Killer game programming in java

This book written by Davison is the number one book for me. Do you know java and want to employ graphics, controls and sound, this is the number one book for you as well. I must admitt that I only use the first half, the one that is not about 3D. Someday maybe, then I will know where to look.

Many things have been improved after I took Davisons advice. Go to amazon and check out their reviews. They pretty much agree with me but with more words.
http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Game-Programming-Andrew-Davison/dp/0596007302

The book has it's own homepage with lots of extra material:
http://fivedots.coe.psu.ac.th/~ad/jg/

Sure there are other books. Like Brackeens Developing games in java. But where Davison explains technical details, Brackeen develops a framework. It's not a bad book, but I already know software design.