Pond, Quinn, Lucia are a few popular authors. Head to the book store and browse around. Investing and retirement planning are not the same thing bookstore-wise so you may want to look at both.
Determine your personal asset allocation (stocks v bonds v cash; and within stocks just a few more slices). Then you can set it up making sure that after-tax dollars stay in stocks for the most part (or low-yielding cash funds). Bonds (and esp inflation bonds) stay in tax-deferred accounts.
Stay aware that there is a tax consequence upon withdrawal of your deferred money. So if you need $4k a month to meet expenses, you can reach that by withdrawing $4k of after-tax holdings, but you need to withdraw $5k in tax deferred withdrawals (if you are in a 20% hypothetical tax bracket) to allow for the tax.
For a couple of approaches, read
Armstrong or consider Lucia's "Buckets of Money" book.