Good Books

References to some of the good books.

Architect Books

Code Complete
GoF
Data Access Patterns
Service Design Patterns
Patterns of Enterprise Architecture by Martin Fowler
Architecting Applications for the Enterprise
Applied Architecture Patterns
The Natural House
A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander: All the above books has references to this book

GOOD BOOKS IN J2EE

Enterprise Javabeans by Richard Monson-Haefel

Enterprise JavaBeans 3.1 by Andrew Lee Rubinger (Author), Bill Burke (Author)

Pro JPA 2 Mastering the Java™ Persistence API by Mike Keith (Author), Merrick Schincariol (Author)

Head First EJB: Passing the Sun Certified Business Component Developer Exam by Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates OR Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans by Ed Roman

EJB3.1 Specification I found this spec very useful. One can also start preparation from these specs.

JAP2.0 Specification I found this spec very useful. One can also start preparation from these specs.

OCP BCD Study Notes Ivan Krizan Study Notes

Persistance Free Book on JPA

Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for J2EE Technology Study Guide by Mark Cade, Simon Roberts

Core J2EE Patterns: Best Practices and Design Strategies by Deepak Alur, Dan Malks, John Crupi

Java Message Service by Richard Monson-Haefel and David A. Chappell

GOOD BOOKS IN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE

UML Distilled, Second Edition: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language by Martin Fowler, Kendall Scott

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides, Grady Booch

IT Architectures and Middleware Strategies for Building Large, Integrated Systems by Chris Britton

SOME OTHER GOOD BOOKS IN JAVA

Java Security by Scott Oaks

Java Internationalization by Andy Deitsch, David Czarnecki