"Play Your Best Pool: Secrets to Winning 8-Ball & 9-Ball” by Phil Capelle is a complete textbook on 8-ball and 9-ball strategies. This book is recommended by some of the best known people in the pool and billiards industry, including #1 Ranked WPBA Pool Player Allison Fisher. 

This 442 page book includes:

• Position play
• Fundamentals
• How to aim 
• How to use english
•  400+ illustrations