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I used the Richardson book. It’s grammar and vocabulary lessons, followed by a section of reading texts that get more advanced and introduce more words. It’s a free PDF now from Esperanto-USA (https://retbutiko.esperanto-usa.org/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=19232) or you can buy the book on Amazon (Kindle here: Esperanto: Learning and Using the International Language https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X96ZDZ1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_v4iADb27HYR0P). The paperback is for some reason currently not available (it’s too expensive from third-party sellers), so don’t bother with that. You could print the free PDF if you really wanted to.
Disclaimer: the Richardson book was written in the 90’s and doesn’t know about the Internet. I was involved in the minor edits to the current version, which came from a scan of the paper book, since we didn’t have the digital files anymore. The text is just a tiny bit less-than-clear because it’s a scan, and that’s unfortunate. It could use a full OCR and actual editable text. I also cleaned up a few of the images from earlier editions that were questionable (there was a “parts of the body” image of a woman that was cartoonish and “too anatomically correct,” and a few others).
I would combine Duolingo with Lernu: https://lernu.net/en
You don't have to spend money, but if you want to, I've heard good things about the Teach Yourself Esperanto book (it's a pricey though): https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Esperanto-Learn-write-understand/dp/1473669189/ref=sr_1_1?crid=L17CYNEAZJ1E&keywords=teach+yourself+esperanto&qid=1573258720&sprefix=teach+yourself+esper%2Caps%2C213&sr=8-1
There's also the textbook by David Richardson, which is available as a very inexpensive ebook; the reader near the end of the book is valuable: https://www.amazon.com/Esperanto-Learning-Using-International-Language-ebook/dp/B06X96ZDZ1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3C83DAZAWX3V1&keywords=esperanto+richardson&qid=1573258790&sprefix=esperanto+rich%2Caps%2C217&sr=8-1#customerReviews
After you've made it to the end of a course and have a bit of a grasp of the language, you can do ekparolu, which is a program that matches learners up with fluent Esperanto speakers for 10 free skype sessions: https://edukado.net/ekparolu/prezento
If you live in or close to a city with an Esperanto club I would go to that too; they're usually pretty easy to find online with a bit of googling and it's important to start trying to speak the language out loud as soon as you can even if it's hard or you can only really say "saluton" and "ĝis".
Amuziĝu :)