I loved "Designing Great Beers". I learned a lot from that book and was able to make some nice brew from scratch after reading it. It is a bit more advanced but it also helped me put together some of the pieces I was missing.
I am currently a closet brewer since I no longer have any of my equipment (long story)... but I have been bitten by the bug but am still trying to decide if now is the time to get back in (currently live in a small apt...) But it never hurts to learn and read so I thought I would join in. I look...