The two books I've found to be most useful so far are: Learning Python - Mark Lutz and David Ascher Programming Python - Mark Lutz Both are published by O'Reilly and are available at their website. I think you can also get them through Amazon.com. I'd also suggest getting a copy of WinPython. It's a pretty good learning tool. Be warned though TkInter doesn't work correctly when called from WinPython.