best beginner C++ book

[fretbrner]

What is the best book out there on c++ for someone who is completely new to programming. i have one book, but it's too dry, and I get too bored easily.

Does anyone have suggestions?

[mage492]

Get C++ For Dummies. Awesome book! That's the best for beginners, I think. I've also never read a dry ... For Dummies book. It introduces several important concepts, but not in enough depth to lose you. If you just want to write simple programs, this is the only book you need.

That would also prepare you for some more advanced books (SAMS makes some great intermediate / advanced ones), if you want to take the next step. Also, when you reach this point, get your hands on "C/C++ Annotated Archives", published by Osborne. It's a good reference book for several advanced topics.

So, for now, get C++ For Dummies. The other suggestions are for where you might want to go from there.

[canon006]

I've got O'Reilly's Practical C++ Programming, I've found it more useful than the text book for my C++ class. It seems to explain things better than the text, gives some different examples of coding style, and seems to be a good start so far.

[adhall02]

C++ Primer Plus 4th edition is good. I don't know if you would consider that dry or not, though.

[nowonmai]

Thinking in C++ by Bruce Eckel. Freely available from www.mindview.net