Take a look at
Dreadnaught and its sequel
Castles of Steel. Despite their titles, they are not strictly about naval warfare in WW1 as much as how the arms race played a large part in the start of the war. I also enjoyed
The Sleepwalkers, How Europe went to war in 1914 by Christopher Clark. Hew Strachans
The First World War is the book I'm currently reading and I'm enjoying it so far. Here's a list I looked at when I first started trying to learn more about World War 1.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/world-war-1