https://www.evilhat.com/home/designers-dragons/
4 volumes that cover 1970s through early 2000s, mainly RPGs, but many of the companies produced other games as well
But its a good look at the tabletop industry across 40 years
Wargames
Dragon Magazine covered other games besides D&D their reviews are a great look at games throughout the 80s https://archive.org/details/DragonMagazine260_201801/page/n16
Actual history of games https://www.amazon.com/Oxford-History-Board-Games-Parlett/
Design
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Game-Design-Lenses-Second-ebook/
https://www.amazon.com/Rules-Play-Design-Fundamentals-Press-ebook/
https://www.amazon.com/Kobold-Guide-Board-Design-Guides-ebook/
MIT Course on Game Design