100 Best Business Books
1. 
Explosive Growth: A Few Things I Learned While Growing To 100 Million Users - And Losing $78 Million
by:
Cliff Lerner
4.16 avg rating — 922 ratings 2. 
Words That Change Minds: The 14 Patterns for Mastering the Language of Influence 3.69 avg rating — 1,944 ratings
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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business 4.04 avg rating — 58,898 ratings
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
by:
Chip Heath
3.98 avg rating — 97,580 ratings 7. 
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
by:
Stephen R. Covey
4.16 avg rating — 801,919 ratings 8. 
Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
by:
Seth Godin
3.78 avg rating — 55,202 ratings 
10. 
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
by:
Jim Collins
4.12 avg rating — 277,876 ratings 
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by:
Malcolm Gladwell
4.01 avg rating — 844,266 ratings 16. 
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
by:
Daniel Goleman
4.05 avg rating — 131,729 ratings 
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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 20. 
The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett And I Built Our Company
by:
David Packard
3.89 avg rating — 1,506 ratings 21. 
Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points that Challenge Every Company and Career
by:
Andrew S. Grove
3.98 avg rating — 10,192 ratings 22. 
Toyota Production System: Beyond large-scale production
by:
Taiichi Ohno
4.11 avg rating — 2,000 ratings 
24. 
The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels 3.85 avg rating — 35,882 ratings
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When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
by:
Roger Lowenstein
4.20 avg rating — 30,804 ratings 27. 
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by:
David Allen
4.01 avg rating — 165,261 ratings 
29. 
Make Your Mark: The Creative’s Guide to Building a Business With Impact
by:
Jocelyn K. Glei
3.97 avg rating — 1,320 ratings 30. 
But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
by:
Chuck Klosterman
3.66 avg rating — 18,270 ratings 31. 
Now, Discover Your Strengths: The revolutionary Gallup program that shows you how to develop your unique talents and strengths
by:
Gallup
3.97 avg rating — 27,861 ratings 32. 
The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
by:
Guy Kawasaki
3.90 avg rating — 29,087 ratings 33. 
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers 4.02 avg rating — 30,705 ratings
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Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
by:
Richard Branson
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57,125 ratings 
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What the CEO Wants You to Know: Using Business Acumen to Understand How Your Company Really Works
by:
Ram Charan
3.88 avg rating — 2,925 ratings 
41. 
The Great Game of Business: Unlocking the Power and Profitability of Open-Book Management
by:
Jack Stack
3.95 avg rating — 2,683 ratings 42. 
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life 3.92 avg rating — 11,640 ratings
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First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently 3.94 avg rating — 41,319 ratings
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Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround 3.91 avg rating — 7,424 ratings
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The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership
by:
Steve Farber
3.89 avg rating — 1,261 ratings 49. 
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
by:
Bethany McLean
4.22 avg rating — 27,093 ratings 49. 
The Art of Executive Appearance: 5 Simple Ways to Impress on Camera and Inspire a Television Audience 4.70 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Intention: The Surprising Psychology of High Performers
by:
Mike James Ross
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 41 ratings 55. 
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
by:
Peter F. Drucker
4.08 avg rating — 37,231 ratings 56. 
Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will: Revised Edition
by:
Noel M. Tichy
4.04 avg rating — 347 ratings 57. 
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies
by:
Thomas J. Peters
3.91 avg rating — 13,667 ratings 58. 
Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life
by:
Eugene O'Kelly
3.93 avg rating — 3,526 ratings 
61. 
Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive: Outsell, Outmanage, Outmotivate, and Outnegotiate Your Competition
by:
Harvey MacKay
3.93 avg rating — 6,053 ratings 
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Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World
by:
Kevin Kelly
4.22 avg rating — 1,700 ratings 65. 
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The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action
by:
Robert S. Kaplan
3.91 avg rating — 5,619 ratings 67. 
Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits 4.06 avg rating — 825 ratings
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Jump Start Your Business Brain: The Scientific Way To Make More Money
by:
Doug Hall
3.97 avg rating — 192 ratings 69. 
The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm
by:
Tom Kelley
3.95 avg rating — 8,325 ratings 70. 
Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace
by:
Gordon MacKenzie
4.04 avg rating — 5,159 ratings 
73. 
The Monk and the Riddle: The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur
by:
Randy Komisar
3.87 avg rating — 2,980 ratings 74. 
Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution
by:
Michael Hammer
3.73 avg rating — 4,860 ratings 75. 
Beyond the Core: Expand Your Market Without Abandoning Your Roots
by:
Chris Zook
3.74 avg rating — 125 ratings 
78. 
More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places 4.08 avg rating — 2,135 ratings
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Discovering the Soul of Service: The Nine Drivers of Sustainable Business Success
by:
Leonard L. Berry
4.04 avg rating — 377 ratings 80. 
The Republic of Tea: The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told Through the Personal Letters of Its Founders
by:
Mel Ziegler
3.79 avg rating — 314 ratings 
82. 
How to Be a Star at Work: 9 Breakthrough Strategies You Need to Succeed
by:
Robert E. Kelley
3.92 avg rating — 355 ratings 83. 
The Power of Intuition: How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better Decisions at Work
by:
Gary Klein
3.87 avg rating — 497 ratings 84. 
Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques
by:
Michael Michalko
3.98 avg rating — 4,152 ratings 85. 
What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question
by:
Po Bronson
3.69 avg rating — 8,626 ratings 
87. 
Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership Through Literature 3.97 avg rating — 339 ratings
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The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion through the Art of Storytelling
by:
Annette Simmons
3.82 avg rating — 2,741 ratings 
90. 
A New Brand World: Eight Principles for Achieving Brand Leadership in the Twenty-First Century
by:
Scott Bedbury
3.96 avg rating — 741 ratings 91. 
Zag: The Number One Strategy of High-Performance Brands
by:
Marty Neumeier
3.99 avg rating — 3,922 ratings 92. 
Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale: For Anyone Who Must Get Others to Say Yes!
by:
Zig Ziglar
4.16 avg rating — 10,217 ratings 
96. 
The Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness
by:
Jeffrey Gitomer
3.91 avg rating — 10,101 ratings 97. 
The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
by:
Richard Florida
3.68 avg rating — 3,329 ratings 
99. 
A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative
by:
Roger Von Oech
3.95 avg rating — 2,670 ratings 