Packed with examples, Simply SQL is a step-by-step introduction to learning SQL. You'll discover how easy it is to use SQL to interact with best-practice, robust databases. Rather than bore you with theory, it focuses on the practical use of SQL with common databases and uses plenty of diagrams, easy-to-read text, and examples to help make learning SQL easy and fun.
How could I give it anything but five stars? My dad wrote it!
Nice intro to the SQL syntax with a bit at the end covering special joins and relational integrity. Still holds up in 2021 as a good beginner resource.
The book serves as a good introduction to both SQL and basic data modeling topics. Moreover, it has a chapter on some special data models which are usually unintuitve to query.