Top 10 Java Books: Essential References for Developers

Here's a compilation of top Java books recommended for developers at various stages:

Gosling, James, Bill Joy, Guy Steele, Gilad Bracha, and Alex Buckley. 'The Java Language Specification, Java SE 14 Edition.' Oracle, 2020.
Bloch, Joshua. 'Effective Java: Third Edition.' Addison-Wesley Professional, 2017.
Horstmann, Cay S. 'Core Java SE 9 for the Impatient.' Addison-Wesley Professional, 2017.
Naftalin, Maurice and Philip Wadler. 'Java Generics and Collections: Speed Up the Java Development Process.' O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006.
Eckel, Bruce. 'Thinking in Java: 4th Edition.' Prentice Hall, 2006.
Freeman, Eric, Elisabeth Robson, Kathy Sierra, and Bert Bates. 'Head First Java: 2nd Edition.' O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005.
Flanagan, David. 'Java in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference.' O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2020.
Eckstein, Robert, Marc Loy, and Dave Wood. 'Java Swing: Second Edition.' O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2014.
Friesen, Jeff. 'Java Network Programming: Fourth Edition.' O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2013.
Liguori, Scott and William L. Cook. 'Java Concurrency in Practice.' Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006.