Your Favourite Software Testing Books

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April 30, 2014 at 2:18 pm #1531

Emma
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@emmaconnor

What are the top Software Testing books you would recommend, in what order and why?

April 30, 2014 at 4:29 pm #1532

Huib
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@huibschoots

My favorite testing books? Last year I did a poll and asked many (context-driven) testers what their most popular books are. The list can be found on my blog: popular books for testers.

What you should be reading depends on what you are ready to learn about next, and that varies from person to person.

My personal list is:
Lessons Learned in Software Testing – Cem Kaner, James Bach, Brett Petticord
Perfect Software and other Illusions about Software Testing – Gerald M. Weinberg
The Little Black Book on Test Design – Rikard Edgren
How to Break Software – James A. Whittaker
Explore It! – Elisabeth Hendrickson
A Practitioner’s Guide to Software Test Design – Lee Copeland
Testing Computer Software – Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, Hung Q. Nguyen
Beautiful Testing – Tim Riley & Adam Goucher
How to reduce the cost of software testing – Matthew Heusser and Govind Kulkarni
Domain Testing Workbook – Cem Kaner, Sowmya Padmanabhan, Doug Hoffman
Foundations of Software Testing: A BBST Workbook –> still to be read, course is awesome. Book must be good 😀

“Non-testing” books ~~a tester~~ everybody in IT should read:
Thinking fast and slow – Daniel Kahneman
Tacit and Explicit Knowledge – Harry Collins
The Black Swan – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
An introduction to general systems thinking – Gerald M Weinberg
Quality Software Management Vol. 1-4 – Gerald M. Weinberg
Secrets of Consulting – Gerald M. Weinberg
The Leprechauns of Software Engineering – Laurent Bossavit

May 2, 2014 at 12:02 pm #1553

Ard
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@ard-kramer

In addition to Huib (In Holland we say, he mowed the lawn before my feet away) I just read (again) the tester’s pocketbook” of Paul Gerrard. This little book also starts you think: how can I of how am I doing my job as tester. This perpective is always a good starting point for learning and retrospective on what you are doing.

March 5, 2015 at 2:54 pm #7060

Ronan Healy
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@ronan

Has anyone read anything that they would add to this list from 2014?

I see the most popular software testing book on Amazon for 2014 was Peter Kim’s The Hacker Guide: Practical Guide to Penetration Testing

A few books about BDD were popular as well , this one by John Smart in particular.

June 24, 2016 at 1:58 pm #12574

Ronan Healy
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@ronan

I thought this was a nice resource.

A list of freely available software testing books.

Here is the list.

June 29, 2016 at 10:57 am #12627

Andrei Domuta
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@andrei-domuta

I am currently reading Gerald M. Weinberg’s ‘Perfect Software: And Other Illusions about Testing’
The book is fabulous. It’s definitely empowering software testers to promote their work

July 13, 2016 at 4:07 pm #13005

Ronan Healy
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@ronan

Andrei Domuta wrote:

I am currently reading Gerald M. Weinberg’s ‘Perfect Software: And Other Illusions about Testing’
The book is fabulous. It’s definitely empowering software testers to promote their work

That’s always been mentioned by people when I ask about testing books they recommend.

July 13, 2016 at 5:29 pm #13006

Patrick
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@sysmod

I have these old books on my shelf. I can post them to anyone in Ireland if they pay the postage (c. 8 euro each) (or hand them over at the next SoftTest event on Aug 18 featuring Mark Fewster )

Black-Box Testing, Boris Beizer, 1995
Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement, Lewis, 2000
Lessons Learned in Software Testing, Kaner+Bach+Pettichord, 2001
Software testing, a guide to the TMap Approach, Pol+Teunissen+Veenendaal, 2002

July 13, 2016 at 6:08 pm #13007

Gabriela
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@gabyeke

The first book i’ve read about software testing is: Lessons Learned in Software Testing (Cem Kaner, James Bach, Brett Petticord). My passion about testing originates since then! 🙂

July 20, 2016 at 8:19 am #13082

Ronan Healy
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@ronan

Patrick wrote:

I have these old books on my shelf. I can post them to anyone in Ireland if they pay the postage (c. 8 euro each) (or hand them over at the next SoftTest event on Aug 18 featuring Mark Fewster )

Black-Box Testing, Boris Beizer, 1995
Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement, Lewis, 2000
Lessons Learned in Software Testing, Kaner+Bach+Pettichord, 2001
Software testing, a guide to the TMap Approach, Pol+Teunissen+Veenendaal, 2002

That’s a very generous offer Patrick. We might take you up on your offer for the Book Club that will be happening at the EuroSTAR Conference this year.

July 21, 2016 at 9:53 pm #13143

alan
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@eviltester

My absolute favourite book has not been mentioned.

“Software Testing Techniques” by Boris Beizer

I studied this book.

