Start with high-confidence historical photography books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Vivian Maier
John Maloof
Paris Journal, 1956-65
Janet (Genet) Flanner
Some Vernacular Railroad Photographs
Jeff Brouws, Wendy Burton
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
Timothy Egan
Migrant Mother
Don Nardo
Photography in Cambodia
Nicholas Coffill
Silver Springs
Gary Monroe
Black
Deborah Willis
Vivian Maier, John Maloof
A Time Before Crack
Jamel Shabazz
From Above
Gemma Padley, Eamonn McCabe
Haunted Air
Ossian Brown
Photographing Civil Disobedience
Avrati Bhatnagar, Sumathi Ramaswamy