Best 12 MS Excel Books for Beginners & Intermediate Users

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Are you a very beginner and you know nothing about Excel?

Start with the series of Excel bibles (Excel 2016 version).

John Walkenbach, the author of Bible Series, will introduce you to every feature of Excel step-by-step with lots of tips, shortcuts, and practical uses of the features.

The books provide the working files (downloadable from online).

So, if you’re a very beginner user of Excel, start with an Excel Bible book.

Here is the list of Excel books you can start with …

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Best Books for Beginners to Learn MS Excel 2016

• Excel 2016 Bible by John Walkenbach (choose this one if you’re very beginner & want to start with the latest Excel version)
• Microsoft Excel 2016 Step by Step by Curtis Frye

Best Books for Beginners to Learn MS Excel 2013

• Excel 2013 Bible by John Walkenbach (choose this one if you want to start with Excel 2013)
• Excel 2013: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald (a good book after you’ve finished the above one)
• Learn Excel 2013 Essential Skills with The Smart Method by Mike Smart (very good book. Order this one, too!)

Best Books for Beginners to Learn MS Excel 2010

• Excel 2010 Bible by John Walkenbach
• Learn Excel 2010 Essential Skills with The Smart Method by Mike Smart

Best Books for Beginners to Learn MS Excel 2007

• Excel 2007 Bible by John Walkenbach
• Teach Yourself VISUALLY Excel 2007 by Nancy C. Muir

Books for intermediate Excel users

• Slaying Excel Dragons by Mike Girvin (Mike Girvin is the owner of the world’s most popular YouTube channel on Excel, ExcelIsFun)
• Learn Excel 2013 Expert Skills with The Smart Method by Mike Smart
• Learn Excel 2010 Expert Skills with The Smart Method by Mike Smart

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