Last year at Agile 2011 I walked around and created a booklist together with lots of people. Although this year I decided not to go to the conference, I still want to create a similar list. Last year I had 2 rules:
- Only one book
- It can’t be on the list already
This year I add a third one:
- It can’t be on last years list either.
Last year their was an implicit rule:
- You had to be at Agile 2010 to be on the list. (As I walked around)
This year I’m changing that rule to
- You can only recommend a book until the end of Agile 2011. Meaning you don’t have to be present at Agile 2011 to recommended a book.
I will be building this list online, so you can see it grow. If you want to add a book, just tweet it to me. Here is the list:
- Mike Cohn: Succeeding with Agile recommended by @patrickverheij
- Roy Osherove: The Art of Unit Testing recommended by TypeMock
- Roman Pichler: Agile product management with scrum recommended by Menno Jongerous
- Don Reinertsen: Managing the Design Factory recommended by Nick Oostvogels
- Jane McGonigal: Reality is Broken recommended by Chris Matts
- Lisamarie Babik: A deep dive into Agile recommended by Carloz Beshi
- David Anderson: Kanban recommended by Paul Boos
- Robert Coram: Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed The Art of War recommended by Jon Jagger
- Gojko Adzic: Specification by Example e-mail recommendation by Tom Poppendieck
- David Rock: Quiet Leadership recommended by Sami Honkonen
- Lisa Crispin & Janet Gregory: Agile Testing recommended by Michael Leber
- Robert M Pirsig: Zen and the art of motercycle maintance recommended by Bob MacNeal
- Jean Tabaka: Collaboration Explained recommended by Michele Sliger
- David Farley & Jez HumbleContinuous Delivery recommended by Mark Dalgarno
- Donella H. Meadows: Thinking in Systems: A Primer recommended by Karl Scotland
- Jurgen Appelo: Management 3.0 recommended by Kai Simons
- Geoff Colvin: Talent is Overrated recommended by Steve Doc List
- Bjarte Bogsnes: Implementing Beyond Budgeting recommended by Catia Oliviera
- Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur: Business Model Generation recommended by Arne Ahlander
- Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler: Influencer: The Power to Change Anything recommended by Corinna
- Gerald M Weinberg Becomming a Change Artist e-mail recommendation by Jerry Weinberg
- Timothy Gallwey: The Inner Game of Work recommended by JB Rainsberger
- Seth Godin: Linchpin recommended by Olaf Lewitz
- Carol Dweck Mindset e-mail recommendation by Linda Rising
- Durward K. Sobek II. & Art Smalley: Understanding A3 Thinking DM recommended by Mads Troels Hansen
- Sharon Bowman: Training from the back of the room recommended by Nicole Rauch
- Steve Denning: Radical Management recommended by Maurice Le Rutte
- Mary & Tom Poppendieck: Implementing Lean Software (From Concept To Cash) recommended by Hannu Kokko
- Ricardo Semler Maverick! recommended by Bruce Sharlau
- Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle: Agile Software Development with Scrum recommended by Matty Williams
- Ken Schwaber & Jef Sutherland: The Scrum Guide 2011 recommended by Michael Mayr
- Jim Benson & Tonianne De Maria Barry: Personal Kanban recommended by Jon Terry
- David Rock: Your Brain at work recommended by Mark Levison
- Bruce Patton, Douglas Stone & Sheila Sheen: Difficult Conversations recommended by Marcin Floryan
- Dave Logan, John King & Halee Fischer-Wright Tribal Leadership recommended by Devin Hedge
- Wallace J Hopp & Mark L Spearman: Factory Physics e-mail recommendation by Don Reinertsen
- The Arbinger Institute: Leadership and Self-Deception recommended (in the comments) by Samanthy Laing
Here is the Cover list
If this is not enough, check out Jurgen’s Top 100 list of Agile books based on sales.

