 | Groovy in Action by Dierk Koenig
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $19.48 The definitive guide
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 | The Definitive Guide to Grails by Graeme Rocher
Buy new: $34.19 / Used from: $1.91 The Groovy web application framework
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 | Java Persistence with Hibernate by Christian Bauer
Buy new: $37.79 / Used from: $20.00 Hibernate is an ideal companion to Groovy as prooved with the Grails framework that builds its ORM on it.
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 | Spring in Action (In Action series) by Craig Walls
Buy used from: $5.22 Spring is an ideal companion to Groovy as prooved with the Grails framework that builds its dynamic configuration on it.
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 | JUnit in Action by Vincent Massol
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $18.95 Background information for those that use Groovy for unit testing.
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 | Java Development with Ant by Erik Hatcher
Buy new: $29.67 / Used from: $2.90 Background information for those that make use of Groovy's AntBuilder and integration with the open-source Canoo WebTest.
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 | Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma
Buy new: $35.93 / Used from: $20.00 The all-time classic on design patterns in software engineering. Excellent companion to Groovy in Action that refers to it in a number of places.
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 | Project Retrospectives: A Handbook for Team Reviews by Norman L. Kerth
Buy new: $29.02 / Used from: $17.36 This book belongs in any list! During a retrospective you may find that you would like to do more dynamic scripting with Groovy in you next project.
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 | The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andrew Hunt
Buy new: $32.25 / Used from: $23.46 More background in the "pragmatic" methodology and why you want to have tools like Groovy in your project.
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 | Test Driven Development: By Example by Kent Beck
Buy new: $42.70 / Used from: $25.00 More background information about the "test-driven" methodology, which is particularly suited when using dynamic languages such as Groovy.
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 | Thinking in Java (4th Edition) by Bruce Eckel
Buy new: $44.09 / Used from: $38.00 Excellent companion to Groovy in Action for all those that seek to extend their knowledge of the underlying Java platform and standard library.
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 | Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns by Kent Beck
Buy new: $38.35 / Used from: $24.92 All-time classic for patterns in dynamic languages. Written for Smalltalk but applies to Groovy equally.
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 | Getting Started with Grails by Jason Rudolph
Buy new: $22.95 / Used from: $10.00 The jump-start book to Grails, the Groovy web application framework that brings the Ruby on Rails approach to the Java platform. Also available as a free ebook.
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