Raspberry Pi User Guide

As a complete beginner to the Raspberry Pi (although I do have previous experience at programming), I found this book an easy read and a great introduction into grasping the basics. It begins with some background to the Pi and then takes the reader quickly into getting started and the fundamentals of Linux and the command line. There are some good chapters that offer an insight into the potential of using the Pi in different applications, in fact the book covers quite a range of subjects without going into too much depth but sufficiently enough to give you confidence in taking the next steps. There are some good starter guides to programming and even controlling external hardware such as LEDs or switches. Overall I would recommend this to anyone who is feeling somewhat overwhelmed at starting off with the Pi, it will encourage you to want to go further and learn programming. It's by no means a comprehensive reference or guide to programming in Python, but its a great introduction and definitely recommended.

Probably the best intro book on getting started on the Raspberry Pi family of microcomputers. Well written by the creators so it’s very readable and easy to digest. One of my favourite technical books. Highly recommended. My only complaint is that the quality of the paper being used has gone down since the previous edition.

An easy to read and well written introduction to the Pi - useful for both beginners to computing and those with intermediate level knowledge. It won't give you all you need but it will at least help you know how to get started, and what questions to ask next. Interesting on the Pi history also. Just a little on the expensive side for the Pi's budget target - hence a 4 rather than 5

This is honestly the only book you need if you're new to the pi as it covers everything and I was surprised it is still relevant to the older generations as well with only a few chapters that are beyond the earlier models... I believe this book is for pi3 and below but I think most if not all will apply to the newer ones but at this price its not bad to have a flick through either way

Okay for real beginers, but with the leaning curve with Raspberry Pi not needed.

I found this book really easy to follow and as an older person the average computing book assumes you just know things (which I don't). This book is basic enough for me to feel really confident in what I am doing, and it explains everything simply and logically. It goes into more advanced stuff as well and shown me what I need to do to get some of my more sophisticated ideas off the ground. Well done Eben.

An excellent guide to get you started with the Raspberry Pi. It's well written with very few typos - I only noticed two. These days you could get all the information by trawling the internet, but when you're starting with something for the first time, there's nothing better than sitting down with a good old fashioned well written manual.

Good book to start with, very helpful. Ebon is one of the guy's who had a hand in designing and developing the Raspberry Pi. Thanks to him my Pi 3 is up and running and going places, where as P1 was a disaster. I would recommend it now I have had a play.