Best intro to c#/.net/wpf book?

[altano]

It's usually pretty easy to determine what the best intro book is on any given topic with some googling around, buy I'm having trouble finding a review of what c# books are out there.

Would anyone care to recommend a book (or many books) to a complete beginner when it comes to c#/.net/wpf? I'm interested in the language and the platform and the clr in general.

Thanks in advance!

[iterationx]

I've read two books on WPF I can't really recommend them since I didn't think they were worth the money, but really the most useful thing is to just work through and extend the samples. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms771449.aspx

[safetytrick]

If you've programmed before I'd recommend C# in a Nutshell, you get a solid overview of C# and .Net at a quick pace and its a good reference when you are done. WPF Unleashed is highly recommended for WPF (I haven't read it, I've just heard good things), Application = Code + Markup is also a very good book for WPF.

[nailer]

I don't have much experience of .net but as an introduction to a language series there is no series of books better designed than Head First. Here's their C# book:

http://www.headfirstlabs.com/books/hfcsharp/