Best xhtml programming computer books according to redditors

I took a course in HTML and CSS. We used this book https://www.amazon.com/Basics-Web-Design-HTML5-CSS3/dp/0133970744 and covered a chapter a week which was a pretty slow pace for me. Honestly I work as a web developer and I don't need to know a ton of HTML and CSS because it would take too much time and there is no added benefit to learning all the small stuff. When I need to know something I google it and often instead of doing HTML and CSS I use the bootstrap framework and templates http://getbootstrap.com/ and https://startbootstrap.com/. In general think of HTML as just semantic tags like how humans write, CSS just further explains the tags and their look. There isn't a ton to learn and you would probably learn more doing hands on tutorials and finding someone experienced in your area to show you how they do web development.

I know it may seem a little expensive, but I'm going to go ahead and recommend the book that changed my life: Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML. It will explain all that you need to know to get started, has tons of practice stuff for you to do, teaches you good habits and standards, and will answer every question starting out in a very plain-English way. There will be some to come along and tell you to check out w3schools.com, but you'll only get the very very basics that way.

There's also Lifehacker's pretty good article on the subject but too that will only get you so far.