Books
The following is a listing of books related to software quality and the craft of software testing. I have included a 
to identify resources I frequently refer to and highly recommend. There are many books listed that have been referred to me as excellent reads. If you know of an excellent book I do not have listed, please email me 
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Software Quality & Testing
- An Introduction to General Systems Thinking by Gerald M. Weinberg
- Quality Software Management, Vol. 1: Systems Thinking by Gerald M. Weinberg
- Quality Software Management, Vol. 2: First-Order Measurement by Gerald M. Weinberg
- Quality Software Management, Vol. 3: Congruent Action by Gerald M. Weinberg
- Quality Software Management, Vol. 4: Anticipating Change by Gerald M. Weinberg
- Becoming a Technical Leader by Gerald M. Weinberg
- Lessons Learned in Software Testing by Cem Kaner, James Bach, Bret Pettichord
- Perfect Software - and Other Illusions About Software Testing by Gerald M. Weinberg
- Bad Software: What to do When Software Fails by Cem Kaner, David L. Pels
- Secrets of a Buchaneer Scholar by James Bach
- Exploratory Software Testing by James A. Whittaker
- The Art of Software Testing by Glenford J. Myers
- A Practitioners Guide to Software Test Design by Lee Copeland
- Beautiful Testing by Tim Riley, Adam Goucher
- Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams by Lisa Crispin, Janet Gregory
- Testing Computer Software by Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, Hung Quoc Nguyen
Communication & Leadership
- Behind Closed Doors, Secrets of Great Management by Johanna Rothman, Esther Derby
- Secrets of Consulting by Gerald M. Weinberg
- More Secrets of Consulting by Gerald M. Weinberg
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
- Managing Expectations by Naomi Karten
- Communication Gaps and How to Close Them by Naomi Karten
- Changing How You Manage and Communicate Change by Naomi Karten
- Presentation Skills for Technical Professionals by Naomi Karten
- Amplifying Your Effectiveness: Collected Essays Edited by Gerald M. Weinberg, James Bach, Naomi Karten
- Measuring and Managing Performance in Organization by Robert D. Austin
- Powerful Project Leadership by Wayne Strider
- The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks
- GUT - How to Think From Your Middle to get to the Top by Karen Salmansohn
- Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono
- Conscious Mindful Leadership by Heather Good
Metrics & Measurement
- Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference by William R. Shadish, Thomas D. Cook and Donald T. Campbell
- Measuring and Managing Performance in Organization by Robert D. Austin
- How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff
Miscellaneous Interesting Reads
- Play as Exploratory Learning: Studies of Curiousity Behavior by Mary Reilly
- Tools of Critical Thinking: Metathoughts for Psychology by David A. Levy
- Cognition in the Wild by Edwin Hutchins
- Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious by Gerd Gigerenzer
- Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson
- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
- Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- The Black Swan Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- A Sense of Urgency by John P. Kotter
- Why We Make Mistakes by Joseph T. Hallinan
- Wrong by David H. Freedman
- Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method by Gerald M. Weinberg
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