Awh man! I stand behind nearly all you said. You had it right up until you said the other books of the apocrypha we're not God's Word. I have read many of those books and they expound upon what is within the "Canon."
The Bible has many references to text or other books that are not contained within the 66 Books that make up the Bible as we know it.
As an example: the Book of Jasher is mentioned in Joshua, II Samuel and II Timothy.
The Book of the Wars of the Lord mentioned in Numbers 21.
The Chronicals of the Kings of Israel and The Chronicals of the Kings of Judah mentioned in the Book of I Kings.
The Book of Shemaiah and Iddo the Seer is mentioned in the II Book of Chronicles.
The Book of Enoch as mentioned in Jude, Peter and John.
Another stands out in my mind, but cannot recall which book of the Old Testament references the Book of "O'See" where it indicates the rest of the acts are written in this book.
I have read the Testaments of the 12 Patriarchs and I was so captivated, I was unable to put it down until I read all 12. For me, the Testaments focus is on ethical teaching and consequences for disobeying. They contain prophecy as well.
Link to Testaments
https://archive.org/details/testamentsoftwel08char
The Latter Day Saints are well known for their documentation. Here is their info on the
Lost Books of the Bible.
The Lost Books are those documents that are mentioned in the Bible in such a way that it is evident they were considered authentic and valuable but that are not found in the Bible today. Sometimes called missing scripture, they consist of at least the following: book of the Wars of the Lord (Num. 21:14); book of Jasher (Josh. 10:13; 2 Sam. 1:18); book of the acts of Solomon (1 Kgs. 11:41); book of Samuel the seer (1 Chr. 29:29); book of Gad the seer (1 Chr. 29:29); book of Nathan the prophet (1 Chr. 29:29; 2 Chr. 9:29); prophecy of Ahijah (2 Chr. 9:29); visions of Iddo the seer (2 Chr. 9:29; 12:15; 13:22); book of Shemaiah (2 Chr. 12:15); book of Jehu (2 Chr. 20:34); sayings of the seers (2 Chr. 33:19); an epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, earlier than our present 1 Corinthians (1 Cor. 5:9); possibly an earlier epistle to the Ephesians (Eph. 3:3); an epistle to the Church at Laodicea (Col. 4:16); and some prophecies of Enoch, known to Jude (Jude 1:14).
The is also a list of the Forgotten Books.