It's a pity that one of the most recommended books is about the pitfalls of C++ and is by someone on his own admission has never written production C++ code. O

It's a pity that one of the most recommended books is about the pitfalls of C++ and is by someone on his own admission has never written production C++ code. Of course it's a very good book though. My recommendation is for "Accelerated C++" by Koenig and Moo. It's rooted in actual teaching experience and compared to most C++ books is pretty slim. The only negatives these days is that it is a bit old and (still) expensive.