Reddit reviews Ma Gastronomie

My favorite cooking related book to give as a gift, just because it's so joyful and a lot of younger cooks don't know about it: Ma Gastronomie by Ferdinand Point. So many great musings and quotes.
https://smile.amazon.com/Ma-Gastronomie-Fernand-Point/dp/1585679615/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1481405420&sr=1-1

A good cookbook isn't just about the recipes, or even primarily about the recipes. It's about the photos, the techniques, the flavor pairings, the curation. A good cookbook should be like looking into the head of a great chef.

We almost never cook from recipes, but my roommate and I own ~20 cookbooks between us.

To understand what a good cookbook can be, I recommend getting the NOMA cookbook and Fernand Point's Ma Gastronomie

In addition to the above books...

English translation of Fernand Point's, Ma Gastronomie was rereleased a few years back.

Great book.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1585679615/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/184-4633697-1538367

Keep meticulous notes: writing everything down you learn and things yet to learn. When watching vids or reading and you encounter something that is unfamiliar make note of it in a journal and reference it for later.

Edit: sorry, you were more so requesting resources as to what to cook. I would suggest finding a chef that interests you who has published a cook book buy it and start with the recipes in there. If you have no idea what chefs interest you choose a cuisine or region and find a book by a chef that is outstanding in that particular area of interest.