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Recommended Books

Find here a collection of recommended books to help you learn all about Java-related technologies.

Title & Author	Audience/Comments
Java Concurrency in Practice by Brian Goetz	If you need to do multi-threaded Java programming, and who doesn't, a good book to keep on the shelf.
Java: The Good Parts by Jim Waldo	Learn better coding practices, if you can get around the errata.
Effective Java by Joshua Bloch	Great how-to resource for the experienced developer. Seventy-eight different tips to help you out.
Refactoring to Patterns by Joshua Kerievsky	For help in maintaining code not necessarily designed well.
Java Puzzlers : Traps, Pitfalls, and Corner Cases by Joshua Bloch and Neal Gafter	Nice presentation to teach you about Java's little idiosyncrasies..
Head First Design Patterns by Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra	Good book but gotta love the cover image shared by Vagisil’s teen centre web-page.