First Poker Books

In light of the recent requests for recommendations (4aces07, magx, etc.) here are my recommendations [assuming NL player, anyone wanting to learn limit first I would have different suggestions]: brief reasoning in bold

1. Getting Started in Holdem by Ed Miller essential primar, clearly written, good intro to how you need to learn to think
2. Little Green Book, by Gordon** comprehensive overview, well written/easy read
3. Texas Holdem Odds and Probabilities by Hilger learn the math!

4. Killer Poker by Vorhaus learn aggression and intro to psychological factors
5. Little Blue Book, by Gordon** hand analysis/see how pro thinks through actual game play
6. Killer Poker No Limit by Vorhaus NL specific
7. Killer Poker by the Numbers by Guerrera learn/review the math!
8. Why you lose at poker, by Fox and Harper easy read leak plugger

any one (or ALL !!) of the following: "interwebs" selections

9. Internet Texas Holdem by Hilger (I think he as a package deal if you are getting the Odds book too)
9. Internet Poker by Krieger and Watterson
9. Killer Poker Online by Vorhaus
9. Killer Poker Online II by Vorhaus

Supplementals that can only help your game, but do not replace any of the above:

11. Little Black Book, by Gordon (aka "The Real Deal" republished)** beginners book
12. Killer Poker Holdem Handbook by Vorhaus workbook for psychology of the game (!)

(**Gordon's three books are available as a boxed set discounted over the individual purchase).

DO NOT MAKE THE FOLLOWING THE FIRST BOOK(S) YOU READ:

a. Theory of Poker (or ANY Sklanksy/Malmuth for that matter)
b. Harrington on Holdem 1-3
c. Weighing the Odds in Holdem Poker by King Yao
d. Super System I or II

unless you have one (or more) of the following:
1. you are already an experienced player
2. you have a mathematical and/or statistical background of some sort
3. you have decent or recent academic training and/or are used to rigorous study of texts in some manner.

You will, of course, want [a, b, c, d above] and more eventually, they just are not beginners books.

Thanks for the advice i will definetley use it. But, i have been playing nlhe for about 1 year now, so do you think i could read hoh 1,2 and 3 straight away?
btw i dont need any help with learning pot odds or anything that easy.

I think you'd be fine with HoH in your case. I haven't finished it and mostly scanned it because I'm primarily a limit player, but this book really teaches you how to think about the game.

I read Gordon's Little Green Book and that was very good too. A very easy read, and takes you into the tought process. It took me a couple hours or so to read...

Thx a lot for your help(here and on PM). I will definetley use it also