So I went out and purchased a book on CSS that taught me how to make my web pages look half decent. I then went on to buy a book about PHP and MySQL. But I first got into web design using a simple book that I purchased down the local book store. Today I have wrapped up a selection of 15 top books for beginners looking to get into web design and learn how to create beautiful websites.

Let me know If you have any of these books and what you think of them. Also, if you have any book suggestions for beginners in web design, feel free to drop in a comment and let us know.

	Web Design For Dummies, 2nd Edition About The Book How many times have you visited a Web site and thought that you could do a better job if only you had the knowledge and skills? What was once exclusively a task for professionals, Web designing, has become more accessible to amateurs, thanks to loads of handy software. With Web Design For Dummies, you will be able to design your own Web site like a pro. £10.18 / $16.99 Buy From Amazon | Buy From Amazon
	Learning Web Design: A Beginners Guide About The Book Everything you need to know to create professional web sites is right here. Learning Web Design starts from the beginning — defining how the Web and web pages work — and builds from there. By the end of the book, you’ll have the skills to create multi-column CSS layouts with optimized graphic files, and you’ll know how to get your pages up on the Web. £21.14 / $29.69 Buy From Amazon | Buy From Amazon
	Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML About The Book Today, serious Web pages use HTML and XHTML to structure their content and CSS for style and presentation. You need a book that understands how to incorporate everything correctly. Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML explains web design. In this book, pictures and step-by-step instructions explain how to build great-looking, standards-compliant web sites. £18.33 / $26.36 Buy From Amazon | Buy From Amazon
	Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual About The Book Get everything you need to plan and launch a web site, including detailed instructions and clear-headed advice on ready-to-use building blocks, powerful tools like CSS and JavaScript, and Google’s Blogger. The revised, completely updated new edition of Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual explains how to get your site up and running quickly and correctly. £14.37 / $19.79 Buy From Amazon | Buy From Amazon
	HTML and CSS Easy Web Design with XHTML About The Book This book is the Second Edition of “HTML and CSS Easy Web Design”. In this edition, we’ve updated the book with the latest technology and we added XHTML. With this information, you will be better prepared to design your website and understand the concept of web designing. The ability to create a website opens a gateway of communication with friends, interest groups, commercial customers and associates. £10.95 / $15.56 Buy From Amazon | Buy From Amazon
	HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions About The Book Even if you’re an absolute beginner in web design, this book will teach you how to build future-proof web pages the right way using easy-to-master tools which are, in most cases, free. Through 14 easy-to- follow chapters, we introduce you to the fundamentals of contemporary web design practice. Step by step we’ll assemble well-structured XHTML webpages, which we’ll then style using handcrafted CSS. £18.73 / $26.39 Buy From Amazon | Buy From Amazon
	Build Your Own Website the Right Way About The Book “Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS, 2nd Edition” teaches web development from scratch, without assuming any previous knowledge of HTML, CSS or web development techniques. This book introduces you to HTML and CSS as you follow along with the author, step-by-step, to build a fully functional web site from the ground up. £14.25 / $19.77 Buy From Amazon | Buy From Amazon
	Flexible Web Design About The Book Liquid or fluid layouts change width based on the user’s unique device viewing size. These types of layouts have always been possible with tables but offer new design challenges as well as opportunities when built with CSS. This book, for experienced Web designers with some CSS experience, outlines how to do this successfully. £14.49 / $29.69 Buy From Amazon | Buy From Amazon
	Beginning Web Programming with HTML, XHTML, and CSS About The Book This beginning guide reviews HTML and also introduces you to using XHTML for the structure of a web page and cascading style sheets (CSS) for controlling how a document should appear on a web page. You’ll learn how to take advantage of the latest features of browsers while making sure that your pages still work in older, but popular, browsers. £16.54 / $26.39 Buy From Amazon | Buy From Amazon
	HTML for Beginners About The Book This book has been specifically written in the interest of students, who are beginning to learn HTML. Hence, the basic HTML commands are made easy in this book for them to learn this subject within a short period. The language used is simple so that the students can grasp easily. Though there are many books on HTML available in the market, the salient feature of this book is the simplicity which immediately appeals to the beginners. $10.00 Buy From Amazon
	Creating Web Pages with HTML Simplified About The Book Are you new to computers? Does new technology make you nervous? Relax! You’re holding in your hands the easiest guide ever to creating Web pages with HTML–a book that skips the long-winded explanations and shows you how things work. All you have to do is open the book, follow Chip, your friendly guide–and discover just how easy it is to get up to speed. £14.44 / $16.49 Buy From Amazon | Buy From Amazon
	Creating Web Sites Bible About The Book If you want to build your own Web site in a 2.0 world, you’ve come to right place. From facing HTML without fear to adding new ?air with multimedia, interactivity, and blogging, this comprehensive guide provides you with everything you need. Loaded with nearly a thousand pages of invaluable techniques and step-by-step instructions, this is your one-stop resource for designing a site, taking it live, keeping it fresh, and moving into the world of e-commerce. £17.04 / $29.19 Buy From Amazon | Buy From Amazon
	Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Creating Web Pages About The Book This hands-on tutorial teaches readers the fundamentals of creating Web pages, along with more advanced ideas like message areas, chat, and e-commerce options to make the page look like it was created by a professional. The book begins by explaining the need for HTML and the basics of good Web page design. It then covers using HTML tags and tools, formatting text, adding images, and building links. £12.59 / $22.79 Buy From Amazon | Buy From Amazon
	Professional Web Site Design from Start to Finish About The Book If I gave you a box of carpentry tools, could you build me a house? While having the right tools to do a project is a great first step, you still need to learn the overall process of how and when to use those tools to achieve your goals, knowledge that few other web design books present. This book starts from the assumption that you have the right tools — an Internet connection and a web authoring program or an HTML reference book — to begin with. £24.30 / $9.50 Buy From Amazon | Buy From Amazon
	HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition About The Book Need to learn HTML fast? This best-selling reference’s visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with HTML in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to HTML, Web expert and best-selling author Elizabeth Castro uses crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you to all of today’s HTML and XHTML essentials. £10.96 / $23.09 Buy From Amazon | Buy From Amazon