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My general rule of thumb when buying grid logic books is "If at all possible, ensure that the puzzles that you are buying were made by a person, and not churned out by a computer."
With Picross puzzles, that's hard to guarantee. Usually, the creator makes the picture, makes sure the clues that would have to exist are ones that make the puzzle solvable, and if not, they tweak it until it is solvable. If you're focused on the picture aspect of it, then it really doesn't matter which book you buy.
With that said, who's making hand-created Picross puzzles? I have no idea. This book looks promising.
If you're more interested in the logic aspect of it and not so much the picture at the end, then the logic rabbit hole goes down very deep indeed, and I'd be more than happy to give you some recommendations on that front. Picross puzzles were, once upon a time, my gateway drug to puzzles with a bit more logical depth.
The max size on all the DS games iirc are 20x15 but there aren't a ton which is a bummer because the DS ones play so easily... I know the online ones can have much bigger but I'm not familiar with any by name since apparently Picross Time is no more. I googled Picross online and found some others. The game also goes by other names with Nonogram being the actual non-brand name (I think) so you may find more that way.
To any interested Nintendo Switch owners, Picross S comes out next week.
There are also a ton of app variants for mobile but I can't attest to any in particular.
It also comes in book form and these can be in the 40+ size, so if you don't mind losing the stylus, I recommend this and similar ones in the series:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1934287113/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_cQzYzb83EZJ2G