Doctors, Lawyer & Airline Pilots should do that, "write a book" how-to themselves. Why bother learning from those who came before them. Do 90-something% of them fail at what they do? Sure hope not.
Yup, I think for a real noob, buying some of the classic TA books is a good idea, especially for example John Magees TA Bible.... This so you'll understand the basics, trends, S/R, MA's etc and also to learn some of the terminology of trading. But after you've learned that, start experimenting and writing down what best method suits you. Personally for me, coding your own system (which is similar to writing your own book) will teach you how to express ideas into a systematic method which help the brain from constantly wandering away with distractions. Unfortunately Trading becomes a journey, it seems it never arrives at the destination, but it does keep you young and inquisitive.
I did study that one. And this one from Jiler I feel was helpful. I also got that Bar by Bar book by Brooks. Not helpful at all. If there is anything useful in it it must be hidden by the poor writing and terrible presentation. I have a pdf of a John Hill book about bar charts (John Hill mentioned above by @Handle123) but haven't gone through it yet. The Tape Reading Book mentioned by @deaddog I read. It didn't resonate with me, and I sold it on ebay. Edwards and Magee and Jiler are the chart books I read and kept. Everything else went back to Amazon or I sold on ebay. The Al Brooks book went in the trash.