I've asked THE JS MAN himself, Doug Crockford of Yahoo!, what the best book on JS is and he says its: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (5th Edition) by David Fl

I've asked THE JS MAN himself, Doug Crockford of Yahoo!, what the best book on JS is and he says its: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (5th Edition) by David Flanagan (edition is important... 4th one is not that good). Doug says a bit more about the lack of any good JS books: "Bad Books Nearly all of the books about JavaScript are quite awful. They contain errors, poor examples, and promote bad practices. Important features of the language are often explained poorly, or left out entirely. I have reviewed dozens of JavaScript books, and I can only recommend one: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (5th Edition) by David Flanagan." http://javascript.crockford.com/javascript.html http://javascript.crockford.com/javascript.html Also, make sure you watch his tutorial videos. They're awesome! There is a series of four intro videos and three advanced videos: http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=111593 http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=111593 http://101out.com/js_advanced.php http://101out.com/js_advanced.php