Books

Here you find some of my Java book recommendations.

Cover	Title	Language	Description	Buy
	Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Study Guide	English	Probably the best preparation book for the SCJP exam.	⇒ amazon.com ⇒ amazon.de
	Effective Java (2nd Edition)	English	A book by Joshua Bloch with a lot of tips for Java, targeted to advanced Java devs.	⇒ amazon.com ⇒ amazon.de
	Head First Design Patterns	English / German	A book about Design Patterns in Java, among others from the authors of the SCJP Study Guide (Sierra & Bates). There's also a German version of the book which can be found here.	⇒ amazon.com ⇒ amazon.de
	Java Pocket Guide	English / German	A reference book to quickly look up any relevant topic in Java. There's also a German version of the book which can be found here.	⇒ amazon.com ⇒ amazon.de
	Java ist auch eine Insel	German	THE Java book in the German area. This book is also freely available in HTML format on the tutorials page.	⇒ amazon.de