Books and Apps for an 1100

http://beginchess.com/2009/07/03/recommended-chess-book-reading-list-by-rating-updated/

Chess Rating: 1200-1400

1) Chess Tactics for Students by John Bain

2) Logical Chess Move by Move by Irving Chernev

3) Back to Basics: Tactics (ChessCafe Back to Basics Chess) by Dan Heisman

4) Winning Chess Tactics, revised (Winning Chess – Everyman Chess) by Seirawan

5) Silman’s Complete Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman

Possibly of interest:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Simple-Attacking-Plans-77p3731.htm
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1948)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-back-to-basics-tactics
Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/
https://www.mongoosepress.com/catalog/excerpts/openings_amateurs.pdf
Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf
A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf
Studying Chess Made Easy by Andrew Soltis
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090448/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review750.pdf
Seirawan stuff:
http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm

I dont read any book until I was like 1600, I recommend you to do the tactics and play slow games, I am giving a free lesson if you want, just message me 

Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess

Winning Chess by Chernev and Reinfeld

Weapons of Chess by Pandolfini

Logical Chess: Move by Move by Chernev

Those 4 books (plus chesstempo.com) will get you to 1600, IMHE

Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca will give you all the knowledge you need to add 200 points. with Winning Chess Tactics by Seirawan, another 100.

Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

and...

Good Positional Chess, Planning & Strategy Books for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/introduction-to-positional-chess-planning-strategy

"... 'Chess Fundamentals' ... does not deal so minutely as this book will with the things that beginners need to know. ..." - from Capablanca's A Primer of Chess
"... For let’s make no mistake, what ground Capablanca covers, he covers well. I enjoyed reading Capablanca’s presentation of even well-worn and standard positions. ...
Still, when compared with other instructional books for beginners and intermediate players, Capablanca’s Chess Fundamentals would not be my first choice. Other books cover the same or similar ground with a less confusing structure and more thoroughness. The following works come to mind as equal or in some ways superior: Lasker’s Common Sense in Chess; Znosko-Borovsky’s series of books; and Edward Lasker’s Chess Strategy. Later works that equal or surpass Chess Fundamentals would include Reuben Fine’s Chess the Easy Way and any number of Horowitz tomes.
Capablanca’s work has historical interest and value, of course, and for that reason alone belongs in any chess lover’s library. But there are better instructional books on the market. Certainly the works of Seirawan, Silman, Pandolfini, Polgar, Alburt, etc. are more accessible, speak a more modern idiom, and utilize advances in chess teaching and general pedagogy, etc. ..." - David Kaufman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20131010102057/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review564.pdf

Other than #4 on your list, which I've never read, those are my standard recommendations for anyone under 1400. You definitely need the Chernev book and the first few chapters of Silman's Endgame Course.

For tactics, I'd recommend Heisman's book, though Bain's is a good substitute. Go over every tactical puzzle in the book over and over until you can spot the solutions instantly. When I was rated 1250 USCF, I actually cut up Bain's book and put it on flash cards, and went through them over and over until I could do all 400+ puzzles correctly in not much more than an hour. I think it took about 6 or 7 passes. My rating jumped to 1430 my very next tournament, and stayed over 1400 from there. But Heisman's book hadn't been published yet back then, and I'd say it's even better.

CT Art is a recommended app.

De La Maza Rapid chess improvement. Don't touch anything by Silman, Heisman, Seirawan or anything else, especially Silman, he will retard your growth.   There are also lots of excellent websites, chesscademy.org and lichess.org also has an excellent learning suit. 

