I'm interested in which endgame books people have found helpful, like BCE and FCE.
My own choice is Chess Endings - Essential knowledge by Yuri Averbakh. In 108 pages he takes you from beginner to strong club player. This should be the first endgame book that anyone reads. It was written to give the up and coming russian chess player a good foundation in endgame play.
Amazing what can be done in 100 pages.
Yes,the Averbakh book is excellant. Here are a few others-Practical Chess Endings,by Keres;Capablanca's Last Lectures(Best intro to K+P endings and the Opposition);Dvorestsky's Endgame Manual;Capablanca's 60 Best Endings;Endgame Artillery,by Angos(a great unknown classic about Q+2 R endings),Rook Endings,by Levenfisch and Smyslov,and the 2 volume set of Rubenstein's best games,by Donaldson(the undisputed master of the R+P ending). There are many others,too many to list in one post. Re:Fine's BCE is a good book,but there have been so many errors found in it,that someone might as well re-write it. Also,if you are interested in the Levenfisch/Smyslov book,you need to get the old Batsford HC in descriptive notation. The later PB algebraic version is totally worthless due to numerous typos,and incorrect diagrams.