Here is the site's traing book review section http://www.elitetrader.com/bo/ Now, you don't have to reinvent the wheel. But books are highly unlikely to "get you going." For that, you need 1+ serious edges, money management, a significant trading account, and a lot of experience on simulators first...
It depends upon your time frame (long-term, short-term or day trading) and what you want to trade (stocks, futures, Forex, options, etc.) For trading in general, my favorite book is High Probability Trading by Marcel Link. Although I have read many books, most of the best information I have obtained on-line for free. There is a lot of trading information on the CME site: http://www.cmegroup.com/ A lot of brokers also provide great free webinars. For example: http://www.pfgbest.com/webinar/archive.asp Good luck!
Suri Duddella - Trade Chart Patterns Like the Pro John J. Murphy - Technical Analysis Of The Financial Markets Steve Nison - Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques Mark Douglas - Trading in the zone
My trading plan.., and my journal â although admittedly my trading plan is far from being book length Food for Thought Sir RN
Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom by Van Tharp. This book and the free trading game you can get at his site gave me the best foundation for all the work I've done to learn the tricks of the trade (though I'm still learning of course).