I still have my reading list from when I started out with React. Here are some of the most valuable resources that helped me grok React:
http://krasimirtsonev.com/blog/article/react-js-in-design-pa...
http://chibicode.com/react-js-introduction-for-people-who-kn...
https://medium.freecodecamp.com/the-5-things-you-need-to-kno...
https://www.fullstackreact.com/30-days-of-react/
These also helped to understand specific React concepts: https://medium.com/@dan_abramov/smart-and-dumb-components-7c... https://medium.com/@dan_abramov/mixins-are-dead-long-live-hi...
Related tech but also helped me learn React: https://brigade.engineering/what-is-the-flux-application-arc... https://egghead.io/courses/getting-started-with-redux