- bestseller - the book is top-selling book with positive ratings.
- personal preference - I read the book and think this is must-read software testing book. The book has been recommended to me.
- easy to read - the books suites to often interrupted software professionals.
- easy to implement - the reader must be able to apply the book's ideas quickly and without hassle after reading a few pages.
- coverage - should covers best practices, regardless of environment.
- interest level - anyone regardless of prior knowledge can get something from the book.
The list contains only up-to-date software testing books.
Agile Testing Books
| Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams - Lisa Crispin (2009) |
Mobile Testing Books
| Android Application Testing Guide - is a highly detailed book which gives step-by-step examples for a great variety of real-world case. If you are an Android QA Tester looking to test your applications, then this book is for you. No previous experience in mobile application testing is required. |
Automated Testing Books
| Automated Software Testing: Introduction, Management, and Performance |
| Just Enough Software Test Automation |
General Testing Books
| NEW TESTING BOOK - How Google Tests Software - James A. Whittaker, Jason Arbon, Jeff Carollo (2012) |
| NEW TESTING BOOK - Experiences of Test Automation: Case Studies of Software Test Automation - Dorothy Graham, Mark Fewster (2012) |
| How We Test Software at Microsoft - Alan Page, Ken Johnston, Bj Rollison (2008) |
| Lessons Learned in Software Testing |
| How to Reduce the Cost of Software Testing |
| How to Break Software: A Practical Guide to Testing |
| How to Break Web Software: Functional and Security Testing of Web Applications and Web Services. |
| How to Break Software Security |
| The Web Testing Handbook |
Software Requirements Books
| More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice |
| Software Requirement Patterns (Best Practices) |
Performance testing, load testing and stress testing
Selenium Testing Books
| Best Books on Learning Selenium |
HP QTP Testing Books
| Best HP QuickTest Professional books: Top Recommended |
Java Testing Books
| NEW TESTING BOOK - Practical Unit Testing with TestNG and Mockito - Tomek Kaczanowski (2012) |
| Java Power Tools |
| Test Driven Development: By Example |
| Next Generation Java Testing: TestNG and Advanced Concepts |
ASP.NET Testing Books
| Testing ASP.NET Web Applications |
| The Art of Unit Testing: With Examples in .Net |
Advanced .NET Debugging |
Test Management Books
| Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing |
Quality Assurance Interview Questions Books
| Software Testing: Interview Questions |
| Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing |
| Best books for techical interview preparation |