Start with high-confidence guitar books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
How to Play Guitar
Roger Evans
How to Play Bass Guitar
Laurence Canty
Guitar Exercises for Dummies
Mark Phillips, Jon Chappell
Bass Guitar for Dummies
Patrick Pfeiffer
Selections From Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
Alfred Music
Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1
Will Schmid, Greg Koch
Guitar Player Presents Do-it-yourself Projects for Guitarists
Craig Anderton
American Basses
Jim Roberts
The Guitar Player Repair Guide
Dan Erlewine
How to Write Songs on Guitar
Rikky Rooksby
The Only Guitar Book You'll Ever Need
Marc Schonbrun, Ernie Jackson
The Guitar Amp Handbook
Dave Hunter
The Bass Book
Tony Bacon
The Birth of Loud
Ian S. Port
Playing Guitar
David Hodge
Guitar Effects Pedals
Stompbox
Eilon Paz, Dan Epstein
Messengers
James Hetfield
