# Books

NOTE: Check the [Blender store](http://www.blender3d.org/e-shop/default_books.php) on the books listed below to see if they can be purchased through that facility; doing so helps support the Blender foundation. 

## Beginner

- *[Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro)* Free online Wikibook, version 2.63

- *[Blender Foundations, The Essential Guide to Learning Blender 2.6](http://www.blenderfoundations.com/)* by Roland Hess. ISBN 978-0-240-81430-8. Version 2.6

## Intermediate

- *[Mastering Blender](http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118275403.html)* by Tony Mullen ISBN 978-1118275405  
- *[Introducing Character Animation with Blender, 2nd Edition](http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-047042737X,miniSiteCd-SYBEX.html)* by Tony Mullen. 978-0470427378
- *[Blender Master Class: A Hands-On Guide to Modeling, Sculpting, Materials, and Rendering](http://www.nostarch.com/blendermasterclass.htm)* by Ben Simonds ISBN 978-1593274771 

## Advanced

- *[Bounce, Tumble and Splash](http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470192801.html)* by Tony Mullen ISBN 978-0-470-19280-1 (Physics Simulation) 2008

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