Chess Books

Ok so I got serious about chess a couple months ago and have some chess books but I need and want some suggestions...Here's what I have

1.Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess-Fischer

2.Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps- Pandolfini

3. Chess Strategy-Lasker

4.Art of the Middle Game-Keres/Kotov

5. Logical Approach to Chess-Euwe

6.Chess Openings for Black, Explained: A Complete Repertoire-Alburt

7. Starting Out: The Sicilian-Emms 

That's a good selection.  If you absorb everything in those books you'll be a master. 

Two books that have done my playing a lot of good:

How Not to Play Chess by Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky.  It's small and an easy read.  That book was the first chess book I ever read andit got me to thinking in terms of chess.  I highly recommend it.

Modern Chess Tactics by Ludek Pachman.  By studying the positions in that book and playing them over in my head (not onthe board) I found myself seeing these motifs onthe board in my own play regularly.

Edward Lasker's Chess Strategy, which you have, is an excellent book.  It's nearly 100 years old, and doesn't deal with some of the more modern openings, but what it does deal with it does superbly.

The classics - works by the Laskers, Znosko-Borovsky, Tarrasch, Nimzowisch - are as relevant today as they were when they were first published.  And, being old, there are numerous editions available used for very cheap.

It's a bit difficult to recommend books without being able to see what your rating level is (or should I say stabalizes at).  Some books are too easy, some are too advanced, all depends on the individual.

Here's a few more for your list, but again, these may be too advanced for you right now.

• My System (Chess Classics) by Aron Nimzowitsch (Paperback - Feb 28, 2007)
• How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess-Mastery Course(Exp. 3rd Edition) by Jeremy Silman (Paperback - April 1997)
• Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy  by John Watson (Paperback - Mar 1999)
• Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner To Master (Paperback)

I agree with tonydal, Keres' chapter on how to defend/adjourned games is as good a peice of writing will find anywhere. Kotov's chapter on opposite side castling positions is very instructive too.

                          I find that the best books are strong players anotating their own games. Their are lots of these. Keres' collection orginally three books, but there is a paperback version of them all. Botwinnik and Smyslov best games various versions but Morvain press have done hardback sets that are maybe the best. Alekhines best games, Fischer's 60 Memorable, and Tal's life and times. There are collections of modern players Kasparov many different versions, and Shirov's Fire on board, for example. One of this should keep you going for a bit.

Im thinking of getting Morphy's Games of Chess. Will that work?

I have and study the work you note. I agree with your feel for the function and scope of this book. I don't know what my actual rating would be so, the book's "graduated" flow allows me to "step-by-step" a course of training and endgame education.