Java Books

This list was originally donated by user LaSombra on ##java. It’s a good list (and excellently created; I love what LaSombra did here); feel free to send suggestions to me at [email protected] (edit: contact yawkat instead, contact details at yawk.at) if you have any additions or other comments!

• Java Concurrency in Practice
  • http://jcip.net/
  • Last edition: 1st
• Effective Java
  • Last edition: 3rd
• Core Java, Volume I – Fundamentals
  • Last edition: 11th
  • https://www.horstmann.com/corejava.html
  • Can be skipped:
    • Graphics Programming
    • Event Handling
    • UI components with Swing
• Core Java, Volume II – Advanced Features
  • Last edition: 11th
  • https://www.horstmann.com/corejava.html
  • Can be skipped:
    • XML
    • Internationalization
    • Advanced Swing
    • Advanced AWT
    • Distributed Objects
    • Native Methods
• Java Performance
  • Last edition: 1st
• Java 8 in Action
  • Last edition: 1st
  • To be superseded by Modern Java in Action
• The Well-Grounded Java Developer
  • Last edition: 1st
  • Can be skipped:
    • Polyglot programming on the JVM
    • Crafting the polyglot project
• Java in a Nutshell
  • Last edition: 6th
  • Can be skipped:
    • Nashorn
• Java Performance Companion
  • Last edition: 1st
  • Can be skipped:
    • The Serviceability Agent
      
• Optimizing Java: Practical Techniques for Improving JVM Application Performance
  • Last edition: 1st
• Professional Java EE Design Patterns
  • Last edition: 1st
• Test-Driven Development: By Example
  • Last edition: 1st

As stated in the first paragraph, LaSombra put together the original list; matsurago also contributed a few good entries. Thanks, guys!