Effective Modern C++ is a great book but it is in no way an intro to anything. It keeps with tradition of exposing the warts in C++ that you should know about b

Effective Modern C++ is a great book but it is in no way an intro to anything. It keeps with tradition of exposing the warts in C++ that you should know about but the issues covered in the newest one are very complex compared to the previous book and are not at all something that someone just learning the language or even just catching up on the newest standards should do. If you want to catch up on C++11 and parts of C++14 I recommend Stroustrup's A Tour of C++. I'd probably read the other Effective C++ books (even though they are dated now) before cracking open Effective Modern C++.