Begin to Code with Python

One of the absolute best ‘intro to programming' books I have gone through. I read it cover to cover (all 637 pages including the PDF chapters not included in the physical book itself) which is quite a feat for a coding text... Appealing presentation and thorough explanations of key concepts. Because it is published through Microsoft Press, there is sort of a weird Windows-centric POV for a Python book, but that's easy to overlook.