We recommend these books to our learners and build them into our curriculum. The first three are by Quantum Academy founder Marin Ivezic, one of them co-written with Luka Ivezic. We include a PDF copy with each paid course that uses one, at no extra cost. We will add more books as we bring them into our courses.
Quantum Ready
The Practitioner’s Complete Guide to Post-Quantum Cryptographic Migration
By Marin Ivezic · Coming October 2026 · 21 chapters, 500+ pages
In one real migration program, only a quarter of the more than 120,000 tasks were direct cryptographic upgrades. Quantum Ready covers the whole program, from the mandate and the cryptographic inventory to migration waves, vendor governance, and lasting crypto-agility.
Its seven parts and ten appendices include sector playbooks, decision trees, regulatory timelines, and vendor questionnaire templates. The book is built on the Applied Quantum PQC Migration Framework.
Marin wrote it for CISOs, security architects, cryptographic engineers, and program managers, and for the risk, compliance, and vendor teams who work with them.
Our post-quantum courses include a PDF copy, from the Post-Quantum Foundation and PQCS, PQCM, PQCA, and PQCV training to the sector courses and intensives.
Quantum Systems Integration
A Strategic and Engineering Guide to Building Quantum Computers from Modular Components
By Marin Ivezic · Coming October 2026
Quantum Systems Integration sets out a step-by-step engineering framework for assembling a quantum computer from independently sourced components. It covers each stage from site survey and facility preparation to cryostat installation, signal chain commissioning, and HPC integration.
The book compares superconducting, trapped-ion, neutral-atom, photonic, and silicon-spin builds. It also details capital costs, five-year total cost of ownership, supply constraints such as helium-3, and government funding programs in more than 15 countries.
Marin wrote it for the CTOs, laboratory directors, and defense procurement officers who decide which quantum systems to buy or build.
Our quantum technology courses include a PDF copy, among them CQTP, CQSI, CQNE, CQNA, and QCSP training and Building and Operating Quantum Computers.
Quantum Sovereignty
Strategic Leadership in the Quantum Era
By Marin Ivezic and Luka Ivezic · Coming October 2026
Quantum Sovereignty sets out a strategic framework for governments, defense organizations, and the executives who make technology sovereignty decisions. It covers what a cryptanalytically relevant quantum computer requires, the global quantum race, and how a nation can organize its post-quantum migration.
The book also offers strategies for different types of nations and a readiness assessment across compute, cryptography, supply chain, talent, and standards.
Marin and Luka Ivezic wrote it for policymakers, defense planners, national security leaders, and senior executives.
Quantum Supply Chains and Geopolitics and Quantum Technology for Investors include a PDF copy.
Included with our courses
We include a PDF copy of the reference text with every paid course, at no extra cost. The Certified Chief Quantum Officer (CCQO) Program includes all three books.
Browse our courses and certifications to see which training includes each book.