Decided this didn't relate closely enough to 'Flight Schools and Training' to post it there so I hope this is the right place.
I'm the rookiest of all rookie pilots with 4 hours currently, and I'm probably not going to be doing many lessons until after my 16th birthday early next year when I can get a job to pay for them. However, particularly over the next few months stuck on the ground, I really want to get my head in some good aviation books so that I can build a bit of knowledge and 'experience' even when I'm not flying. I've been considering 'Stick and Rudder' for a while now because it looks like exactly what I need, but my main concern is how much of it is still relevant. Is it still important stuff that I should be learning, or are there bits that are too outdated even for someone training on the C152?

If anyone could recommend any other useful aviation books I should be reading, that would also be much appreciated

Stick and rudder skills above all other are what make you a good pilot. Yes stick and rudder skills are still relavent.

It's currently available for under $7 used on Amazon. I don't know why you wouldn't read it. Read everything you can actually, use the search box above and search: aviation books

This question has been asked many many times.

Also, download this (free!): https://www.faa.gov/regulations_poli...mentID/1029851

Your flight instructor should show you the Private Pilot Certification Standards, You can download a free copy here:

https://www.faa.gov/training_testing...rplane_acs.pdf

In the ACS, every knowledge requirement is referenced to an FAA publication. Google the reference documents in the ACS and you can usually find the free FAA publication. Read those, all of them.

Finally, if you're going to take the check ride in the C152. Buy your own copy of the Pilot Operating Handbook for the model you'll be flying (e.g. 1988 C152/A), and know it cold.

Books like stick and rudder are OK, but they're not the documents referenced for your check ride. I'd read all the free FAA documents first, then read the rest.

Even above reading comprehension?

I think it is still a fundamentally good book for any pilot.

And when you're getting ready to become an airline pilot read "Fate is The Hunter".

Then read it again every five years.

Read it, great book.
I read it over 30 years ago and soaked in the wisdom.
At the time it did make me a better stick and rudder pilot.
(Made DC-3 Captain a few years later, life was good)

Amen, I agree!!!