I think it could be great to give an order for reading the series for someone that's learning JavaScript. I often recommend this series but everyone asks me where should they start reading.
https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS/blob/master/READM...
Also, the "Up & Going" title, Chapter 3, has descriptions about the titles and the narrative/story arc being told across them, which helps understand the intended order as well:
https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS/blob/master/up%20...