the 100 best business books of all time
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Thousands of Business books are published every year. Far too many for any reader to sift through single-handedly. Here are the best of the best. After years of reading, evaluating, and selling business books, Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten are the most respected experts on the category. Now they have chosen the 100 best business titles of all time – the ones that deliver the biggest payoff for today’s busy readers.TRANSCRIPT
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
About the 100 BEST:
Thousands of Business books are published every year. Far too many for
any reader to sift through single-handedly. Here are the best of the best.
After years of reading, evaluating, and selling business books, Jack Covert
and Todd Sattersten are the most respected experts on the category. Now
they have chosen the 100 best business titles of all time – the ones that
deliver the biggest payoff for today’s busy readers.
The 100 Best puts each book in context, so that readers can quickly find
solutions to the problems they face, such as how best to spend The First
90 Days in a new job or how to take their company from Good to Great.
Many of the choices are surprising – you’ll find reviews of Moneyball and
Orbiting the Giant Hairball, but not Jack Welch’s memoir.
At the end of each review, Jack and Todd direct readers to other books
both inside and outside The 100 Best. And sprinkled throughout are
sidebars taking the reader beyond business books, suggesting movies,
novels and even children’s books that offer equally relevant insights.
This book will appeal to anyone, from entry-level to CEO, who wants to cut
through the clutter and discover the brilliant books that are truly worth
their investment of time and money.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Category – 1: YOU
Improving your life, your person and your strengths.
FLOWThe Psychology of Optimal Experience
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Getting Things DoneThe Art of Stress-free Productivity
David Allen
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Effective ExecutiveThe Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
Peter F. Drucker
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Robert E. Kelley
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeoplePowerful Lessons in Personal Change
Stephen R. Covey
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleThe first – and still the best – book of its kind – to lead you to
success
Dale Carnegie
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Swim with the Sharks without being eaten
aliveOutsell, Outmanage, Outmotivate and Outnegotiate your
competition
Harvey B. Mackay
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Power of IntuitionHow to use your Gut Feelings to make better decisions at work
Gary Klein
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
What Should I Do with My Life?The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question
Po Bronson
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!“Will you succeed? Yes, you’ll indeed!”
Dr. Seuss
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Chasing DaylightHow My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life
Eugene O’ Kelly
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Category – 2: LEADERSHIP
Inspiration. Challenge. Courage. Change.
On Becoming A LeaderThe Leadership Classic
Warren Bennis
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Leadership MomentNine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us
All
Michael Useem
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Leadership ChallengeThe Most Trusted Source on Becoming A Better Leader
James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Leadership is an ArtRevolutionary & Thoughtful Business Leadership
Max De Pree
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Radical LeapA Personal Lesson In Extreme Leadership
Steve Farber
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Control Your Destiny or Someone else willHailed as the Unofficial GE Leadership Handbook
Noel M. Tichy with Stratford Sherman
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Leading ChangeAn Action Plan from the World’s foremost expert on Business
Leadership
John P. Kotter
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Questions of CharacterIlluminating the Heart of Leadership Through Literature
Joseph L. Badaracco. Jr.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The STORY FACTORInspiration, Influence, and Persuasion Through the Art of
Storytelling
Annette Simmons
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Never Give In!The Best of Winston Churchill’s Speeches
Winston S. Churchill
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Category – 3: STRATEGY
Eight Organizational blueprints from which to draft your own.
In Search of ExcellenceLessons from America’s Best-Run Companies
Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Good To GreatWhy Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t
Jim Collins
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Innovator’s DilemmaThe Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business
Clayton M. Christensen
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Only The Paranoid SurviveHow to exploit the crisis points that challenge every company
Andrew S. Grove
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?Leading a Great Enterprise Through Dramatic Change
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Discovering The Soul Of ServiceThe Nine Drivers of Sustainable Business Success
Leonard L. Berry
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
ExecutionThe Discipline of Getting Things Done
Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Competing for the FutureBreakthrough Strategies for seizing control of the Industry and
creating markets for tomorrow
Gary Hamel & C.K. Prahalad
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Category – 4: SALES & MARKETING
Approaches and Pitfalls in the ongoing process of creating customers.
