Java Persistence with Hibernate

By Christian Bauer,Gavin King

Poorly organized, incoherent take on Hibernate: This book is pretty awful. It takes a fairly complex technology (Hibernate) and muddies it up. It is long-winded, disorganized, and redundant. I would recommend online tutorials and docs over this paperweight.
a MUST_READ book for any web programmer: This book is not only a fantastic guide to Hibernate - it is actually an amazing treatise on two very important concepts: ORM and Domain-Driven Models. I strongly recommend reading this book. Even if you are not directly interested in Hibernate, it will broaden your understanding of object design and persistence.
A good book on Hibernate: While it could be shorter and more exciting, this book is certainly the only good book on Hibernate I came across. It is a really useful source of information that greatly complements online documentation.
I highly recommend this book.
Gets you up to speed on hibernate quickly: This book was a well written and easy to follow. It gets you up to speed on this great technology quickly
Hibernate Bible: If you can only buy 1 book on Hibernate, this is the one to buy. It's comprehensive and well written. Be prepared to read actively as it can drift into the weeds a little bit, but there is nothing else that goes into Hibernate at the same level of detail on the market, good stuff.