QA/Test Required Reading For the Absolute Beginner

I often get asked how to get started in testing. There are a lot of ways to go but reading should be a big part of it. These teach you:

• The kind of Exploratory testing you need to know in modern environments
  • Explore It!: Reduce Risk and Increase Confidence with Exploratory Testing, Elisabeth Hendrickson

• How to get started in web testing for the complete neophyte
  • The Way of the Web Tester: A Beginner's Guide to Automating Tests, Jonathan Rasmusson

• All about modern continuous delivery & continuous testing
  • Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation, Humble, Farley

• How To be a Software Professional
  • The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, Uncle Bob

• How to Test
  • Testing Computer Software, 2nd Edition, Kaner, Falk, Nguyen

• How to think about Testing
  • Perfect Software: And Other Illusions about Testing, Weinberg

• How to be a good tester
  • Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach, Kaner, Bach, Petticord

• Your place on a test team and your managers expectations
  • Managing the Test People

• How varied and wide testing can be
  • Beautiful Testing: Leading Professionals Reveal How They Improve Software