Can anyone suggest a book that will help me understand Javascript better?

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I just finished the first Javascript section of FCC. I also completed several sections of JS content on udemy and Treehouse. I am feeling stuck. I feel like every exercise I do, I have no idea how to figure it out, but then it kind of makes sense after I read the solution.

I think the problem with these learning sites is they really only give you one “challenge” for a topic. For example, I just completed the Record Collection Challenge. I was able to do about 30% of it by myself. After going through the solution and researching why it was right, I felt more confident. But then the course just moves on to new topics. I wish they would give a few exercises that were similar so I can practice that skill over and over.

Any suggestions or advice anyone has would be really helpful. I took a Python course while in college and I thought having a book was really helpful, so thinking that may be a good route for me here too. Thanks in advance.

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Try Eloquent javascript,
https://eloquentjavascript.net
It is a really great book.
Before, you go deep I recommend you be an expert in python, it is a bit easier than javascript for beginners.
You will find JS much easier after that.
And as long as you understand the general programming rules, then you are fine.

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Thank you, that’s a great suggestion. I sometimes forget that you can do this.

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Thanks for the suggestion. I’m going to look that up right now.