My Learning Java Best Books List

After several years of working with Java I've come up with a list of books I've used and some on my future reading list, which I believe will make me a better Java developer.

Absolute beginners start here:

• Kathy Sierra & Bert Bate's 2nd Edition, Head First Java

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These titles are also great for beginner's, yet dig a little deeper and help build a strong foundation:

• Paul & Harvey Deitel's 2nd Edition, Java for Programmer's
• Bruce Eckel's 4th Edition, Thinking in Java

Intermediate materials:

• Maurice Naftalin Maurice's, Java Generics and Collections
• Head First Design Patterns
• George Reese's, Java Database Best Practices

Advanced topics:

• Brian Goetz (and others), Java Concurrency in Practice
• Joshua Bloch's 2nd Edition, Effective Java
• Joshua Bloch's, Java Puzzlers - Traps, Pitfalls, and Corner Cases
• Jack Shirazi's 2nd Edition, Java Performance Tuning