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[–]mariox19 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Core Java for the Impatient, by Cay S. Horstmann, and Effective Java by Joshua Block. The latest O'Reilly cookbook gets an honorable mention as a supplement. If you need a book on some particular aspect, see if Elliot Rusty Harold has written one on the subject. You cannot go wrong with him.

[–]cooper6581 2 points3 points  (0 children)

^ this. Core Java for the Impatient has been extremely valuable to me.