Lol, I recommend NOT reading C++ For Dummies. It starts out pretty slow, but once you get in midway, the author writes new syntax into his code, but doesn't explain it at all. 'Simple Talk' turns into technical talk. I bought this book, and I think it helped me with some things, reinforcing them, but other than that, not a good book to read IMO. I accomplished a ton reading the tuts on this site .