Reader’s digest put out a book called “Complete Guide to Sewing”. I have it but hardly use it because I know how to sew. The most important book would be the manual to your particular machine unless it is a treadle.
Many years ago when I was in high school, I had moved to a new school and had never sewn before and the kids in the new school had had two years of sewing. My mother didn’t sew so when she bought the pattern it was a complicated blouse and another girl in the class who had sewn since she was seven years old bailed me out over and over. I am still grateful to her whenever I think about it.