I have been smashing through code academy but would like a book to read on my way to & from uni
I have tried to pick by looking at amazon reviews but most of em seem fake..

No prior programming experience at all so something aimed at beginners is cool

Any ideas?

You can't really read a book and just "get it". You need to work along side the material for any of it to sink in.

I can write you a book on assembler but none of it would make sense until you start modifying and working through the examples.

Yea textbooks really suck for learning languages, I don't think I've ever read a textbook for a language.

There are far better resources online for the most part, and learning languages is all about using them not reading about them

if you're interested in audiobooks though, here are the 100 most rated books on audible

genre,title,author
"Teens","The Hunger Games","Suzanne Collins"
"Teens","Catching Fire: Hunger Games, Book 2","Suzanne Collins"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1","George R. R. Martin"
"Teens","Mockingjay: The Final Book of The Hunger Games","Suzanne Collins"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","Gone Girl: A Novel","Gillian Flynn"
"Fiction","The Help","Kathryn Stockett"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: The Millennium Trilogy, Book 1","Stieg Larsson"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","Ender's Game: Special 20th Anniversary Edition","Orson Scott Card"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","The Martian","Andy Weir"
"Bios-Memoirs","Bossypants","Tina Fey"
"Bios-Memoirs","Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption","Laura Hillenbrand"
"Teens","Divergent","Veronica Roth"
"Romance","Outlander","Diana Gabaldon"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","The Girl on the Train: A Novel","Paula Hawkins"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2","George R. R. Martin"
"Romance","Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy","E. L. James"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","11-22-63: A Novel","Stephen King"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","The Girl Who Played with Fire: The Millennium Trilogy, Book 2","Stieg Larsson"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3","George R. R. Martin"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest: The Millennium Trilogy, Book 3","Stieg Larsson"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","Ready Player One","Ernest Cline"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book 5","George R. R. Martin"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","The Name of the Wind: Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 1","Patrick Rothfuss"
"Teens","Insurgent: Divergent, Book 2","Veronica Roth"
"Teens","The Fault in Our Stars","John Green"
"Fiction","Water for Elephants","Sara Gruen"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","The Way of Kings: Book One of The Stormlight Archive","Brandon Sanderson"
"Fiction","The Pillars of the Earth","Ken Follett"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","Storm Front: The Dresden Files, Book 1","Jim Butcher"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","The Wise Man's Fear: Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 2","Patrick Rothfuss"
"Bios-Memoirs","American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History","Chris Kyle"
"Bios-Memoirs","Yes Please","Amy Poehler"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","14","Peter Clines"
"Bios-Memoirs","Steve Jobs","Walter Isaacson"
"Fiction","Go the F--k to Sleep","Adam Mansbach"
"Fiction","Dragonfly in Amber","Diana Gabaldon"
"Romance","Fifty Shades Darker: Book Two of the Fifty Shades Trilogy","E. L. James"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book 4","George R. R. Martin"
"Business","How to Win Friends & Influence People","Dale Carnegie"
"Fiction","The Goldfinch","Donna Tartt"
"Classics","The Hobbit","J. R. R. Tolkien"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","Hounded: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 1","Kevin Hearne"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","Dune","Frank Herbert"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","Inferno: A Novel","Dan Brown"
"Fiction","Life of Pi","Yann Martel"
"Nonfiction","Outliers: The Story of Success","Malcolm Gladwell"
"Teens","Allegiant: Divergent Trilogy, Book 3","Veronica Roth"
"Fiction","Under the Dome: A Novel","Stephen King"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","A Discovery of Witches","Deborah Harkness"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","The Final Empire: Mistborn Book 1","Brandon Sanderson"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time","Robert Jordan"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","Words of Radiance: The Stormlight Archive, Book 2","Brandon Sanderson"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","Sycamore Row","John Grisham"
"Romance","Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy","E. L. James"
"Teens","Steelheart: Reckoners, Book 1","Brandon Sanderson"
"Fiction","Voyager","Diana Gabaldon"
"Fiction","The Book Thief","Markus Zusak"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","The Lost Symbol","Dan Brown"
"Fiction","World Without End","Ken Follett"
"Fiction","Fall of Giants: The Century Trilogy, Book 1","Ken Follett"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","Fool Moon: The Dresden Files, Book 2","Jim Butcher"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","Eragon: The Inheritance Cycle, Book 1","Christopher Paolini"
"Romance","Drums of Autumn","Diana Gabaldon"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","Speaker for the Dead","Orson Scott Card"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","The Cuckoo's Calling","Robert Galbraith"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","The Well of Ascension: Mistborn, Book 2","Brandon Sanderson"
"Fiction","The Invention of Wings: A Novel","Sue Monk Kidd"
"Fiction","Mr. Mercedes: A Novel","Stephen King"
"Fiction","The Stand","Stephen King"
"Fiction","All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel","Anthony Doerr"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","The Hero of Ages: Mistborn, Book 3","Brandon Sanderson"
"Science-Technology","Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking","Malcolm Gladwell"
"Fiction","The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I","Stephen King"
"Fiction","Doctor Sleep: A Novel","Stephen King"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","Grave Peril: The Dresden Files, Book 3","Jim Butcher"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","Monster Hunter International","Larry Correia"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","The Witness","Nora Roberts"
"Teens","Twilight: The Twilight Saga, Book 1","Stephenie Meyer"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","Hammered: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 3","Kevin Hearne"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","Daemon","Daniel Suarez"
"History","A Short History of Nearly Everything","Bill Bryson"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","Dead Until Dark: Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #1","Charlaine Harris"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","Killing Floor","Lee Child"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy","Douglas Adams"
"Fiction","The Night Circus","Erin Morgenstern"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","The Great Hunt: Book Two of The Wheel Of Time","Robert Jordan"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","The Passage: The Passage Trilogy, Book 1","Justin Cronin"
"Bios-Memoirs","Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)","Cheryl Strayed"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","The Lincoln Lawyer","Michael Connelly"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","The Da Vinci Code","Dan Brown"
"Fiction","The Kite Runner","Khaled Hosseini"
"Fiction","Big Little Lies","Liane Moriarty"
"Mysteries-Thrillers","Summer Knight: The Dresden Files, Book 4","Jim Butcher"
"Romance","An Echo in the Bone: A Novel","Diana Gabaldon"
"Teens","Firefight: Reckoners, Book 2","Brandon Sanderson"
"Fiction","Shadow of Night","Deborah Harkness"
"Fiction","Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter","Seth Grahame-Smith"
"Teens","Breaking Dawn: The Twilight Saga, Book 4","Stephenie Meyer"
"Teens","The Graveyard Book","Neil Gaiman"
"Sci-Fi-Fantasy","Neverwhere","Neil Gaiman"

Carte you're just looking for excuses to spam that list arn't you lol.

who, me?

Give me the top 100 of the sci-fi cyberpunk genre.

And then pm the free links to all of them :3

I bought a book thinking it was cyberpunk, and i keep reading, waiting for the cyberpunk to enter the plot. 2/3 of the way through i realized it was steampunk, not cyberpunk. fml. i never heard of that before, which isnt surprising considering how retarded it was.

its to complement working on stuff on my pc
got a lengthy daily commute by train where i have lots of time to kill

I took Python in college and got a 4.0
What are your goals with Python? Without a goal you don't know where to start.
In programming you have an A and a D but you have to figure out how to skip B and C to get to D. D is destination I'll let you fill in the blanks.