We think the best Spark books include Spark: The Definitive Guide by Bill Chambers and Matei Zaharia. For newbies, we liked Learning Spark: Lightning-Fast Data Analytics by Jules S. Damji, et. al. And for value, we chose Mastering Spark with R by Javier Luraschi, Kevin Kuo and Edgar Ruiz. You can learn about these books and more in today's article on best Spark books.