you are right i  forgot about the level of that book. but he didn't give many books to choose from lol i just thought it was the best. and i do think you should know endgame first. 

maybe fundamental chess endgames could do the job

I wouldn't waste your time on the Tim Harding, "Why You Lose at Chess" book.  It is hands down the worst book I have ever purchased.  I read through half of it and realized the author had no intention and/or ability to educate.

So- I guess that's two books out.

Should I read Danger in Chess or How Good is Your Chess?

I'd read option five, but it's a bit difficult to read without, you know, having the book itself.

Okay this is out of my own expirience.

I think you should browse to each one of the books to see what they are about.

Read first the one/ones that talks about the princepels of chess. Learning a lot about the endgame is not going to help you if you loose in the middlegame or the opening.

After you have strong principels. Read the one/ones about stragety and tactics. wich is what you are going to be using in the middlegame.

after that read the one that talks about the endgame.

That is what I am doing.

Dvoretskys analytical manual is indeed for 2000+ (at least) but his Endgame manual, while dense, can be read by B class players I would say.

Read How Good is your Chess.  Full length illustrative games are very valuable.  Also, I didn't read very good review about Danger in Chess on Amazon.

Alright, HGIYC seems like a good one to start with, at the very least for the very nicely annotated games.

Also, since I got $34 from the tournament, I'm probably going to invest that right back into chess. What are some good books (besides HTRYC, I know that's a good one, though I'm not sure if it will be right for my skill level)?

If it helps anyone fine-tune their recommendations, my four most recent OTB games are here.

to be honest they all sound pretty uninteresting... at least for me, even so dvoretzky might be pretty good

So, how long exactly should I wait before I read the endgame book?

what  inspire you and interest you  should  be  studied ist. you  should finish learning  about  the book understand it  fully well  so the  moment  you  you put  it in your library you  are  fully  aware  of  the  content  of  it  in your  mind  where it  cannot  be  lost

Well, the thing is that the endgame book is the one that truly interests me. I very recently suffered a miserable loss due to lack of knowledge in that phase of the game, and I'd like to learn not to make the same mistakes again.

Then go ahead and try it. If you can't understand it or if it overwhelms you, then put it down and get something else.

Look for online sources for k+p v. k endgames, k+r v. k+p--the basic examples of these--and of course know the elementary mates. Maybe k+b+n v. k isn't so essential.

When you can't easily find online material to advance, then maybe buy a recommended book.

How exactly are the classes defined, anyway?

Hmm... I suppose I'll give the endgame book a shot, but even if I find that I can absorb the information, I'll spend much more time on HGIYC.

As I said before, I'm planning on reinvesting my $34 from prize money back into chess. What are some good things to spend it on?