It took me a few months but I went through this several times. I worked through every exercise.

I raised a defect with Mister Beizer and he pointed out I was wrong, I had not spotted a flaw in the exercise.

I learned tonnes with this book.

I have read it several times.

I own two copies.

Alan

October 16, 2016 at 6:03 pm #13978

Archana
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@archana

Lessons Learned in Software Testing is one of my favorites too

October 19, 2016 at 10:23 am #14001

Augusto
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@augusto-evangelisti

I would suggest the 2 Crispin, Gregory books if you are interested in agile testing

Agile testing

More Agile Testing

October 27, 2016 at 1:50 pm #14112
Jan
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@testsson
I can definitely recommend the series “50 quick ideas…“, books you can return to again and again.
- “50 quick ideas to improve your user stories” by Gojko Adzic and David Evans
- “50 quick ideas to improve your tests” by Gojko Adzic and David Evans
- “50 quick ideas to improve your retrospectives” by Tom Roden and Ben Williams
“How Google Tests Software” by James Whittaker, Jason, Arbon and Jeff Carallo – Direct and informative

“Continuous Delivery” by Jez Humble and David Farley. Gives good insight when moving towards Test Ops.
April 9, 2017 at 5:08 pm #15933

Archana
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@archana

The Art of Software Testing – by Glenford Myers is a book that I have started reading recently and I seems to be pretty good

February 9, 2020 at 10:21 am #24164

Alex
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@tripleseven

I love “What if” from Munroe because it reflects what testers are or should be: People looking at things from all perspectives even if it sounds weird. It is an eye-opener and a brain activator. Take those questions as a challenge and see where you go.

“How many Lego bricks would it take to build a bridge capable of carrying traffic from London to New York? Have that many Lego bricks been manufactured? – Jerry Petersen”

April 1, 2020 at 10:23 am #24558

Jahnvi
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@gosaijahnvi

lession learned in software testing and the art of software testing by glenford myers are my favorites testing books

ASP.Net Software Development

October 15, 2020 at 5:48 pm #25393

Daraksha
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@daraksha23

Book by Bret Pettichord, Cem Kaner, and James Marcus Bach is the best book for software testing. and this one is my favorite.

October 15, 2020 at 5:49 pm #25394

Daraksha
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@daraksha23

Best Book for Software Testing is Book by Bret Pettichord, Cem Kaner, and James Marcus Bach

January 13, 2021 at 1:21 pm #25790

Priti
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@priti

My favorite Software Testing book is, “The Future of Software Quality Assurance” When I was started my first job with QA Testing Company in USA, that time the book really helpful for me

February 22, 2021 at 3:01 pm #25934

John
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@johnathanmuller

Michael Portnov has quality tutorials.

February 28, 2021 at 8:01 pm #25960

Nick
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@nickdevelux

The Art of Software Testing`

Software Testing: A Craftsman’s Approach, Fourth Edition

How to Break Software: A Practical Guide to Testing

Best Regards, Nick Cooper.

July 20, 2021 at 2:52 am #26677

kennedy
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@kennedystewart

I have come here to learn more good books

May 17, 2022 at 1:08 pm #27960
Katy
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@katysteven1234
There are lots of book available on internet but some are my favorite because of its simple wording as well clear concept. Some of my favorite books are listed below hope you will also get enough knowledge from these books.
Hope it will be helpful to you
May 20, 2022 at 12:07 pm #27976

taareni
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@taareni9

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June 15, 2022 at 2:23 pm #28071

Lokesh
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@lokeshjoshi

Lesson Learnt in Software Testing by James Bach and Testing computer software by Cem Caner is the best Software testing Book, I also found this Post on the Internet, here author listed the Best Software Testing Books, Hope this helps you.
Thank You.

July 1, 2022 at 1:45 pm #28167

Roshan U
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@roshan

Hi Emma,

The world of test automation, development and detailed information regarding these things is like an ocean. We all are still lost little children if we think we have learned or achieved anything so far.

So, Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck)) is my favourite book. In this particular book he’s also states the unparalleled growth of test driven development

July 1, 2022 at 1:52 pm #28168

Roshan U
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@roshan

As we all are witnessing, the software development sector is leaping toward new glories by adopting the latest technologies and adapting with the most innovative testing solutions.

My favourite book is the booming Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck)). 

In this book, the author is saying the unparalleled growth of test driven development and its unavoidable necessity. On thw]e whole, the book was very helpful and informative.

July 1, 2022 at 1:54 pm #28169

Roshan U
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@roshan

As we all are witnessing, the software development sector is leaping toward new glories by adopting the latest technologies and adapting with the most innovative testing solutions.

My favourite book is the booming Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck)). 

In this book, the author is saying the unparalleled growth of test driven development and its unavoidable necessity. On thw]e whole, the book was very helpful and informative.

August 16, 2022 at 9:38 am #28460

joe
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@joelie

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