[Cinisajoy]

Hi. I love your enthusiasm.
I will be honest, I am not fond of Alton Brown or Ree Drummond. Your Cook's Illustrated is a good one.
Try to avoid celebrity cookbooks unless they are really cheap.
I am glad to see you have a good basic cookbook. My favorite basic cookbook is Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook.
Now if you want good recipes for your region, buy a fundraiser cookbook.
If you have a Junior League in your town, call and ask if they have a cookbook. Alternatively call your local visitor's center and ask about cookbooks.
I find those cookbooks have the best and easiest recipes for the region. I kind of collect cookbooks.
I picked up 40 cookbooks yesterday. I buy mostly used from thrift stores and estate sales.

Though I guess I should be a sweetheart and warn you cookbook collecting can become an addiction.

And except for about a half a dozen cookbooks I own, I am trying to make at least one recipe from all of them.
(Sorry but the road kill cookbooks are just for fun, not cooking from.)
My collection is rather small. 1175 big cookbooks and 559 small cookbooks.