Basic Techniques of Go

Rating:
Summary: Good book for the beginner
Review: This is a good go book for the beginner. It doesn't teach the basic rules to the game, nor does it discuss initial beginning play, but once you've learned the rules and have played a few games, this book may be a good choice.

I've only gotten part of the way through the book so far, but I have already gotten a lot of good go theory. The book does require some work on your part, either through using a go board while looking at examples, or SGF software. (Some diagrams show the play order of 20 stones, which is hard to read for the beginner).

As a prerequisite to this book, I'd suggest... (A series of newspaper articles on the basics and history of Go).