In addition to what others recommended, I suggest you read Nick Murray's Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth. This is a nice short read. It was very illuminating to me as someone who didn't have any sort of investment knowledge. It doesn't get into the nitty-gritty of the different kinds of investment options, but it lays out a simple strategy for how to save for retirement with some convincing arguments to back it up. It's a little old so some of the specifics may be a little outdated (for instance, it recommends stock mutual funds as your primary investment vehicle to the detriment of all other investment vehicles, whereas today index funds are all the rage), but the principles are still solid. It goes into why time in the market is superior to timing the market, dollar cost averaging, the importance of a diversified portfolio (and how stock mutual funds get you there), stock vs. bond allocation, risk, the ravages of inflation, taxes, keeping the course during market downturns, etc.
After that, I'd read The Boglehead's Guide to Investing. It goes into *a lot* more detail, and the overarching principles mostly overlap with those in the former book.
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