Book Recommendation for C++

[Pragma]

One of my favorite books is Object-Oriented Programming in C++ by Nicolai M. Josuttis. It is really good at helping you practice efficient coding techniques and goes pretty well in-depth with even the small stuff, but not too much that there isn't any room for the complicated stuff. It teaches everything from the simplest "Hello World" program to the more complicated stuff like using memory efficiently and making programs cross-platform. I bought it at Fry's electronics for literally $9.99

[Sednogmah]

I can recommend Bruce Eckel's Thinking in C++. It's well structured and split into two volumes:
- C++ syntax, language, idioms
- The Standard Template Library
What I liked about Eckel's book are the pragmatic, easy to understand examples. The best of all: It's actually available as a free download as a searchable PDF with a proper table of contents. The book has one "downside" though: it's not really a reference despite its 1470 pages. For that I'd try Bjarne Stroustrup's "The C++ Programming Language". It's dry as dust but a very accurate reference, covering more details than you want to know.

I've uploaded it here as Eckel's site seems to be offline atm.
Thinking In C++ 2nd Edition.pdf (Vol. 1 & 2 in one PDF, 1470 pages)
* Note to the moderators: This is not warez. Eckel made his book available for free.

One of my favorite books is Object-Oriented Programming in C++ by Nicolai M. Josuttis.

While I haven't read that, I've got another book by Josuttis in my shelf: "C++ Templates - The Definitive Guide" by David Vandervoorde & Josuttis. It's a very in-depth book about all kinds of idioms that can be constructed with templates. Good to read, excellent accuracy.