To someone who's never coded before? 

What do you want to learn how to do?

 I want to get into game devolopment 

Seems very relevant (the thread title is slightly misleading, some good answers in that thread): 

Many groups and individuals maintain their own book list recommendations. 

For C++, my personal recommendation list (and the reason behind each book) is here.  For other languages, consider looking at web sites and forums dedicated to that language, such as the StackExchange site for whatever language you're considering.