Start with high-confidence photographers' books books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Lay of the Land
Joe Greer
Body
Nathalie Herschdorfer
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
Timothy Egan
David Yarrow Photography
David Yarrow, Tom Brady
Made in America
Christopher Payne, Simon Winchester
National Geographic World From Above
Jeffrey Kerby
STILL
Mary Jo Hoffman
60 Years of Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Rosamund Kidman Cox
Richard Misrach on Landscape and Meaning
Richard Misrach, Lucas Foglia
Strange Hours: Photography, Memory, and the Lives of Artists
Rebecca Bengal, Joy Williams
The Picture Not Taken
Benjamin Swett
The Essence of Photography, 2nd Edition
Bruce Barnbaum
From Above
Gemma Padley, Eamonn McCabe
Paul Nicklen
An American in Provence
Jamie Beck
Henri Cartier-bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Yves Bonnefoy
Bookstores
Horst A. Friedrichs, Stuart Husband
Store Front NYC
James Murray, Karla Murray