Elysian Shadows

After doing a lot of research, I'd like to help people like me save some time in getting started.

A lot of people ask what good books are and I was really frustrated myself when faced with the decision of picking one.
But sometimes beginners just need a direct answers.

These sites really helped me get started,

Specifically for C++

http://rudbek.com/books.html

http://www.rafb.net/efnet_cpp/books/
(This one tells you what to stay away from also!)

And another general book review site by programmers:

http://accu.org/index.php?module=bookre ... unc=search

Sorry if these were already posted here, but I felt like it would help a lot of people.

I'm just waiting for replies from the other guys here because there were a couple other posts a little while ago about some good books. but i totally forgot what they were. Gyrovorbis and some other familiar faces recommended some good ones that i've been wondering about. So, since this is a good topic, and since i've been wondering which books are good for C++ , i'll just sit back and hope some recaps are made. Also, it would be nice to know which ones are good for beginners.

If you go to the first link, the first book is what you should start with(beginner) and move on.

Although from experience, I myself didn't start with C++. I tried to learn C first but didn't understand it.

Once I spent a couple of months getting my hands dirty with Python, it was easy to slip into C++. Because after Python, I was like, "Oh, this is how you do "whatever" in C++" not "wtf is this supposed to do". It's bad to fight with the syntax when trying to understand "programming".

I'm sure you've heard this a lot, but learning to program, and learning a programming language are not the same thing.