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There are lots of books and resources to study in order to become a pilot. You could spend a couple hundred dollars on textbooks, the most relevant being:

Airplane Flying Handbook
FAR/AIM
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge

Aviation Weather


Alternatively, you could take advantage of them as free resources compiled and provided by the FAA. I've taken the liberty of compiling links to the most relevant information required on your pilot journey.
 

Airplane Flying Handbook (406 pages)

https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/airplane_handbook/media/00_afh_full.pdf 

 

Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (524 pages)

https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/phak/media/pilot_handbook.pdf 

 

Aviation Weather (213 pages)

https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_00-6B.pdf 

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Below is everything compiled in the FAR/AIM, however I do not know how that book is organized.

Federal Aviation Regulations

Title 14

Parts 1, 43, 48, 61, 67, 68, 71, 73, 89, 91, 97, 103, 105, 107, 110, 117, 119, 135, 136, 137, 141, 142

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I 

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Title 49

NTSB 830: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830?toc=1 

TSA 1552: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-XII/subchapter-C/part-1552?toc=1 

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Aeronautical Information Manual  (405 pages)

https://wwwfaa.gov/air_traffic/publications/media/aim_chg_1_dtd_12-2-21.pdf 

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Pilot/Controller Glossary (118 pages)

https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/media/pcg_4-03-14.pdf 

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NASA Aviation Safety Reporting Form

https://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/docs/general.pdf 

 

The Pilot’s Bill of Rights

https://www.faa.gov/pilots/rights/

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