Sighris Sargon

An excellent book for beginners who want to learn how to play the game. Also a good book for Go (Weiqi/Baduk) players who already know how to play but are lower-ranked (20+ kyu to 12kyu) and want to have a more solid understanding of the basics and want to improve their skill level. Furthermore the end of the book has some interesting Asian history related to the game and mentions Taoism, Confucianism, and Japanese Samurai. The book also has a little info on computer Go history but it was published well before the AlphaGo-Zero achievement of Google, thus that info is extremely dated (out of date / old) however it is still a good introduction to computer Go.