In short, your long term goal is to read a diverse range of books from a number of different authors and perspectives. In the short term, look for books that can best be applied to the poker you are playing right now.Now, if you have limited your poker reading to the "how-to" books or (gasp) you don't read at all (unless it's on your laptop screen), you've missed out on some wonderful tales.The game of poker is everything: a game, leisure time, profit source, sport, hobby anything you wish. But only those who are prepared to learn more about poker can expect to see the absolutely new level with poker.