I wouldnt really recommend Hull as its very theoretical and oriented towards quant finance. There is 0 practical trading content in it, and would not be for a beginner unless you have a strong background in maths.
Books I do recommend :
The whole sets of books by Jack schwager- market wizards, new market wizards. Most notably hedge fund market wizards.
Diary of a commodity trader - peter brandt. Also follow him on twitter.
Alpha masters
Reminisces of a stock market operator
Liar's Poker.
If you are quant oriented and know basics:
Quantitative Trading by ep chan, Hull, the quants- scott paterson, lots of blogs and financial engineering class notes available online.
General finance and economics:
The black swan- nassim taleb (im a bit biased as he was my professor :lol: )
Currency wars- jim ricards
Investment biker, street smart- jim rogers
People to follow-
Jim rogers, ray dalio, jeff gundlach, george soros
Twitter-
Keith mccollough, peter brandt,
Websites-
Traderji :lol:
Seekingalpha
Zerohedge
Moneycontrol
Investopedia already posted earlier.
Quantstart.com
Thats all i can think of at the moment. You dont have to use all of these, but take your time and cover as many as you can.