The book I have been reading at the moment is 'Property is a girls best friend' it's starts off simple with budgetting, goes througha number of property investment options – pro's and cons and then goes on to walk you through the steps to starting.  It's a nice uncomplicated book for beginers giving you the basics and lingo then maybe work your way to other property investment books so that you've got an idea and all the terms don't go over your head. If you're already quite knowledgeable in PI than it's a good step by step to double check your path.