5 Best Core JAVA Books

1.Head First Java

Head First Java was the first java related book that I read, almost 9 years ago. This is a great book and you should read it. The best part of Head First Java is the simplicity of the book and how easily it relates java programming concepts to real life.

 You can buy “Java: A Beginner’s Guide” from below stores.

2.Java: A Beginner’s Guide

 As the name suggests, it’s a good book for someone with basic knowledge of programming wanting to learn java programming language. It’s written by “Herbert Schildt” and covers all the basic concepts of Core Java.

Some of the things I like in this book is the Hands-on exercises and end of chapter quiz to evaluate your learning. The latest edition of this book covers Java 8 too, that I think is very important as there are many core changes introduced in Java 8. You can buy “Java: A Beginner’s Guide” from below stores.

3.Java: The Complete Reference (Ninth Edition)

This book contains everything you need to become master of java programming language. You can keep this book as a reference. Although I think it’s not a good book for complete beginners, because it’s more than 1200 pages long. But if you want to learn beyond the basics, then this is the book I would recommend.

The latest edition of this book is released in March 2014 to include Java 8 changes. If you are planning to buy it, make sure you get the latest edition. You can get “Java: The Complete Reference” from below stores.

4.Java: How to Program

This is another great core Java book for beginners. It effectively combined what Cay S. Horstmann has done in two volumes of Core Java, which we have discussed in the last section. I love this book for its examples, programming error warning messages and easy to understand languages. It is also one of the most comprehensive books written on Java, covering even advanced topics like JDBC, AWT, Swing etc.

5.Core Java

This is again a reference book that contains detailed explanation of different features of Core Java. I like it better than the Complete Reference because of several reasons – it’s not from Oracle, it’s simple to read and under 1000 pages.

 It cover Java 8 & it one of the best java reference book.You can get “Core Java Volume below:-.