Request recommendation for C++ books

[Ben Pfaff]

I'm a C programmer myself, and the only reference book I use on a
regular basis is a copy of the C standard itself.  If I were ever
to write much C++ code, then I'd buy a copy of the C++ standard,
too.  You can get a .pdf file of it for something like $20 from
NCITS <URL:http://www.ncits.org>.

Be warned that the C++ standard (what I've seen of it, anyway) is
much less readable than the C standard.  Quite ghastly in places,
in fact.