I have that book!!!  And, a compatible camera!!!

Anyhow, I asked a friend this same question a while back, and this is what he said:

First of all you need to figuring out what kind of photography you're into...portrait or nature or maybe interior design... For portraiture, you really should buy at least a 100mm, for nature a 210mm would be handy....and for interior a 24 or 28mm is more then welcome... Macro can be so fascinating, so a macro-knob is also excellent to have.
I have choosen a zoom-lens 24-70mm , just because i have the experience that it's handy when you are on a photo-trip. Then you don't have to carry several lenses in your bag... And ofcourse chenging lenses is not a good idea with digtal cameras..
I think for your photography ( that i find great by the way ~ !) , the 24-70mm or a 24-100mm would go well . But , be careful with those numbers , because that is right when you have a so called camera with a 'full frame' sensor. Full frame means you have a sensor with a size of 36mm by 24mm , just the same size as a neg/film (35mm) back in the analog days... I don't know what brand or type of camera you have, but you should look at that point. I know that Canon has a range (EF-S range) of lenses specially made for cameras with compact sensors. If you have a camera with a focal number of 17-55mm in that range, in reality (like we used to use them with analog camera (35mm)) you have a lens of 27mm-88mm... . So when you think you have bought a super wide angle lens of 17mm....you haven't...it's a 27mm...Unless you use it on a full-frame camera..
Anyway, you should also be aware that a zoom-lens has a lesser quality. But nowadays if you buy a lens of a good brand...Canon, Nikon...then i believe you're okay, even if it's a zoom-lens ! The more money you spend , the better the quality will be...unfortunally.
I once bought a cheap Sigma lens, and that was really a terrible lens... . It's important to read several reviews on the net...you can learn a lot from that ! Well i did for my Canon 24-70mm lens , and i must say that the reviews and testreports were true.