"Mr. de la Maza ... tells you, over and over and over (page after page after page), what he’s going to do for you without teaching you anything." - IM Jeremy Silman
There are 16 pages before one gets to Chapter One Chess Vision Drills. Here, by the way, are some excerpts from an approximately page-long description of one drill.
"Use [these drills] if you feel that you are missing obvious opportunities or are taking too much time to find simple moves. ... start with the knight on a1 and move it to b1 in the shortest number of moves, ... physically hit the squares that the knight moves to, but do not move the knight itself. Once you have completed the a1-b1 circuit, move the knight from a1 to c1. ... After you have completed all of the circuits that start on a1 and go to all of the other squares on the board ..., move the knight to b1 and repeat the process. ... This drill will take half a day to complete. ... (64*63) pairs of squares ..." - Michael de la Maza
"on page 47 of his book: 'If you do not have access to a computer you should make every effort to get one. New computers can be purchased with a monitor for under $400 and used computers can be purchased with a monitor for under $200. The money you spend will be immediately returned to you when you start winning prizes at tournaments.'" - IM Jeremy Silman
"his sample game (one of his own in which he plays White), where he shows how one should think move by move:
'Opponent’s threat: No significant threats.
 Decide move: 1.e4 of course! 1.e4 c5 Opponent’s threat: No significant threats, but watch out for …Qa5.
 Decide move: No tactics. 2.Nf3 or 2.Nc3 are both reasonable. 2.Nf3 d6 Opponent’s threat: No significant threats.
 Decide move: No tactics. 3.e5 is most shocking. Continue development with 3.Nc3. ...' ..." - IM Jeremy Silman
"... the 16 pages he devotes to reader’s praise. The title of this chapter is 'Success With Rapid Chess Improvement.'” - IM Jeremy Silman
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Rapid-Chess-Improvement-p3511.htm
And here is a GM John Nunn comment:
"... de la Maza ... recommends ... going through a set of 1000 tactcs problems seven times. One might imagine that a suitable set of 1000 positions would then be provided, but no, readers are advised to buy a piece of software ..." - GM John Nunn (2006)

"Jeremy Silman's How to Reassess Your Chess is an example of a good book which explains many important ideas in clear terms. ... de la Maza ... quite unfairly attacks competing authors (which in most cases are far superior to his own effort). Jeremy Silman is a particular target." - GM John Nunn (2006)

"... With Back to Basics: Tactics, NM Dan Heisman has admirably achieved his aims of taking the best elements of other tactics books on the market and combining them with his own unique approach and insights to produce a complete introduction to tactics. ..."

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.pdf

"... [Winning Chess Tactics] is one of the best books I have seen about this subject ..."

http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner

This advice is garbage.

Right and I am a submarine commander and a world war one flying ace that flew with the Red Barron,  Order a bum feeling and bring yourself back to reality. 

Back Yard Professor, high on Silman, tactically inept, conclusion? Silman is useless, let me repeat that, ABSOLUTELY USELESS for players who are tactically unaware, he was so busy looking for imbalances that he failed to recognise when he was getting mated in one. Hilarious! oh but the imbalances in the position, Neeeeeext!

Can you tell the people here what good Silman is to players who hang pieces, get done by knight forks, fail to recognise skewers, discovered attacks, deflection, fail to recognise mate threats?  Jermey Silman is absolutely useless if you are losing games to simple tactics wouldn’t you agree? Yes so would I.

We both know Spungey that you have not read his book, that is why you must regurgitate second hand opinions of others to substantiate any claims that you make.  I at least have read his publication and can proffer first hand experience of its merits and failings. 

How to reassess your chess for an 1100 rated player, man you should be reading how to reassess your entire world view and be brought back to reality.

'elements of positional play' and 'reassess your chess' for an 1100 rated player, Are you serious, I mean are you in your senses? and here you are pontificating about what is garbage.  Hilarious.

"... I'm convinced that Silman's [Complete Endgame Course] will take its place in history as one of the most popular endgame books ever. It has already caught on with the average player in a big way, confirming Silman's status as the king of instructional writers. He writes in a clear and casual style, and time and again has shown the ability to reach those who feel intimidated by the lofty approach that a grandmaster will often take. ... Silman ... defines what he thinks is necessary to know at specific rating levels. For example, the beginner or unrated player needs to know ... Silman's idea is to wait until you climb in strength before you worry about more advanced material. Then, as a Class 'E' player (that's 1000-1199), one must learn ... Silman's book emphasizes to the student that the important thing is to master the strictly limited material at hand, rather than get confused by endings that won't help your results at that level. Perhaps even more importantly, Silman is able to use his teaching experience and talk to his readers in a way that they can handle, in a friendly manner and without condescension. ... I'll also repeat the point that David Ellinger in ChessCafe makes: '[This ...] demonstrates who this book will truly serve best: anybody who coaches chess. For me, as a perpetually near-2000 player who does part-time coaching, I’ve got in my hands a great resource that will have something for every student, no matter the rating.' ..." - IM John Watson (2007)

http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/theres-an-end-to-it-all

more insanity, perhaps you failed to read the OP's text? Let me reiterate it in the hope that it will bring about the necessary conditions for sanity to ensue

I am a 1100 ish player,been stuck on or around that mark foe a while- OP

right and the Lucena and Philador positions and other rook endings are just what he needs. wow, just wow.