Books are the ocean of wisdom.
To continue this thought, some of the best books related to performance engineering have been listed below. You can grab the knowledge from these books either by buying them or you can also read them as an e-book. Please note that the “Read for Free” option is also available for some of the books.
![Performance Engineering Books](https://www.perfmatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Performance-Engineering-Books.jpg)
Performance Engineering Books:
1. Foundations of Software and System Performance Engineering: Process, Performance Modeling, Requirements, Testing, Scalability, and Practice
Author: André B. Bondi
![Foundations of Software and System Performance Engineering](https://www.perfmatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Foundations-of-Software-and-System-Performance-Engineering-Process-Performance-Modeling-Requirements-Testing-Scalability-and-Practice.jpg)
2. Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud
Author: Brendan Gregg
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3. Performance Modeling and Engineering
Zhen Liu and Cathy H. Xia
![Performance Modeling and Engineering](https://www.perfmatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Performance-Modeling-and-Engineering-683x1024.jpg)
4. Software Engineering for Real-time Systems Volume 3: Implementation and Performance Issues (The engineering of real-time embedded systems)
Author: Jim Cooling
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5. System Performance Tuning
Author: Mike Loukides
![](https://www.perfmatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/System-Performance-Tuning.jpg)
6. Excellence in Performance Testing and Engineering Handy Book
Author: Suryanarayana Raju Kosuri
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7. The Art of Capacity Planning: Scaling Web Resources in the Cloud
Authors: John Allspaw and Arun Kejariwal
![The Art of Capacity Planning: Scaling Web Resources in the Cloud](https://www.perfmatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/The-Art-of-Capacity-Planning-795x1024.jpg)
8. Java Performance: The Definitive Guide
Author: Scott Oaks
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9.Optimizing Java: Practical Techniques for Improving JVM Application Performance
Authors: Benjamin Evans, James Gough, Chris Newland
![Optimizing Java: Practical Techniques for Improving JVM Application Performance](https://www.perfmatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Optimizing-Java-Practical-Techniques-for-Improving-JVM-Application-Performance-799x1024.jpg)
10. System Performance – enterprise and the Cloud (Second Edition)
Authors: Brendan Gregg
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