Cat gave you good advice about going dark. You will see how it goes and can adjust if necessary.
The main point is to stop all of YOUR pursuit of him. Whether you withdraw or not is up to how he reacts. Being DARK/NC is to protect YOU not as punishment for him. Another words sometimes it is OK just to be STILL.
As far as the book go I bumped up the thread but here is the link that has most of the books I have read.