Head First EJB (Brain-Friendly Study Guides; Enterprise JavaBeans)

Head First Design Patterns

Head First Java, 2nd Edition

Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML (Head First)

Servlets

Head First Servlets and JSP: Passing the Sun Certified Web Component Developer Exam (SCWCD)

Format: Paperback
Author: Bryan Basham
ReleaseDate: July, 2004
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Rating:

Awesome work. Must get for JSP/Servlets
This is something which amazes me. It was just two days since I have been owning this book and in this two days I was able to finish first 5 chapters. It's like reading a story book. i love this book very much. There have been times when I wondered if I would master J2EE concepts. But now, I feel that I can go ahead for furthur advanced topics with the basics that I learned from this book.
Hat's off to Head First series.
I would strongly recommend this book to anyone having a fair knowledge on Java. .

Can't put it down
The style of writing is really good, because its like having a conversation with a bunch of guys and gals with a cuppa :) in hand. The authors are really skilled in terms of subject presentation and focusing on the core topics.

It's OK
The real issue is that, like all exam prep books, this book doesn't help much with creating real world applications or go into tremendous depth. The subtitle of the book is "Passing the Sun certified Web Component Developer Exam" and it would be helpful for that. I would only recommend this book to those that want to study for the aforementioned exam, but not for those who want to really learn JSP and servlets.