Start with high-confidence skateboarding books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Running Loose
Chris Crutcher
Ironman
Cracking the Bell
Geoff Herbach
Rhino's Run
Robert Lipsyte
Painting the Black
Carl Deuker
Crackback
John Coy
Gym Candy
Tap Out
Eric Devine
Love & Sk8
Nancy Krulik, Nancy E. Krulik
Extreme Edge
Heather Kellerhals-Stewart