I really liked The Little Schemer[0]. The language/syntax is a little different to Clojure but it's broadly transferable; really helped me think functionally.

I really liked The Little Schemer[0]. The language/syntax is a little different to Clojure but it's broadly transferable; really helped me think functionally. I'm a total noob with this stuff but I've been really happy with Clojure (and more recently ClojureScript/Om) :) [0] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Schemer-Daniel-P-Friedman/dp/0262560992 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Schemer-Daniel-P-Friedman/dp/...