Oliver Queen was a spoiled, thrill-seeking playboy, until he was left stranded on a deserted island for several years. There, he trained to become a master archer in order to survive. After his return home, he used his new-found skills and his wealth to became the costumed vigilante known as Green Arrow.
"What are the essential readings for him if i want to start reading Green Arrow"
That depends upon how far back you want to go as he has been around in comics for maybe 30 - 40 yrs.
There have been a number of green arrow comic series over a great many years. I would advise against most of the early stuff as it may not have the direct link to current continuity.
You could pick up issues of the recent Green Arrow series (is it still going) that started maybe about 3 years ago.
This reintroduced Oliver Queen as Green Arrow.
After that you could search for other issues of older series and build up your older background knowledge.
Look into Green Lantern - Green Arrow, or is it the other way around? That was groundbreaking writing in it's time for the issues that they tackled. You might like it.
Green Arrow: Moving Targets , I really suggest this one, Has the Outsiders and the riddler in it , Well worth picking up , Has the whole Arrow team and deals with a pretty big subject, In all it has everything you could want.
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