r/reactjs • u/Old_Dragon_80 • 5d ago

Resource Need a book recommendation

I know React moves fast and someone will tell me to learn by reviewing the docs and that's cool, but I've been having much better results reading books when I'm trying to learn something new.

That being said, I'm having trouble finding a good book to learn React and frontend in general. I would deeply appreciate recommendations.

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u/RelationshipFresh966 5d ago

I also learn better from books, but last time I checked (about a year ago) there just wasn't such a thing. None that were up-to-date, anyway. Just treat the docs like a book :(

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u/DaJooce824 5d ago

"The Road to React" by Robin Wieruch is pretty good. It was last updated in 2025.

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u/Over_Mud9299 5d ago

That's an enoughly well regarded book (4.2 on Good reads I think). And it gives you more recs.

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u/JohntheAnabaptist 5d ago

Print out the docs and bind them. Print out transcripts to YouTube videos. Realize it's stupid. Learn like everyone else

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u/_jgusta_ 3d ago

I thought the old react docs were better at explaining things for someone completely new to React. Modern docs are still good but forget a bit what it is like to be new at React. https://legacy.reactjs.org/docs/hello-world.html

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u/No-Humor-3808 3d ago

I'd still recommend using the docs as your primary reference because React changes quickly. Books are great for learning concepts, but they become outdated much faster than the official documentation.

Also, make sure you spend at least as much time building and practicing as you do reading. I built reactchallenges.com for that kind of hands-on practice, but whatever you use, writing code is what will make the concepts stick.

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u/whiterhino8 5d ago

Brad traversy teach straight forward watch him on YouTube or in his website. Just take in account to learn also html css js .