Which not so well known books are suitable for beginners to learn programming?

I don't know your definition of 'not so well known', but Automate the Boring Stuff with Python by Al Sweigart is a non-traditional programming book. Of course there's Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby.

https://automatetheboringstuff.com/ http://poignant.guide/

`Explain the Cloud Like I’m 10` and `Exercises for Programmers` are two great books for beginners. I talk more about this exact subject here: https://www.programmingbooks.dev/articles/beginner

Try HN.algolia.com to search for "learning programming." Try theodinproject.com and freecodecamp.org. Check out why.edu. Best of luck. Nand2Tetris is a fun project/book to check out once you have some basics down.

Books are probably out of date before they are published.

And yet they're still useful for learning patterns and techniques that can be applied to the newest, shiniest versions of whatever languages and frameworks you'll be using. Some of us also prefer reading from a paper book over reading from webpages when it comes to ingesting large amounts of information on a new topic. We'll still augment that info by reading the official docs online when the time comes.