Looking for VB.NET books that don't insult your intelligence? Tired of "Hello World" examples?  Ready to get your hands dirty with some hardcore programming? Look no further than this list of serious VB.NET titles:

Expert VB 2005 Business Objects - Rocky Lhotka

Doing Objects in Visual Basic 2005 - Deborah Kurata 

LINQ in Action - Fabrice Marquerie, Steve Eichert, Jim Wooley (VB Samples)

The Rational Guide to SQL Server CLR Integration - Greg Low 

Hitchhikers Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server (7th Edition) - Bill Vaughn

Expert One-on-One Visual Basic 2005 Database Programming 

Professional .NET 2.0 Generics - Tod Golding 

Upcoming titles: 

Programming Entity Framework - Julie Lerman (Oct 2008 - O'Reilly)