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Some of the books, I found useful during the period I learnt Java (J2SE) are

• Core Java 2 - Volume I Fundamentals
• Core Java 2 - Volume II Advanced Features
• Better, Faster, Lighter Java
• Java Language Specification

For J2EE, I found the following books useful.

• Professional Java Server Programming
  
• Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development
• Expert One-on-One J2EE Development w/o EJB
• Hibernate in Action
• JSF in Action
• Spring in Action
  

I also found the Head First Series -> Head First Java book to be a decent buy. Though the approach is completely different from other technical books, I found it interesting and funny to read through the book. I also liked the other Head First Design Patterns for the same reason.

Head First Design Patterns: Though the book deals with less number of patterns than the GoF Design Patterns book, for the same reason (the presentation), it's an interesting read.

I heard the other books in the series, "Head First EJB" and "Head First JSP & Servlets" are also good (I haven't read them yet).

Note: I will provide the Amazon links to all the mentioned books later during the day.