Below is a list of books that I have read and strongly recommend to anyone with an interest in this area. There are always more books to read but the books below should cover 90% of the subject matter of all things Lean, Agile and Toyota related. Enjoy…

Lean Thinking

The Machine That Changed the World by Womack, Jones and Roos

Lean Thinking by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones

Lean Solutions by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones

Toyota

Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production by Taiichi Ohno

The Toyota Way by Jeffrey Liker

Toyota Culture: The Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way by Jeffrey Liker

Lean Software Development

Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit by Mary & Tom Poppendieck

Implementing Lean Software Development by Mary & Tom Poppendieck

Lean Software Strategies by Peter Middleton & James Sutton

Agile Software Development

Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change by Kent Beck

Agile Estimating and Planning by Mike Cohn

User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn

Kaizen / Continuous Improvement

Gemba Kaizen by Masaaki Imai

Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking by Shigeo Shingo

Systems Thinking

The Fifth Discipline by Peter M. Senge