Andy & Me, by Pascal Dennis. 180 pp. Novel of a Lean journey at an automotive plant. Includes a glossary of Lean terms.

Best Practices in Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement, by Richard Schonberger. 274 pp. Thorough and quantitative look at the state of Lean in some 1,400 publicly held large companies. Potential reference for finding benchmark partners.

Creating a Lean Culture, by David Mann. 202 pp. How to sustain Lean in manufacturing, including standard work for managers to lean Lean.

Creating Mixed Model Value Streams, by Kevin Duggan. 203 pp. Value Stream Mapping and Lean Manufacturing for plants with multiple products.

Death by Meeting, by Patrick Lencioni. 257 pp. Fictional story of a management team that improved its meetings.

Gemba Kaizen, by Masaaki Imai. 341 pp. Continuous improvement at the shop-floor level, Japanese style.

The Goal, by Eli Goldratt. 351pp. Constraint management illustrated in a novel.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean, Lessons from the Road, by Jamie Finchbaugh and Andy Carlino. 191 pp. Principles of a Lean journey from the authors' experiences.

Kaizen and The Art of Creative Thinking, by Shigeo Shingo. 234 pp. 2007 translation of one of the foundational works of Lean.

Leaning into Six Sigma, by Barbara Wheat, Chuck Mills, and Mike Carnell. 84 pp. Very basic introduction to Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma concepts in a novel form.

Lean Six Sigma, by Michael George. 321 pp. General principles of Lean and Six Sigma in combination.

Lean Six Sigma Logistics, by Thomas Goldsby and Robert Martichenko. 270 pp. Application of Lean and Six Sigma to Supply Chain issues.

Learning to See, by Mike Rother and John Shook. 102 pp. Value Stream Mapping primer.

Our Iceberg is Melting, by John Kotter. 146 pp. Fable illustrates how to guide adaptation to changing environment.

Practical Lean Accounting, by Brian Maskell and Bruce Baggaley. 359 pp. Thorough discussion of Lean Accounting including how-to’s.

Real Change Leaders, by Jon R. Katzenbach. 407 pp. Change management and what it takes to steer changes through organizations.

Real Numbers, by Jean Cunningham and Orest J. Fiume. 184 pp. Introduction to issues in Lean Accounting.

Rebirth of American Industry, by William Waddell and Norman Bodek. 247 pp. Study of how accounting and organizational practices have derailed Lean Manufacturing in the U. S.

Toyota Production System, by Taiichi Ohno. 136 pp. The original account of the development of the Toyota Production System by its author.

The Toyota Way, by Jeffrey Liker. 329 pp. How Toyota has transformed the world of manufacturing; a good first-hand look at develoment of Lean principles.

Toyota Talent, by Jeffrey Liker and David Meier. 319 pp. How Toyota is able to develop the talented employees needed to make the Toyota Production System work – not by hiring exceptional people, but by providing exceptional training and development to ordinary people.

Value Stream Management, by Don Tapping, Tom Luyster, and Tom Shuker. 169 pp. Value stream mapping in the enterprise.

Visual Workplace, Visual Thinking, by Gwendolyn Galsworth. 215 pp. The "bible" on visual management systems.

Who’s Counting?, by Jerrold Solomon. 247 pp. Lean accounting issues in a novel.

The World is Flat, by Thomas Friedman. 569 pp. Lean turned sideways is flat, and the world is getting leaner as barriers come down.