A strong beginner reading list from the recommendations here would be:

• Bryan Peterson’s Understanding Exposure — widely recommended for learning how camera settings work together and building a solid grasp of exposure.
• Michael Freeman’s The Photographer’s Eye — a popular next step for composition, visual design, and how to build stronger images.
• Your camera manual — not exciting, but genuinely useful for learning your camera’s controls, features, and setup options.
• Cambridge in Colour tutorials — not a book, but a highly regarded online resource for clear explanations of technical photography topics.

A practical order would be: start with your camera manual alongside Understanding Exposure to learn the fundamentals, then move to The Photographer’s Eye to improve composition. After that, example-driven books from working photographers can be great for inspiration and applying what you’ve learned.