I started my Lisp journey seeking to learn Clojure too. I starting out with The Little Schemer[1]. I chose Scheme so that I could first wrap my head around th

I started my Lisp journey seeking to learn Clojure too. I starting out with The Little Schemer[1]. I chose Scheme so that I could first wrap my head around the basic Lisp syntax, along with the recursive and functional thinking. To keep things as simple as possible, I did 95% of the exercises using a composition notebook and pencil[2]. This kept the incidental complexity to a minimum. Later, I moved on to the Clojure books. Working through the Little Schemer was invaluable (and its bibliography is excellent too). [1] http://www.amazon.com/Little-Schemer-Daniel-P-Friedman/dp/0262560992/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415384298&sr=8-1&keywords=the+little+schemer http://www.amazon.com/Little-Schemer-Daniel-P-Friedman/dp/02... [2] https://github.com/evanspa/TheLittleSchemer/blob/master/schemer-grab.JPG https://github.com/evanspa/TheLittleSchemer/blob/master/sche...