I doubt it, books tend to match level so starting with a beginners book
such as Access for Dummies and ending with Access Inside Out or Developer
really is best. Now for each version of Access there has been a new group
of books written so you will need books that cover the version you're using.
If you're really working to master it you need to add in some books about
Visual Basic for Applications and some kind of windows programming book. On
the mastering part, even the guys that wrote the thing probally wouldn't
call themselves masters, just very experienced beginners with many bruses!
Personally I wouldn't bother buying a beginner's book. Set yourself a
simple project to build (contacts database, video lending library
database, something like that) experiment, ask lots of questions, do lots
of Googling.
Read up lots on relational database design - this is absolutely paramount.
The best of all Access books is, in my opinion, The Access Developers'
Handbook published by Sybex. There used to be a VBA volume as well which
I don't think is worth the extra spend (again in my opinion).
There are lots of books; a good book for one person might be a very bad one
for another, depending on background, learning style, etc. Your best bet might
be to find a good bookstore if there's one in your area, and pull half a dozen
Access books off the shelf and browse through them. Is the text readable? Do
the illustrations help or confuse? Is there a good index?
Here are some links to resources, some of which have lists of books:
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