diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jackson/tocollection/Book.java b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jackson/tocollection/Book.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9cb1343e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jackson/tocollection/Book.java
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+package com.baeldung.jackson.tocollection;
+
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+public class Book {
+    private Integer bookId;
+    private String title;
+    private String author;
+
+    public Book() {}
+
+    public Book(Integer bookId, String title, String author) {
+        this.bookId = bookId;
+        this.title = title;
+        this.author = author;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (!(o instanceof Book)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        Book book = (Book) o;
+
+        if (!Objects.equals(bookId, book.bookId)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!Objects.equals(title, book.title)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return Objects.equals(author, book.author);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        int result = bookId != null ? bookId.hashCode() : 0;
+        result = 31 * result + (title != null ? title.hashCode() : 0);
+        result = 31 * result + (author != null ? author.hashCode() : 0);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getBookId() {
+        return bookId;
+    }
+
+    public void setBookId(Integer bookId) {
+        this.bookId = bookId;
+    }
+
+    public String getTitle() {
+        return title;
+    }
+
+    public void setTitle(String title) {
+        this.title = title;
+    }
+
+    public String getAuthor() {
+        return author;
+    }
+
+    public void setAuthor(String author) {
+        this.author = author;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jackson/tocollection/JsonToCollectionUtil.java b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jackson/tocollection/JsonToCollectionUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83e2de2c3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jackson/tocollection/JsonToCollectionUtil.java
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+package com.baeldung.jackson.tocollection;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.CollectionType;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class JsonToCollectionUtil {
+
+    private JsonToCollectionUtil(){}
+
+    public static <T> List<T> jsonArrayToList(String json, Class<T> elementClass) throws IOException {
+        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        CollectionType listType = objectMapper.getTypeFactory().constructCollectionType(ArrayList.class, elementClass);
+        return objectMapper.readValue(json, listType);
+    }
+
+    public static <T> List<T> jsonArrayToList2(String json, Class<T> elementClass) throws IOException {
+        return new ObjectMapper().readValue(json, new TypeReference<List<T>>() {});
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/main/resources/to-java-collection/books.json b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/main/resources/to-java-collection/books.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6daf426736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/main/resources/to-java-collection/books.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[ {
+    "bookId" : 1,
+    "title" : "A Song of Ice and Fire",
+    "author" : "George R. R. Martin"
+}, {
+    "bookId" : 2,
+    "title" : "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy",
+    "author" : "Douglas Adams"
+}, {
+    "bookId" : 3,
+    "title" : "Hackers And Painters",
+    "author" : "Paul Graham"
+} ]
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/main/resources/to-java-collection/books.xml b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/main/resources/to-java-collection/books.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2f951315b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/main/resources/to-java-collection/books.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<ArrayList>
+    <item>
+        <bookId>1</bookId>
+        <title>A Song of Ice and Fire</title>
+        <author>George R. R. Martin</author>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+        <bookId>2</bookId>
+        <title>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</title>
+        <author>Douglas Adams</author>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+        <bookId>3</bookId>
+        <title>Hackers And Painters</title>
+        <author>Paul Graham</author>
+    </item>
+</ArrayList>
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jackson/tocollection/DeserializeToJavaCollectionUnitTest.java b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jackson/tocollection/DeserializeToJavaCollectionUnitTest.java
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index 0000000000..8ddcc2d69a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jackson/tocollection/DeserializeToJavaCollectionUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+package com.baeldung.jackson.tocollection;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.CollectionType;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
+import org.assertj.core.util.Lists;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
+
+public class DeserializeToJavaCollectionUnitTest {
+    private ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+    private XmlMapper xmlMapper;
+    private List<Book> expectedBookList;
+
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setup() {
+        objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        xmlMapper = new XmlMapper();
+        expectedBookList = Lists.newArrayList(
+          new Book(1, "A Song of Ice and Fire", "George R. R. Martin"),
+          new Book(2, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", "Douglas Adams"),
+          new Book(3, "Hackers And Painters", "Paul Graham"));
+    }
+
+    private String readFile(String path) {
+        try (Scanner scanner = new Scanner(getClass().getResourceAsStream(path), "UTF-8")) {
+            return scanner.useDelimiter("\\A").next();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*====================
+     * JSON tests
+     *====================
+     */
+    @Test
+    void givenJsonString_whenDeserializingToList_thenThrowingClassCastException() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        String jsonString = readFile("/to-java-collection/books.json");
+        List<Book> bookList = objectMapper.readValue(jsonString, ArrayList.class);
+        assertThat(bookList).size().isEqualTo(3);
