Below is a list of books on MariaDB for beginners, listed in order by date of publication—the most recent first. We've provided links to Amazon.com or the publisher for convenience, but they can be found at many bookstores.

PHP 7 et MariaDB : Coffret en 2 volumes by Stéphane Combaudon and Olivier Heurtel, December 2018 (French)

Build interactive, database-driven websites with PHP 7, MySQL 8, and MariaDB.

Practical PHP 7, MySQL 8, and MariaDB Website Databases by Adrian W. West, 2nd edition, September 2018

Build interactive, database-driven websites with PHP 7, MySQL 8, and MariaDB.

MariaDB Essentials by Emilien Kenler and Federico Razzoli, October 2015

For those that don't know SQL and want to quickly jump in and learn MariaDB, or that already know MySQL but want to go further.

Getting Started with MariaDB, 2^nd Edition by Daniel Bartholomew, June 2015

A beginner's guide to MariaDB. No prior MariaDB or MySQL experience necessary. An expanded update to the 1^st edition.

Learning MySQL and MariaDB by Russell J. T. Dyer, April 2015.

An introduction to MariaDB: developing databases, using SQL statements, as well as basic administration tasks.

MariaDB Beginners Guide by Rodrigo Ribeiro Gonçalves, August 2014

A book for newcomers to MariaDB and SQL.

Getting Started with MariaDB by Daniel Bartholomew, October 2013

A beginner's guide to MariaDB. No prior MariaDB or MySQL experience necessary.

MariaDB Crash Course by Ben Forta, September 2011

First MariaDB book.

For people who want to learn SQL and the basics of MariaDB.

Building a Web Application with PHP and MariaDB: A Reference Guide by Sai Srinivas Sriparasa, June 2014

Learn how to construct scalable and secure web applications