1. Head First Java by Kathy Sierra

No doubt, this is the perfect book for learning java programming language. This book has lots of minute details which some times even advanced learners refer from this book.This is the best book to learn java who wants to learn java programming language. This is one of my favorite book in learning java among the Top 10 Books to Learn Java Programming Language.

2. Effective Java by Joshua Bloch

Next in our list is another good book written by Joshua Bloch. This is the next best book in learning java programming language. This book has extensive knowledge of Java API and function details. A must read for the java programmers of any experience level.The next good thing that there is a new edition of Effective java is also available now in which you can easily understand and learn the new concepts introduced in Java 7, Java 8 and Java 9.

3. Clean Code by Robert C.Martin

If you want to learn how code looks beautiful, what are the best practices to code following Object-Oriented principles, then this book is the master piece in learning these concepts. As the book title suggests, this book teaches you lots of techniques to write clean, concise and readable code.One of the best books which comes in our list of Top 10 Books to Learn Java programming language.

4. Java Concurrency in Practice by Brian Goetz

If you need your code to execute faster utilizing the total power of the CPU, then this book is best for you. This book as the name suggest will teach you many things about concurrency and threading. In-fact this book covers only Java 5 but its concepts are still relevant and are used in many of the corporate projects.The main drawback of this book is too understand, but if you read many times you will definitely get it.

5. Head First Design Patterns by Eric and Robson

Without design pattern a java code not looks good.A java application uses many design patterns which helps developer to develop new code and maintain the project easily. This book will teach you many design pattern, there usage, advantages and drawbacks.This is the best book for learning design patterns in java./p>

6. Spring in Action by Craig Walls

This book is included in the list because now a days spring is developing very fast and its popularity is growing day by day, so we thought of adding this book in the list. Although this book is not helpful in learning java but this book teaches lots of many functionalities which can be done using java.This book will help you to understand many other way around usage of Java very effectively.Another good book which comes in Top 10 Books to learn java programming language.

7. Test Driven Java Development

Without tests, your code is not 100% tested. This book will help you to write testing code written in java which will tests your code and provide you in depth knowledge of code coverage, issues etc. Automation testing is very important trait for developers.We have many unit testing frameworks like JUnit, JMockit, JMock etc and that’s where this book is going to help you to write bug free codes.

8. The Definitive Guide to Java Performance by Scott Oaks

As the name suggest, this book is the bible of Java. If you can complete reading this book properly with hands on, i bet you will learn java much more. Even though it covers till Java 7, but then also there is a lots of learning about performance tuning, libraries information, Java virtual machine and many more topics. I personally recommend this book to learn.

9. Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design by Brett and Gary

This is one of the another java books in Head First titles, One of the main advantaged of Head first books is that they are written very beautifully, even a person who don’t have any knowledge of java can understand the concepts very example.One of the another good book in Top 10 Books to Learn Java Programming Language.

This book actually is a combination of Head first Java, Head first Design Patterns and Head First OOAD. It actually complements Head First Design Patterns by explaining techniques of object-oriented programming and design.The most important technique which I learn from this book was coding for interfaces and encapsulate what changes. They simply changed how I write Java code.

10. Java : A Beginner’s Guide by Herbert Schildt

If you are looking for a book having very comprehensive explanation of concepts then this book is best for you.Even though this book says a beginner’s guide but in reality many of the experienced java programmers use to learn concept from this book. This is one the wonderful books to learn java.