Every now and then, attendees ask me for some books that I would recommend. Frankly, I do not buy many books about Oracle topics – a whole lot too many about everything else, if you ask my wife – because not many have any added value compared to our Online Documentation, in my opinion. Therefore this is a short list.
Oracle Data Guard 11g Handbook
Oracle Core: Essential Internals for DBAs and Developers
The above books are just outstanding. But hey: “Don’t believe it, test it!” 🙂