Practical C++ by Mark A. Terribile is very dense, but clear, and can take you all the way from novice to expert if you can get through it. The copy I have is a

Practical C++ by Mark A. Terribile is very dense, but clear, and can take you all the way from novice to expert if you can get through it. The copy I have is a decade and a half old, but still relevant for the material it covers, which is substantial. The thing to understand is rarely does the C++ standards committee remove any major feature of C++, they mostly add or enhance, so an old book can still be relevant if it was a well written book, you just might have to look in other sources for other topics. I thought I knew C++ well, but the book Modern C++ Design by Andrei Alexandrescu completely blew my mind. It's a bit advanced, and more of a cookbook than in introduction, but it does serve to introduce some of the more recent innovations in C++ programming. And of course don't forget stackoverflow.com. Heck, I think I saw this exact question (good C++ programming books) was a top question a couple months ago.