+        assertThatExceptionOfType(ClassCastException.class)
+          .isThrownBy(() -> bookList.get(0).getBookId())
+          .withMessageMatching(".*java.util.LinkedHashMap cannot be cast to .*com.baeldung.jackson.tocollection.Book.*");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenJsonString_whenDeserializingWithTypeReference_thenGetExpectedList() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        String jsonString = readFile("/to-java-collection/books.json");
+        List<Book> bookList = objectMapper.readValue(jsonString, new TypeReference<List<Book>>() {});
+        assertThat(bookList.get(0)).isInstanceOf(Book.class);
+        assertThat(bookList).isEqualTo(expectedBookList);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenJsonString_whenDeserializingWithJavaType_thenGetExpectedList() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        String jsonString = readFile("/to-java-collection/books.json");
+        CollectionType listType = objectMapper.getTypeFactory().constructCollectionType(ArrayList.class, Book.class);
+        List<Book> bookList = objectMapper.readValue(jsonString, listType);
+        assertThat(bookList.get(0)).isInstanceOf(Book.class);
+        assertThat(bookList).isEqualTo(expectedBookList);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenJsonString_whenDeserializingWithConvertValueAndTypeReference_thenGetExpectedList() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        String jsonString = readFile("/to-java-collection/books.json");
+        JsonNode jsonNode = objectMapper.readTree(jsonString);
+        List<Book> bookList = objectMapper.convertValue(jsonNode, new TypeReference<List<Book>>() {});
+        assertThat(bookList.get(0)).isInstanceOf(Book.class);
+        assertThat(bookList).isEqualTo(expectedBookList);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenJsonString_whenDeserializingWithConvertValueAndJavaType_thenGetExpectedList() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        String jsonString = readFile("/to-java-collection/books.json");
+        JsonNode jsonNode = objectMapper.readTree(jsonString);
+        List<Book> bookList = objectMapper.convertValue(jsonNode, objectMapper.getTypeFactory().constructCollectionType(ArrayList.class, Book.class));
+        assertThat(bookList.get(0)).isInstanceOf(Book.class);
+        assertThat(bookList).isEqualTo(expectedBookList);
+    }
+
+    /*====================
+     * XML tests
+     *====================
+     */
+    @Test
+    void givenXml_whenDeserializingToList_thenThrowingClassCastException() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        String xml = readFile("/to-java-collection/books.xml");
+        List<Book> bookList = xmlMapper.readValue(xml, ArrayList.class);
+        assertThat(bookList).size().isEqualTo(3);
+        assertThatExceptionOfType(ClassCastException.class)
+          .isThrownBy(() -> bookList.get(0).getBookId())
+          .withMessageMatching(".*java.util.LinkedHashMap cannot be cast to .*com.baeldung.jackson.tocollection.Book.*");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenXml_whenDeserializingWithTypeReference_thenGetExpectedList() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        String xml = readFile("/to-java-collection/books.xml");
+        List<Book> bookList = xmlMapper.readValue(xml, new TypeReference<List<Book>>() {});
+        assertThat(bookList.get(0)).isInstanceOf(Book.class);
+        assertThat(bookList).isEqualTo(expectedBookList);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenXml_whenDeserializingWithConvertValueAndTypeReference_thenGetExpectedList() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        String xml = readFile("/to-java-collection/books.xml");
+        List node = xmlMapper.readValue(xml, List.class);
+        List<Book> bookList = xmlMapper.convertValue(node, new TypeReference<List<Book>>() {});
+        assertThat(bookList.get(0)).isInstanceOf(Book.class);
+        assertThat(bookList).isEqualTo(expectedBookList);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenXml_whenDeserializingWithConvertValueAndJavaType_thenGetExpectedList() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        String xml = readFile("/to-java-collection/books.xml");
+        List node = xmlMapper.readValue(xml, List.class);
+        List<Book> bookList = xmlMapper.convertValue(node, objectMapper.getTypeFactory().constructCollectionType(ArrayList.class, Book.class));
+        assertThat(bookList.get(0)).isInstanceOf(Book.class);
+        assertThat(bookList).isEqualTo(expectedBookList);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jackson/tocollection/JsonToCollectionUtilUnitTest.java b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jackson/tocollection/JsonToCollectionUtilUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a08e48e069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jackson/tocollection/JsonToCollectionUtilUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package com.baeldung.jackson.tocollection;
+
+import org.assertj.core.util.Lists;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
+
+class JsonToCollectionUtilUnitTest {
+
+    private List<Book> expectedBookList;
+
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setup() {
+        expectedBookList = Lists.newArrayList(
+          new Book(1, "A Song of Ice and Fire", "George R. R. Martin"),
+          new Book(2, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", "Douglas Adams"),
+          new Book(3, "Hackers And Painters", "Paul Graham"));
+    }
+
+    private String readFile(String path) {
+        try (Scanner scanner = new Scanner(getClass().getResourceAsStream(path), "UTF-8")) {
+            return scanner.useDelimiter("\\A").next();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenJsonString_whenCalljsonArrayToList_thenGetExpectedList() throws IOException {
+        String jsonString = readFile("/to-java-collection/books.json");
+        List<Book> bookList = JsonToCollectionUtil.jsonArrayToList(jsonString, Book.class);
+        assertThat(bookList.get(0)).isInstanceOf(Book.class);
+        assertThat(bookList).isEqualTo(expectedBookList);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenJsonString_whenCalljsonArrayToList2_thenGetException() throws IOException {
+        String jsonString = readFile("/to-java-collection/books.json");
+        List<Book> bookList = JsonToCollectionUtil.jsonArrayToList2(jsonString, Book.class);
+        assertThat(bookList).size().isEqualTo(3);
+        assertThatExceptionOfType(ClassCastException.class)
+          .isThrownBy(() -> bookList.get(0).getBookId())
+          .withMessageMatching(".*java.util.LinkedHashMap cannot be cast to .*com.baeldung.jackson.tocollection.Book.*");
+    }
+
+}