Books.java

import java.io.File;
import java.util.List;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

public class Books {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
        List<Book> books = mapper.readValue(new File("books.json"), new TypeReference<List<Book>>() {});
        books.stream().forEach(System.out::println);
    }
}

final class Book {
    private String title;
    private String author;
    private String year;

    @JsonCreator
    public Book(@JsonProperty("title") String title,
                @JsonProperty("author") String author,
                @JsonProperty("year") String year) {
        this.title = title;
        this.author = author;
        this.year = year;
    }

    public String getTitle() { return title; }
    public String getAuthor() { return author; }
    public String getYear() { return year; }
    
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "[" + title + "," + author + "," + year + "]";
    }
}

books.json

[
    {
	    "title":"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone",
		"author":"J.K. Rowling",
		"year":"1997"
	},
    {
	    "title":"Effective Java",
		"author":"Joshua Bloch",
		"year":"2008"
	},
	{
	    "title":"Effective C++",
		"author":"Scott Meyers",
		"year":"2005"
	}
]