Business and Management Reading List
The Top 10 Business Books
Not sure where to start? These top business books are essential reading.
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
by Robert Cialdini
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It
by Michael Gerber
Fooled by Randomness
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Breakthrough Advertising
by Eugene Schwartz
Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!
by Greg Crabtree
How to Win Friends & Influence People
by Dale Carnegie
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
by Al Ries and Jack Trout
The Power of Full Engagement
by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
Business Adventures
by John Brooks
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
by Marshall Goldsmith
Best Business Biographies
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
by Ron Chernow
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
by Andrew Carnegie
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
by Michael Lewis
Not Fade Away
by Laurence Shames and Peter Barton
Bossy Pants
by Tina Fey
Best Decision-Making Books
Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
by Charles T. Munger
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger
by Peter Bevelin
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
by Robert Cialdini
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Market
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
by Richard Thaler
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
by Daniel H. Pink
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
by Nir Eyal
The Power of Fifty Bits
by Bob Nease
Best Entrepreneurship Books
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It
by Michael Gerber
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
by Timothy Ferriss
The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
by Eric Ries
The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime.
by MJ DeMarco
Ignore Everybody: And 39 Other Keys to Creativity
by Hugh MacLeod
Before the Exit: Thought Experiments For Entrepreneurs
by Dan Andrews
Best Finance Books
The Most Important Thing Illuminated: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor
by Howard Marks
Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor
by Seth Klarman
The Art of Profitability
by Adrian Slywotzky
Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!: 4 Keys to Unlock Your Business Potential
by Greg Crabtree
Best Leadership Books
Dream Teams
by Shane Snow
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
by Marshall Goldsmith
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization
by John Wooden
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
by Simon Sinek
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
by Seth Godin
How to Win Friends & Influence People
by Dale Carnegie
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
by Patrick Lencioni
Best Management Books
First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently
by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker’s Essential Writings on Management
by Peter Drucker
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
by Eliyahu Goldratt
Best Marketing Books
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!
by Al Ries and Jack Trout
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Best Productivity Books
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by David Allen
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
by Greg McKeown
The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less
by Richard Koch
The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal
by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
Best Sales Books
Breakthrough Advertising
by Eugene Schwartz
SPIN Selling
by Neil Rackham
The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business with Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies
by Chet Holmes
Best Strategy Books
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant
by W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne
Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People
by G. Richard Shell
Best Success Books
Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
by John Brooks
Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia: A Novel
by Mohsin Hamid