Which book is good to start with LINQ? [closed]

Question

Which books are good to start with LINQ. It would be helpful if the book can cover from basics to Intermediate level.

Answer 1

I'm not sure how long a book recommendation question will hang around here, answers may be merged with an existing community wiki question on recommended .NET books (I'm sure there is one) - however, what I might suggest, though lacking in descriptive content and focusing directly on practice, is:

• 101 Linq Samples over on MSDN.

Further:

• This answer to another question recommends Essential Linq
• And another adds recommendations for C# In Depth, Linq In Action
• Yet another suggestion from here is Pro Linq
• Lastly, and credit to @Laurent, is Reimplementing LINQ to Objects

Answer 2

I would recommend C# 4.0 in a Nutshell which has several chapters covering LINQ and PLINQ. Additionally it is a really useful reference on several other topics such as threading and TPL as well.

Following that I would recommend Jon Skeet's series on how to implement LINQ as it gives a great insight into why LINQ is constructed the way it is.