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I would say get a feel for what kind of baby you have and what level of sleep deprivation you can deal with first. And what your comfort level is with listening to your baby cry. Some babies are easygoing and do the whole nap and eat on demand thing on their own. Some kids are very prone to overstimulation, like my son, and cannot do that. Some parents can't bear to hear their baby cry and some parents need more sleep to function. For us, it turned out DS needed a rigid schedule and CIO without checks in order to sleep and eat enough. I would say once your baby gets here, focus on getting him or her to get good full feedings by keeping them awake during feeds and that will naturally help them sleep in more predictable stretches. (My son could never ever stay awake long enough to eat on the boob and so he woke up screaming every 20 minutes for weeks. So we had to switch to EPing but it made a huge difference in his sleep and weight.) Once you're a few months in you can see what kind of kid you have on your hands. Weissbluth's healthy sleep habits, healthy child and the Baby Whisperer books tend to be pretty popular, as is Moms on Call.

Also a big troublesome tots fan. Her baby sleep guides are really concise and brief. Way easier to digest than a book

- Dr Weissbluth's book (forget exact title but it's one of the most famous). You don't need to wait to read this! I WISH TO GOD I had read this before he was born! At least about the first few months of his life. It will let you know what is normal and healthy sleep for a newborn to 3 months and so on. Like, I didn't know that they shouldn't spend more than 1.5-2 hours awake at a time until like 5 months! I learned that at 3 weeks in and it explained soooo much! My colicky baby was actually just overtired because I wasn't putting him down to sleep soon enough. I basically tortured him with sleep deprivation. Ha! Or that the "witching hour" so many refer to is just an overtired baby at the end of the day who needs to go to bed. So many people fight through it and don't realize they should just put the baby to sleep. It made a world of difference for us.
- Happiest Baby on the Block (not sleep specifically but will be immensely helpful and might explain why the baby is sometimes fussy and how to soothe, which in turn helps with sleep)
-Wonder Weeks App (same as above). There's a book too but th app is easy and cheap.

I read happiest baby on the block before dd was born. It isn't really a sleep training book, but I was def glad I read it.

Another vote for the troublesome tots website. It has a ton of useful information, I still refer to it at 13 months old whenever she starts doing something weird with her sleep. And its free! I have other books--weissbluth, ferber, but they are long and drawn out and offer a lot of information. The tots website breaks it down and gives you what you really need to know to get some sleep.

Another vote for Weissbluth! I Actually just referred to it for help with my 3 year old's sleep issues, so it goes beyond the newborn stage.

I read the sleep books, and websites. I biggest single take away from all of them were that your baby needs sleep like every 1.5-2 hours of awake time, and you should protect that. Some babies can sleep on the go, some sleep best in dark quiet rooms, and some are easy going and can fall asleep almost anywhere.

I would advise against buying any of the suggested books, instead see what you can get from the library. There's so much out there and as others have said you might not know what approach you want until you know your baby. I took out happiest baby which I found really repetitive and not super helpful, I'm sure you could find a blog post with the key points. I liked heading home with your newborn as a general reference.