Top 20 books for Scrum Masters (20 books)

A must read collection of top 20 books for Scrum Masters. This list is intentionally kept short and only includes essentials.

Whether you are Certified Scrum Master or not, every Scrum Master and Scrum Coach must read these books and definitely will benefit from practicing it.

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1	Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn)) by Mike Cohn 4.01 avg rating — 1,851 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Agile Estimating and Planning (Robert C. Martin Series) by Mike Cohn 4.14 avg rating — 2,637 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn)) by Lyssa Adkins 4.22 avg rating — 1,941 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process by Kenneth S. Rubin (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 1,658 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great by Esther Derby (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 2,511 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Lean from the Trenches: Managing Large-Scale Projects with Kanban by Henrik Kniberg (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 1,007 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Continuous delivery by Jez Humble (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 3,307 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Scrum Guide by Ken Schwaber 4.20 avg rating — 960 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Agile Software Development with Scrum by Ken Schwaber 3.81 avg rating — 962 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Scrum and XP from the Trenches by Henrik Kniberg (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 1,828 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product by Jeff Patton 4.19 avg rating — 3,965 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash by Mary Poppendieck 4.20 avg rating — 868 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (The XP Series) by Kent Beck 4.13 avg rating — 4,091 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 138,884 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Agile Coaching by Rachel Davies 3.90 avg rating — 752 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances by J. Richard Hackman 3.92 avg rating — 397 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Kanban and Scrum - making the most of both by Henrik Kniberg (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 1,220 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum by Craig Larman 4.10 avg rating — 311 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen 4.19 avg rating — 2,524 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale by Jez Humble (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 1,555 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars