Recommend an enjoyable / introductory book on Statistics 
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A resource on concepts underlying statistics, not the techniques used in applied stats 

I am interested in learning more about Statistics and when I ran a Google / Amazon search that brought up way too many options.
I am hoping to get a recommendation of a statistic book that is beginner's oriented and fun to read / learn.
 A: Here are two nice books that I enjoyed


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*Statistics: A Very Short Introduction This is just about 130 pages of text, that introduces the subject for a general reader. Part of the Very Short Introductions series from OUP.

*Cartoon Guide to Statistics A book that handles the subject with lot of illustrations. Suitable for reader from all walks of life.


Update: A similar query at Quora
A: Slightly OT, but The Lady Tasting Tea is a really fun book about the history of statistics and some of the people who practised it. There's some actual stats in their too, and some of it is really useful in terms of learning stats, e.g. what are parametric statistics?
Oh yeah, and Red State Blue State, by Andrew Gelman, about voter behaviour in the US, is another great one for catching your interest and learning stuff (e.g. the ecological fallacy) along the way. Awesome graphs too. Mmm... graphs (as Homer Simpson never said)
A: I suggest the Statistics 101 course at Udacity
http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/st101/CourseRev/1
This is not technically a book, but I have found it to be a more useful way to learn statistics, when you are learning on your own.  It is definitely more fun than a book.
It is free, and it starts with the assumption of no previous knowledge of statistics.
A: There is a statistics one course  starting up tomorrow at coursera. I guess it's much like the one at udacity, though I haven't followed that one. 
It will be with small assignments throughout the course. 75,000 have already signed up. 
It's not a book, but it takes you directly back to the classroom again :-)
Here's the link: https://www.coursera.org/course/stats1
A: I really enjoyed Intuitive Biostatistics.  It covers lots of material, is easy to read, and has very good explanations.  At the end of each topic is a question and answer section for the common (and not so common) problems/concerns for the discussed statistical procedures.  Of course all the examples deal with biology but is still applicable to any field.
A: I got on well with Statistics for Terrified Biologists, though this may be a little focused on biology if you're looking for a more in depth introduction. It covers the absolute basics, which are often overlooked - the importance of standard deviation, and what things really mean.
