Schaum's Outline of Data Structures with Java, Second Edition

by John R. Hubbard

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (June 11, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071611614
• ISBN-13: 978-0071611619
• $13.09 at Amazon; Kindle edition is $9.99

Murach's Java Programming: Training & Reference
by Joel Murach

• Paperback: 836 pages
• Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates; 4th edition (November 4, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890774650
• ISBN-13: 978-1890774653
• $36.23 at Amazon

I like this book because it has good, detailed explanations of each topic, and good examples to go with them. It's also a book in which you can read about topics (after the first three introductory chapters) in pretty much any order you need to--you don't have to read front to back.