Best books on JVM

Question

Every good Java developer (well.. any developer) has his own list of the best books on each technology. Like:

• Core Java — "Thinking In Java" B. Eckel, "Core Java" K. Horstmann;
• Advanced Java — "Effective Java", "Java Puzzlers" J. Bloch;
• Code Style — "Code Complete" S. Mcconnell;
• Design Patterns — "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software" GoF;
• ...
• and so on.

So I`d like a really good book, the best book on JVM. What is it in your opinion?

Answer 1

The Java Virtual Machine Specification, available both online and in a dead-tree edition.

Answer 2

• Java and the Java Virtual Machine: Definition, Verification, Validation

• Inside the Java Virtual Machine

Answer 3

Inside the Java Virtual Machine

The second edition of Inside the Java Virtual Machine has arrived. This book describes the inner workings of the Java virtual machine, and several Java APIs closely related to the virtual machine.

You can read it free of charge.

Answer 4

Herong's Tutorial Notes on JVM

This book is a collection of notes and tutorial codes I wrote while I was trying different implementations of the JVM (Java Virtual Machine).

Topics include: CDS, Class Data Sharing, Garbage collection, GC, HotSpot, JDK 1.3.0, JDK 1.4.0, JDK 1.4.2, JDK 1.5.0, J2SDK, JRockit, Memory, Out of memory, Performance, Stack overflow, String buffer, etc.

Answer 5

Java Expert Solutions

Answer 6

Java Virtual Machine

This book is a comprehensive programming guide for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). It gives readers a strong overview and reference of the JVM so that they may create their own implementations or write their own compilers that create Java object code.

Answer 7

That book is a large collection of notes and tutorial codes I wrote while I was trying different implementations of the JVM (Java Virtual Machine).