Love Think Python, I have recommended it to so many learners: it balances the various concerns of a new programmer book really well. Allen Downey has a bunch of

Love Think Python, I have recommended it to so many learners: it balances the various concerns of a new programmer book really well. Allen Downey has a bunch of other books with somewhat similar approaches too https://greenteapress.com/wp/ https://greenteapress.com/wp/ -- some I do think he might have gone too far in the low-rigor side, but all the ones I've reviewed have been pretty good. (I was sharing a table at a conference with Allen some time ago and told him how many times I'd recommended or bought people his books, and I think he thought I was bullshitting him.)