Blackbelt in Blackjack by Arnold Snyder is a good A to Z book for the beginner. Blackjack Blueprint by Rick Blaine is another good one. The Blackjack Life by Nathaniel Tilton is a good read. It isnt so much a manual on basic strategy , counting and indices etc but describing his journey from the beginning learning process to becoming a top notch player. It is fairly recent aswell compared to a lot of the other books out there.