# Which beginner book(s) should i get? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [August 8, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/which-beginner-book-s-should-i-get/26272 "2016-08-08T05:28:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![henrikpultzmelbye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/henrikpultzmelbye/32/211733_2.png) [@henrikpultzmelbye](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/henrikpultzmelbye)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/which-beginner-book-s-should-i-get/26272/1 "2016-08-08T05:28:12Z")
I just started learning to code a week ago here at freecode and was wondering ehat book or books would be helpfull when being offline/travelling etc? Both learning books about html/css/java whatever but maybe also more in general about computers and the history about them and coding. Thanks! -Henrik ---
**Author:** ![mag\_ic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/mag_ic/32/12661_2.png) [@mag\_ic](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/mag_ic)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/which-beginner-book-s-should-i-get/26272/2 "2016-08-08T06:08:44Z")
For JavaScript (it is not JAVA, yo!), I’d recommend _Learning JavaScript, 3rd Edition, by Ethan Brown_. Later: _JavaScript: The Good Parts, by Douglas Crockford._ It gets you going quite fast. But for more online reading (you can clone the repo tho & read .md’s) - series of gitbooks (available free) - You Don’t Know JS [https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS/](https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS/) As for HTML5 & CSS3 - _CSS3 Foundations, by Ian Lunn_ & _HTML5 Foundations, by Matt West_. Those are quite light to read, but grasp the basics nicely. I don’t really like reading history books and general-info-books (had enough of that at Uni), so can’t help you there. ---
**Author:** ![jwilkins.oboe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/jwilkins.oboe/32/179497_2.png) [@jwilkins.oboe](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/jwilkins.oboe)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/which-beginner-book-s-should-i-get/26272/3 "2021-01-16T04:41:04Z")