The Personal MBA - 99 Best Business Books
6. 
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
by:
W. Chan Kim
4.01 avg rating — 84,947 ratings 
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
by:
Chip Heath
3.98 avg rating — 97,582 ratings 
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
by:
Kerry Patterson
4.07 avg rating — 79,661 ratings 13. 
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by:
David Allen
4.01 avg rating — 165,262 ratings 14. 
First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently 3.94 avg rating — 41,319 ratings
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Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD)
by:
John Medina
4.01 avg rating — 34,188 ratings 
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The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less
by:
Richard Koch
3.98 avg rating — 29,817 ratings 20. 
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
by:
Peter F. Drucker
4.08 avg rating — 37,231 ratings 21. 
All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World
by:
Seth Godin
3.88 avg rating — 16,198 ratings 
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
by:
Jim Collins
4.06 avg rating — 82,778 ratings 24. 
Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
by:
Brad Feld
4.11 avg rating — 17,045 ratings 
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Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors 4.17 avg rating — 16,878 ratings
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The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk
by:
Al Ries
4.06 avg rating — 22,074 ratings 28. 
Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal
by:
Oren Klaff
4.06 avg rating — 11,388 ratings 29. 
10-Minute Focus: 25 Habits for Mastering Your Concentration and Eliminating Distractions
by:
Daniel Walter
3.88 avg rating — 170 ratings 
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SPIN Selling: Situation Problem Implication Need-payoff
by:
Neil Rackham
4.01 avg rating — 12,074 ratings 
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Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
by:
Garr Reynolds
4.05 avg rating — 14,690 ratings 35. 
Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People
by:
G. Richard Shell
3.91 avg rating — 6,405 ratings 36. 
Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten
by:
Stephen Few
3.92 avg rating — 4,523 ratings 
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How to Make Millions with Your Ideas: An Entrepreneur's Guide
by:
Dan S. Kennedy
3.92 avg rating — 6,753 ratings 
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Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur
by:
Pamela Slim
3.84 avg rating — 5,649 ratings 42. 
The Halo Effect: ... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers 3.89 avg rating — 5,625 ratings
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The 1% Windfall: How Successful Companies Use Price to Profit and Grow
by:
Rafi Mohammed
3.91 avg rating — 640 ratings 44. 
The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully 3.95 avg rating — 3,996 ratings
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
by:
William Zinsser
4.24 avg rating — 30,211 ratings 
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Accidental Genius: Revolutionize Your Thinking Through Private Writing
by:
Mark Levy
3.93 avg rating — 2,183 ratings 48. 
Re-Create Your Life: Transforming Yourself and Your World With the Decision Maker Process
by:
Morty Lefkoe
3.98 avg rating — 1,022 ratings 49. 
Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs: What You Really Need to Know About the Numbers
by:
Karen Berman
4.19 avg rating — 2,821 ratings 
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Learning from the Future: Competitive Foresight Scenarios
by:
Liam Fahey
3.93 avg rating — 1,063 ratings 
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The Knack: How Street-Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up
by:
Norm Brodsky
3.88 avg rating — 5,278 ratings 55. 
The Power Of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential
by:
Leo Babauta
3.71 avg rating — 10,503 ratings 56. 
THE CHEATSHEET TO BEAT YOUR RIVALS IN BUSINESS & AT WORK: Actionable tips for street smart entrepreneurs & rising executives
by:
RENE DOMINGO
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 
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Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation
by:
James P. Womack
3.92 avg rating — 5,933 ratings 61. 
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Value-Based Fees: How to Charge - And Get - What You're Worth
by:
Alan Weiss
4.05 avg rating — 1,373 ratings 63. 
The Gen Z Effect: The Six Forces Shaping the Future of Business
by:
Tom Koulopoulos
3.66 avg rating — 172 ratings 64. 
Results Without Authority: Controlling a Project When the Team Doesn't Report to You
by:
Tom Kendrick
3.83 avg rating — 3,384 ratings 65. 
Self-Directed Behavior (PSY 103 Towards Self-Understanding)
by:
David L. Watson
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,243 ratings 66. 
The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business with Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies
by:
Chet Holmes
3.97 avg rating — 9,063 ratings 
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The Joy of SOX: Why Sarbanes-Oxley and Services Oriented Architecture May Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You
by:
Hugh Taylor
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings 72. 
Go It Alone!: The Secret to Building a Successful Business on Your Own
by:
Bruce Judson
3.92 avg rating — 1,038 ratings 73. 
Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers
by:
Seth Godin
3.92 avg rating — 14,775 ratings 74. 
Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got: 21 Ways You Can Out-Think, Out-Perform, and Out-Earn the Competition
by:
Jay Abraham
3.95 avg rating — 8,313 ratings 
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Mindful Self-Discipline: Living with Purpose and Achieving Your Goals in a World of Distractions 4.31 avg rating — 280 ratings
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The Focus Equation: 21 Secrets to Boost Your Focus in a Distracted World
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Thinker Mindset
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings 78. 
17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure
by:
Pooja Agnihotri
4.46 avg rating — 78 ratings 79. 
Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary People into Extraordinary Performers
by:
Erika Andersen
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,141 ratings 80. 
You've Got 8 Seconds: Communication Secrets for a Distracted World
by:
Paul Hellman
3.81 avg rating — 737 ratings 81. 
The Psychology of Selling: Increase Your Sales Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible
by:
Brian Tracy
4.16 avg rating — 8,341 ratings 81. 
Let the Story Do the Work: The Art of Storytelling for Business Success
by:
Esther K. Choy
3.73 avg rating — 209 ratings 83. 
The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal
by:
Jim Loehr
3.98 avg rating — 15,508 ratings 84. 
Indispensable: How To Become The Company That Your Customers Can't Live Without
by:
Joe Calloway
3.91 avg rating — 2,036 ratings 
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Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!: 4 Keys to Unlock Your Business Potential
by:
Greg Crabtree
4.15 avg rating — 2,624 ratings 87. 
Accounting Made Simple: Accounting Explained in 100 Pages or Less (Financial Topics in 100 Pages or Less)
by:
Mike Piper
3.93 avg rating — 5,436 ratings 88. 
How to Read a Financial Report: Wringing Vital Signs Out of the Numbers
by:
John A. Tracy
3.92 avg rating — 4,626 ratings 
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Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload
by:
Mark Hurst
3.70 avg rating — 2,567 ratings 91. 
Beyond the MBA Hype: A Guide to Understanding and Surviving B-Schools
by:
Sameer Kamat
3.88 avg rating — 749 ratings 93. 
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Visionary: Making a difference in a world that needs YOU (The Visionary Library Book 1)
by:
Tony Rogers Jr
4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings 
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The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life
by:
Robert Fritz
4.06 avg rating — 1,722 ratings 98. 
Primitive Business Tools For Success: Checklists, Cheatsheets & How To Use Them (PrimitiveBusiness.com #3)
by:
Daryl Urbanski
4.48 avg rating — 21 ratings 99. 
The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan: How to Take Charge, Build Your Team, And Get Immediate Results
by:
George B. Bradt
3.99 avg rating — 5,951 ratings 100. 
EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches
by:
Dave Ramsey
4.19 avg rating — 13,834 ratings