I'm fond of the "Modern Perl" book, but you should have programming background for that. You won't go wrong by buying brian d foy's books either. (Best is prob

I'm fond of the "Modern Perl" book, but you should have programming background for that. You won't go wrong by buying brian d foy's books either. (Best is probably to ask at PerlMonks.org what to read.) Edit: My best advice for a newbie is to get the Cookbook after the first basics. The Perl one is really helpful.