Best Java Books

Topic

Top Java books that working developers recommend. Enterprise development, Spring Framework, and JVM best practices.

Books

Total mentions

270

Avg 90d mentions

Rankings

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Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide

Eric Freeman

762 in 90d

software-architecturejavabackend

129.6

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Effective Java

Joshua Bloch

480 in 90d

javacode-qualitybackend

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Java Concurrency In Practice

Brian Goetz

142 in 90d

javacode-qualitybackend

20.6

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Head First Java

Kathy Sierra & Bert Bates

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Kotlin in Action

Dmitry Jemerov, Svetlana Isakova

70 in 90d

kotlinjavacode-quality

15.5

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Spring in Action

Craig Walls

100 in 90d

javabackend

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Thinking in Java

Bruce Eckel

60 in 90d

javabackend

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The Art of Multiprocessor Programming

Maurice Herlihy, Nir Shavit

52 in 90d

system-designjavabackend

10.1

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Learning Android Intents

Muhammad Usama bin Aftab, Wajahat Karim

160 in 90d

javafrontend

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Cloud Native Java

Josh Long, Kenny Bastani

60 in 90d

javasoftware-architecturebackend

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Spring Microservices in Action

John Carnell

40 in 90d

javasystem-designbackend

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OCP Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 11 Developer Complete Study Guide

Jeanne Boyarsky, Scott Selikoff

40 in 90d

javabackend

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Camel in Action

Claus Ibsen and Jonathan Anstey

30 in 90d

javasoftware-architecturebackend

7.5

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Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

Bill Phillips, Chris Stewart, Kristin Marsicano

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Java Performance: The Definitive Guide

Scott Oaks

50 in 90d

javacode-qualitybackend

6.5

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Java Puzzlers

Joshua Bloch, Neal Gafter

30 in 90d

javacode-qualitybackend

5.5

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Core Java SE 9 for the Impatient

Cay S. Horstmann

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Spring Boot in Action

Craig Walls

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Design Patterns in Java

Steven Metsker and William C. Wake

30 in 90d

javasoftware-architecturebackend

5.5

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Clojure Programming

Chas Emerick, Brian Carper, Christophe Grand

20 in 90d

javacode-qualitybackend

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Best Java Books

Rankings

Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide

Effective Java

Java Concurrency In Practice

Head First Java

Kotlin in Action

Spring in Action

Thinking in Java

The Art of Multiprocessor Programming

Learning Android Intents

Cloud Native Java

Spring Microservices in Action

OCP Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 11 Developer Complete Study Guide

Camel in Action

Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

Java Performance: The Definitive Guide

Java Puzzlers

Core Java SE 9 for the Impatient

Spring Boot in Action

Design Patterns in Java

Clojure Programming

Explore Java by Level & Intent

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