Ebooks are often scattered across the internet and are hard to find. Here is a handy list of both free and paid for software testing ebooks we've found that you might find useful.
Free Ebooks
- 99 Things You Can Do To Become A Better Tester (Ministry of Testing)
- The Testing Planet – Issues 1 – 10 (Ministry of Testing)
- Leadership ebook (The Testing Planet)
- Mr Fails (Software Testing Club & Andy Glover)
- A Tester is for Life, Not Just Christmas (Software Testing Club)
- Tester Types (Software Testing Club)
- The Diary of The Test Manager (Rob Lambert)
- If I Were A Test Case I Would… (Software Testing Club)
- Test Ideas for a Login Screen (Software Testing Club)
- What Do Testers Hate About Testing? (Software Testing Club)
- How To Test (Mike Talks)
- The Little Black Book Of Test Design (Rikard Edgren)
- Pairwise Testing: A Best Practice That Isn’t (James Bach)
- Exploratory Testing in an Agile Context (Elisabeth Hendrickson)
- 36 Days of Web Testing (Rob Lambert)
- The Elf Who Learned How To Test (Mike Talks)
- What If: A collection of tips from a software tester (Ajay Balamurugadas)
- What If: 50+ tips to win testing contests (Ajay Balamurugadas)
- What If: 50+ tips to boost your productivity (Ajay Balamurugadas)
- What If: 50+ tips to improve tester-programmer relationship (Ajay Balamurugadas)
- Mobile Testing: Ready Reckoner (Ajay Balamurugadas)
- UI and UX Testing: Ready Reckoner (Ajay Balamurugadas)
Paid For eBooks
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When Support Calls: Helping Your Support Team To Help Your Customer - James Thomas, Chris George, Neil Younger
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How to Use Python to Automate Almost Anything - Josh Grant
- Cucumber & Cheese – Jeff Morgan
- Hiring Geeks That Fit – Johanna Rothman
- Tap Into Mobile Application Testing – Jonathan Kohl
- There’s Always A Duck – Elisabeth Hendrickson
- The Leprechauns of Software Engineering (Laurent Bossavit)
- The Software Minefield (Mike Talks)
- Java For Testers – Alan Richardson
- Tap Into Mobile Application Testing – Jonathan Kohl
- The “A” Word – Alan Page
- Mobile Testing: Ready Reckoner – Ajay Balamurugadas
- Remaining Relevant and Employable in a Changing World – Testers Edition – Rob Lambert
- Tips For Manual Testers Working In An Agile Environment – Matt Archer
- Getting the Most from Pairwise Testing, A Guide for Practicing Software Engineers – George B. Sherwood
- Python Testing with unittest, nose, pytest – Brian Okken
- Smartwatch App Testing - Daniel Knott
- Software Testing As A Martial Art - David Greenlees
- Essential Software Test Design - Tobbe Ryer
- A Practical Guide to Testing in DevOps by Katrina Clokie
- Changing Times: Quality for Humans in a Digital Age by Rich Rogers
- Standout by Ben Kelly
More to add?
Are there any resources we’ve missed? Do you know of a software testing e-book we should add to the list? Share your findings on The Club and we’ll review it to be added to this list.
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