Contents at a Glance
Getting Started
These are the books you should read at the beginning of your lean journey...
Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, Revised and Updated
Amazon Price: $17.55 (as of 11/15/2009) 
Lean Production Simplified
Amazon Price: $31.41 (as of 11/15/2009)
The Toyota Way
Amazon Price: $16.34 (as of 11/15/2009)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road
Amazon Price: $30.00 (as of 11/15/2009)
Andy & Me: Crisis And Transformation On The Lean Journey
Amazon Price: $20.36 (as of 11/15/2009)
Getting Deeper
These books explain some of the finer points of Lean...
Creating a Lean Culture: Tools to Sustain Lean Conversions
Amazon Price: $31.41 (as of 11/15/2009)
Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management
Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 11/15/2009)
The Toyota Way Fieldbook
Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 11/15/2009)
Toyota Talent: Developing Your People the Toyota Way
Amazon Price: $18.45 (as of 11/15/2009)
Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate MUDA
Amazon Price: (as of 11/15/2009)
Still Getting Deeper
Some more books to take you deeper into Lean...
Managing to Learn: Using the A3 Management Process to Solve Problems, Gain Agreement, Mentor, and Lead
Amazon Price: (as of 11/15/2009)
Getting the Right Things Done: A Leader's Guide to Planning and Execution
Amazon Price: (as of 11/15/2009)
Toyota Culture: The Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way
Amazon Price: $18.45 (as of 11/15/2009)
The Idea Generator: Quick and Easy Kaizen
Amazon Price: $47.52 (as of 11/15/2009)
The Visual Factory: Building Participation Through Shared Information (See What's Happening in Your Key Processes--At a Glance, All)
Amazon Price: $53.60 (as of 11/15/2009)
The Nitty Gritty
The Shopfloor Series is literally a how-to guide for using Lean tools...
Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor (Shopfloor Series)
Amazon Price: $24.25 (as of 11/15/2009)
Standard Work for the Shopfloor (Shopfloor Series)
Amazon Price: $21.56 (as of 11/15/2009)
Cellular Manufacturing: One-Piece Flow for Workteams (Shopfloor Series)
Amazon Price: $26.95 (as of 11/15/2009)
Kaizen for the Shop Floor: A Zero-Waste Environment with Process Automation (Shopfloor Series)
Amazon Price: $24.25 (as of 11/15/2009)
5S for Operators: 5 Pillars of the Visual Workplace (For Your Organization!)
Amazon Price: $24.25 (as of 11/15/2009)
More Nitty Gritty
More from the Shopfloor Series...
Just-in-Time for Operators (Shopfloor Series)
Amazon Price: $26.95 (as of 11/15/2009)
Kanban for the Shopfloor (Shopfloor Series)
Amazon Price: $24.25 (as of 11/15/2009)
Pull Production for the Shopfloor (Shopfloor Series)
Amazon Price: $26.95 (as of 11/15/2009)
Mistake-Proofing for Operators: The ZQC System (Shopfloor Series)
Amazon Price: $24.25 (as of 11/15/2009)
TPM for Every Operator (Shopfloor Series)
Amazon Price: $22.50 (as of 11/15/2009)
Traditional Lean
Read these to learn about Lean in traditional manufacturing settings...
Taiichi Ohno's Workplace Management
Amazon Price: $47.95 (as of 11/15/2009)
Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production
Amazon Price: $39.91 (as of 11/15/2009)
The Machine That Changed the World : The Story of Lean Production
Amazon Price: (as of 11/15/2009)
Rebirth of American Industry
Amazon Price: $47.52 (as of 11/15/2009)
Creating Continuous Flow: An Action Guide for Managers, Engineers & Production Associates
Amazon Price: (as of 11/15/2009)
Not Just Manufacturing
A few books that discuss Lean in non-traditional settings...
Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction
Amazon Price: $40.45 (as of 11/15/2009)
Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together
Amazon Price: $12.00 (as of 11/15/2009)
Follow the Learner: The Role of a Leader in Creating a Lean Culture
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The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process And Technology
Amazon Price: $29.58 (as of 11/15/2009)
Profit Beyond Measure
Amazon Price: $18.95 (as of 11/15/2009)
Not Exactly Lean
These books are no focused on Lean per se, but are definitely based on lean thinking...
In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing
Amazon Price: $16.29 (as of 11/15/2009)
Chasing the Rabbit: How Market Leaders Outdistance the Competition and How Great Companies Can Catch Up and Win, Foreword by Clay Christensen
Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 11/15/2009)
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Amazon Price: $14.58 (as of 11/15/2009)
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
Amazon Price: $16.19 (as of 11/15/2009)
Out of the Crisis
Amazon Price: $21.94 (as of 11/15/2009)
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