is there a book out there for how to read patterns? i can't read patterns, i want to make tops but dont understand the pattern

Is it the abbreviations? Look at the Glossary tab at the top of the page, that should help. If it's something else, what don't you understand? We'll be glad to help you.

Here's a few links that might help some.
http://www.wikihow.com/Read-a-Knitting-Pattern
http://knitting.about.com/od/learntoknit/a/readingpattern.htm