I just like having the books to read thru, I will be definitely asking questions here of course.
I went through a similar situation about ten years ago, and like you, I enjoy having the books as a reference to thumb through on occasion.
One I really enjoyed reading was a SA Design CarTech book called "How to Build Big-Inch Mopar Small Blocks" by Jim Szilagyi.
I would also suggest reading DJVCuda's awesome build thread in the best of moparts/tech archive. It's an absolute masterpeice, both for content and entertainment.
430" small block build