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No books have been written specifically on NHibernate, but NHibernate benefits from its close association with Hibernate, about which a number of good books have been written. One good resource is:

• Pro Hibernate 3, by Dave Minter and Jeff Linwood (Apress)

This work doesn’t cover the latest major release of Hibernate, but it’s still highly respected despite its age:

• Hibernate: A Developer’s Notebook, by James Elliott (O’Reilly)

One of the best books available on general O/RM principles is often cited at the Hibernate site, which isn’t surprising since it’s authored by one of Hibernate’s creators:

• Hibernate in Action, by Christian Bauer and Gavin King (Manning)

A number of good resources for O/RM and NHibernate are also available on the Web:

• Billy McCafferty has a detailed article discussing NHibernate’s use with ASP.NET, generics, and unit testing at the Code Project site: http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/NHibernateBestPractices.asp.

• Ben Day has given a number of presentations on NHibernate and blogs about it regularly: http://blog.benday.com.

• Frans Bouma often writes on O/RM topics: http://weblogs.asp.net/fbouma/default.aspx.

• Scott Bellware also frequently writes about O/RM and NHibernate: http://codebetter.com/blogs/scott.bellware/.