Learning Drupal CMS? Here's the Book List

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By Chelsi Nakano | Published Jul 21, 2009

Oh Drupal (news, site), you open source hottie, you. You've managed the content of many, kicked out release after release, even inspired projects like Acquia and Open Atrium. Now, as you gear up to dazzle your fans with the Drupal 7 Code Freeze, potential new Drupal followers are beginning to peek their heads out from behind their present content management systems.

Readers, if you fall into this category, don't worry, we won't tell. But you should know that learning this fully loaded CMS is no easy task, so here are some recommended starting points:

Cracking Drupal: A Drop in the Bucket	By: Greg Knaddison Paperback: 240 pages Release date: May 2009 Language: English ISBN-10: 0470429038 ISBN-13: 978-0470429037
Front End Drupal: Designing, Theming, Scripting	By: Emma Jane Hogbin and Konstantin Käfer Paperback: 456 pages Release date: April 2009 Language: English ISBN-10: 0137136692 ISBN-13: 978-0137136698
Leveraging Drupal: Getting Your Site Done Right	By: Victor Kane Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Wrox Release date: February 2009 Language: English ISBN-10: 0470410876 ISBN-13: 978-0470410875
Using Drupal	By: Angela Byron, Addison Berry, Jeff Eaton, Nate Haug, James Walker, Jeff Robbins Paperback: 560 pages Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Release date: December 2008 Language: English ISBN-10: 0596515804 ISBN-13: 978-0596515805
Drupal for Education and E-Learning	By: Bill Fitzgerald Paperback: 380 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing Release date: November 2008 Language: English ISBN-10: 1847195024 ISBN-13: 978-1-847195-02-9
Drupal Multimedia	By: Aaron Winborn Paperback: 241 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing Release date: October 2008 Language: English ISBN-10: 1847194605 ISBN-13: 978-1-847194-60-2
Pro Drupal Development, Second Edition	By: John VanDyk Paperback: 667 pages Publisher: Apress Release date: August 2008 Language: English ISBN-10: 1430209895 ISBN-13: 978-1430209898
Learning Drupal 6 Module Development	By: Matt Butcher Paperback: 250 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing Release date: May 2008 Language: English ISBN-10: 1847194443 ISBN-13: 978-1-847194-44-2
Building powerful and robust websites with Drupal 6	By: David Mercer Paperback: 330 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing Release date: April 2008 Language: English ISBN-10: 1847192971 ISBN-13: 978-1-847192-97-4
Selling Online with Drupal e-Commerce	By: Michael Peacock Paperback: 264 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing Release date: March 2008 Language: English ISBN-10: 1847194060 ISBN-13: 978-1847194060
Drupal 5 Themes	By: Ric Shreves Paperback: 250 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing Release Date: December 2007 Language: English ISBN-10: 1847191827 ISBN-13: 978-1-847191-82-3
Pro Drupal Development	By: John VanDyk and Matt Westgate Paperback: 375 pages Publisher: Apress Release Date: May 2007 Language: English ISBN-10: 1590597559 ISBN-13: 978-1590597552
Drupal: Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, and Community Websites	By: David Mercer Paperback: 284 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing Release date: April 2006 Language: English ISBN-10: 1904811809 ISBN-13: 978-1904811800
Drupal. Community-Websites entwickeln und verwalten mit dem Open Source-CMS	By: Hagen Graf Publisher: Addison-Wesley, München Release Date: March 2006 Language: German ISBN-10: 3827323215 ISBN-13: 978-3827323217
Building Online Communities with Drupal, phpBB and WordPress	By: Robert Douglass, Mike Little, and Jared W. Smith Paperback: 560 pages Publisher: Apress Release Date: December 2005 Language: English ISBN-10: 1590595629 ISBN-13: 978-1590595626
Drupal 6 - Javascript and Jquery	By: Matt Butcher Paperback: 340 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing Release date: March 2009 Language: English ISBN-10: 1847196160 ISBN-13: 978-1-847196-16-3
Drupal 6 Themes	By: Ric Shreves Paperback: 312 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing Release date: September 2008 Language: English ISBN-10: 1847195660 ISBN-13: 978-1-847195-66-1
Drupal 6 Site Builder Solutions	By: Mark Noble Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing Release date: December 2008 Language: English ISBN-10: 1847196403 ISBN-13: 978-1-847196-40-8
Drupal 6 Social Networking	By: Michael Peacock Paperback: 312 pages Publisher: Packt Publishing Release date: February 2009 Language: English ISBN-10: 1847196101 ISBN-13: 978-1-847196-10-1