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Academic Press
For pleasure:
Undergraduate
Organic Chemistry as a Second Language, The art of writing reasonable organic reaction mechanisms
Graduate
Strategic applications of named reactions is a great book. Lots of pictures, reference, and mechanism.
https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Applications-Reactions-Organic-Synthesis/dp/0124297854
Also Greene protecting groups is a good reference
Find a used copy of this book
http://www.amazon.ca/Strategic-Applications-Reactions-Organic-Synthesis/dp/0124297854
Nice descriptions of some really common, powerful reactions, along with (brief) mechanisms. Also gives a bit more experimental detail than most textbooks (solvents, catalysts, etc).
Haha. Yes, I have been doing some of that. Athough most papers seem so daunting at first the retro always kind of makes me 'ahh I see.' But knowing all the reactions is a different story.
By Laszlo & Kirti are you refering to a book? If so what is the title? Is it this
https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Applications-Reactions-Organic-Synthesis/dp/0124297854
I really like Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis. It's easy to follow and has a great variety of reactions. There's a brief history of the reaction, then a generic form of the reaction with a mechanism (color coded for greater ease), then it gives several literature examples of the reaction. It's also well-indexed, one of the most polished books I've used.
or the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry if you want a free one.
Plus if you want a book of reactions with names, I'd recommend this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strategic-Applications-Reactions-Organic-Synthesis/dp/0124297854
Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis is quite good to have
It's not online, but this is one of my favorite books ever: https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Applications-Reactions-Organic-Synthesis/dp/0124297854
It's basically a compilation of a ton of named reactions, with a two page spread for each covering its use, discovery, and mechanism. An amazing book to just open to a random page and learn about/refresh your knowledge on a reaction.
Also, for sheer synthetic flexing, there's an app called chemistry by design, which has a lot of classic total syntheses and a quiz mode for each, where you see the reagents and guess the product, or vice versa. No mechanisms, though.
March's Advanced Organic Chemistry is very good. It's a graduate level book, but it'd be good to step it up.
Otherwise, you'd be wanting to look for a book of Named Reactions.
http://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Applications-Reactions-Organic-Synthesis/dp/0124297854
That one is also very good, but again, graduate level. I don't think it'll be above you if you have a good grasp on basic mechanism at the undergraduate level. More of the advanced reactions (aside from things with transition metals) are usually built from combinations/extensions of undergraduate mechanisms.
Step it up man. You got this.
Addendum edit: Green and Wuts (sp?) Protecting groups book is also very good. It's mostly built from literature examples and empirical data.
https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Applications-Reactions-Organic-Synthesis/dp/0124297854/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484111453&sr=8-1&keywords=strategic+applications+of+named+reactions+in+organic+synthesis
This book is ideal for this situation. I have used it often.