Best works to learn about freemasonry?

[ElectricEgregore]

Hello,

we all came in touch with some of the masonic lore at some point I would guess,
often times I learned the most when watching some good old 3h 2010s youtube videos about symbology and alike.

Now all that I know is a muffled memory and I just wanted to ask around what you would recommend on learning about
the symbolism and cross connections, as well as the basics of the organizations.

I have the albert pike pdf somewhere, what do you think about his works?
I saw that there is a post on rare masonic books, still I wanted to find out about your recommendations.

As a little bonus, if some of you are into the Odd Fellow lore feel free to enlighten us and share some recommendations on their brotherhood.

Thank you!