Core Java (Prentice Hall, 2001) is one of those books and is already up to its fifth edition. Does anyone else remember when this book was only one volume and 622 pages?

This edition covers Java 8 for the experienced Java Developer, but it is also designed as a learning path for new developers. The 5th edition of this book covered Java 5, so it was due for an update.

Effective Java, Second Edition by Joshua Bloch is an updated version of the classic first edition, which won a 2001 Jolt Award. InfoQ asked Bloch questions about the areas that the new edition covers.

Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans Third Edition Published in January 2005, the best-selling book Mastering EJB is now in its third edition and has been updated for EJB2.1 and also features new chapters ...