Start with high-confidence electronics books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Make: Electronics
Charles Platt
A Geek Girl's Guide to Electronics and the Internet of Things
Audrey O'Shea
Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition
Paul Scherz, Simon Monk
Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1
Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 2
The Guitar Amp Handbook
Dave Hunter
Arduino Playground
Warren Andrews
Arduino Workshop, 2nd Edition
John Boxall
Open Circuits
Windell Oskay, Eric Schlaepfer