Below you will find a group of links to some of the best VB, VB.NET, ASP, and ASP.NET books in their respective categories. All of the books listed have been carefully chosen on the basis of their quality, popularity, and rating by the Visual Basic community.   VB Books | VB.NET Books | ASP Books | ASP.NET Books | C# Books Murach's Visual Basic 2008 Publisher: Murach Review Whether you're a beginner or experienced programmer, Murach's Visual Basic 2008 will quickly teach you to develop and deploy professional object oriented database applications. In section one you will be introduced to the .NET Framework and you will learn how to develop a simple Windows application using the form designer and the code editor. Section two presents the various data types, control structures, as well as the core .NET classes. You will learn data validation and how to create your own business and database classes. In section three you will learn how to develop professional database applications with the help of the new data sources feature and the new DataGridView control. You will also learn to directly access a database using ADO.NET code. Section four will teach you the object oriented features of Visual Basic. You'll learn how to use inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces, and more. The final section shows you how to work with text, binary, and XML files. You'll also learn how to work with multiple document interface(MDI), menus, toolbars, status bars, and help. The last chapter shows three ways to deploy your application, including the new ClickOne deployment feature. Murach Visual Basic 2008 is a must read for both beginner and experienced programmers who wish to quickly learn to build Visual Basic 2008 applications at a professional level. With detailed coverage of IDE best practices, end of chapter exercises, non-trivial sample applications, and the unique paired-page format, Murach Visual Basic 2008 will have you building professional level real world applications in no time. Read Reviews | Buy from Amazon Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Publisher: Microsoft Press Review Programming Visual Basic 2005 by Francesco Balena builds on the success of the author's previous programming books for Visual Basic 6 and .NET. This huge 1600 page book provides the most complete coverage of Visual Basic 2005 that I have seen. This book isn't for beginner programmers who wish to learn Visual Basic 2005. It is aimed at experienced Visual Basic developers who want to take full advantage of the .NET Framework. The book provides complete coverage of advanced new object-oriented features, the common language runtime, multithreaded programs, Windows Forms, GDI+ graphic programming, Windows Services, ADO.NET classes for databases, ASP.NET Web Forms, and XML Web Services. Also included are many advanced optimization techniques and tips for leveraging the power of the Visual Studio 2005 environment. For those who love code examples, you won't be disappointed. The book is filled with short code examples that illustarte how each specific .NET feature works. Programming Visual Basic 2005 has received alot of well deserved praise from the Visual Basic community. I found the book to be very thorough, concise, and well written. This is one book that all experienced Visual Basic developers must have by their side. Read Reviews | Buy from Amazon Murach's ADO.NET 3.5, LINQ, and the Entity Framework with VB 2008 Publisher: Murach Review Murach's ADO.NET 3.5 is the only book you will need to develop ADO.NET, LINQ, and Entity Framework Applications. With the help of 23 complete real world applications, end of chapter exercises, and Murach's paired page format, with code/syntax on the right and explanations on the left, you will have all the tools you need to develop your own real world database applications with ADO.NET 3.5. Read Reviews | Buy from Amazon Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL Publisher: Murach Review This book is for developers who wish to create database applications using Oracle and PL/SQL. You will learn how to use the free SQL Developer tool, which is a GUI that allows to create and run queries more efficiently than with older command line tools. You'll learn essential SQL syntax skills to retieve data and update a database, as well as database design skills such as creating tables, indexes, views, and managing security. The book will teach you more advanced topics such as using PL/SQL to manage transactions and locking, create stored procedures, functions, and triggers. You'll also learn how to work with advanced data types such as timestamps and intervals. If you use Oracle as a backend database to your VB, C# or ASP.NET database applications, then Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL should be the next addition to your developer library. Read Reviews | Buy from Amazon