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HTML and CSS Books

Below are some good books on getting started learning HTML. Any good HTML book should teach CSS at the same time. So these books will cover both HTML and CSS. If you are already somewhat familiar with HTML and want books that focus more on CSS, see our list of CSS books.

Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML

With lots of exercises, Q&A, crosswords, and even a five-minute mystery, this book makes learning fun. Beside characters with thought bubbles, it is filled with lots of explanatory side notes with arrows pointing to screen shots, diagram, and code syntax.
It makes great use of visuals to convey concepts. For example, photo of nested dolls to convey nested elements and scales to convey font-weight. Section titles such as "HTML Archeology", "Markup Magnet", "Element Soup", and "The Case of Relatives and Absolutes" will not get you bored.
It covers HTML from the ground up going over tables, forms, XHTML, CSS, Box Model, and all the basics including web hosting and FTP.
Over 100 customers gave this book a 5-star rating on amazon.

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