My recommended route: Harvard's CS50x on edx -> Think Python 2ed -> https://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/pages/book.html#toc https://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/pa

My recommended route: Harvard's CS50x on edx -> Think Python 2ed -> https://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/pages/book.html#toc https://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/pages/book.html#toc You don't need to take CS50, but it's the probably the best introduction to programming available online and will give you a strong foundation that will make the later books easier to work through.