More Books
If you liked AntiPatterns, here are a few more worth your time.
Bitter Java
Bruce A. Tate, Manning Publications. Another captivating book in the same practitioner voice, working through pattern after pattern the way a field guide would. Learn more at bitterjava.com.
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides ("the Gang of Four"), Addison-Wesley. The foundational patterns text: 23 patterns that most later pattern-and-antipattern writing, this site included, still stands on.