This site mentionsa lot of books you may consider reading. I don't know about you but I don't read every book recommended to me, although I do read a lot of them. For me I have developed some rule for deciding whether a given person's book recommendation has merit that is not perfect but at least it is better than no guideline at all.
- first I determine from their comments on the book how strong their knowledge is of the books topic and the genre or body of knowlege it belongs to
- if it passes that litmus test, ask them if among the books of that type or author which book should a newbie start with?
- Then I read 1 book they recommend and if it fails to blow me away I don't bother with any other books they recommend.
With that in mind, I offer my 1st book recommendation with an extreme concern that if you fail to like the book, then dozens of other great books I like will not be read by you either, at least not purely on the strength of my recommendation. In fact I know if you don't like this first book, then my other book recommendations are likely to not motivate you to read them.
I reuad across enough genre and book types I feel confident I can find a book you will like, but a-s tastes vary I will offer a book from each genre with some notes as to the type of reader that will like it.