Competing for the FutureBreakthrough Strategies for seizing control of the Industry and
creating markets for tomorrow
Gary Hamel & C.K. Prahalad
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
INFLUENCEThe Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
PositioningHow to be seen and heard in the overcrowded marketplace
Al Ries & Jack Trout
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
A New Brand World8 Principles for Achieving Brand Leadership in the 21st Century
Scott Bedbury with Stephen Fenichell
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Selling The InvisibleA Field Guide to Modern Marketing
HARRY BECKWITH
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
ZagThe No. 1 Strategy of High-performance Brands
MARTY NEUMEIER
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Crossing The ChasmMarketing and Selling Disruptive Products to mainstream
Customers
GEOFFREY A. MOORE
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Secrets of Closing the SaleAmerica’s No.1 Bible of Persuasion
ZIG ZIGLAR
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
How To Become A RainmakerThe Rules for Getting and Keeping Customers and Clients
JEFFREY J. FOX
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Why We BuyThe Science of Shopping
PACO UNDERHILL
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Experience EconomyWork is Theatre & Every Business a Stage
B. JOSEPH PINE II & JAMES H. GILMORE
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Purple CowTransform Your Business by Being Remarkable
SETH GODIN
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Tipping PointHow Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
MALCOLM GLADWELL
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Category – 5: RULES & SCOREKEEPING
The all-important numbers behind the game.
Naked EconomicsUndressing the Dismal Science
CHARLES WHEELAN
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Financial IntelligenceA Manager’s Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean
KAREN BERMAN and JOE KNIGHT
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Balanced ScorecardTranslating Strategy into Action
ROBERT S. KAPLAN & DAVID P. NORTON
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Category – 6: MANAGEMENT
Guiding and directing the people around you.
The Essential DruckerEssential Writings on Management
PETER F. DRUCKER
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Out Of The CrisisFourteen Points of Management
W. EDWARDS DEMING
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Toyota Production SystemBeyond Large-Scale Production
TAIICHI OHNO
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Reengineering the CorporationA Manifesto for Business Revolution
MICHAEL HAMMER and JAMES CHAMPY
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The GoalA Process of Ongoing Improvement
ELIYAHU M. GOLDRATT and JEFF COX
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Great Game of BusinessUnlocking the Power and Profitability of Open-Book Management
JACK STACK with BO BURLINGHAM
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
First, Break All The RulesWhat the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently
MARCUS BUCKINGHAM with CURT COFFMAN
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Now, Discover Your StrengthsDevelop Your Unique Talents & Strengths – and those of the people
you manage
MARCUS BUCKINGHAM with DONALD O. CLIFTON
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Knowing – Doing GapHow Smart Companies Turn Knowledge Into Action
JEFFREY PFEFFER and ROBERT I. SUTTON
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Five Dysfunctions of a TeamA Leadership Fable
PATRICK LENCIONI
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Six Thinking HatsThinking Is a Skill and can be improved
EDWARD DE BONO
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Category – 7: BIOGRAPHIES
Seven Lives. Unlimited lessons.
TitanThe Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
RON CHERNOW
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
My Years with General MotorsThe Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
RON CHERNOW
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The HP WayHow Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company
DAVID PACKARD
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Personal HistoryHer Personal Memoir
KATHARINE GRAHAM
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Moments of TruthNew Strategies for Today’s Customer-Driven Economy
JAN CARLZON
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
SAM WALTON – Made In AmericaMy Story
SAM WALTON with JOHN HUEY
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Losing My VirginityThe Autobiography
RICHARD BRANSON
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Category – 8: ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Seven guides to the passion and practicality necessary for any new venture
The Art of The StartThe Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting
Anything
GUY KAWASAKI
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The E-myth RevisitedWhy Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About it
MICHAEL E. GERBER
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Republic of TeaThe Story of the Creation of a Business, as told through the Personal
Letters of the Founders
MEL ZIEGLER, PARTICIA ZIEGLER with BILL ROSENZWEIG
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Partnership CharterHow to Start Out Right With Your New Business Partnership
DAVID GAGE
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Growing A BusinessA book about growing, growing Business
PAUL HAWKEN
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Guerrilla MarketingEasy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from your
Small Business
JAY CONRAD LEVINSON
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Monk and the RiddleThe Art of Creating a Life while Making a Living
RANDY KOMISAR with KENT LINEBACK
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Category – 9: NARRATIVES
Six Industry tales of both fortune and failure
McDonald’s: Behind The ArchesThe Phenomenal Business Success Story
JOHN F. LOVE
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
American Steel The chronicles of the super human effort by the Nucor Corp.,
America’s ninth-largest steel company.
RICHARD PRESTON
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The ForceA gripping story of America’s business wars waged in trenches
DAVID DORSEY
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Smartest Guys in The RoomA gripping story of America’s business wars waged in trenches
BETHANY McLEAN and PETER ELKIND
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
When Genius FailedThe Rise and Fall of Long-term Capital Management
ROGER LOWENSTEIN
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Money BallAn ebullient, invigorating account of an unconventional General
Manager
MICHAEL LEWIS
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Category – 10: INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
Insight into the process of developing new ideas
Orbiting The Giant HairballA Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace
GORDON MACKENZIE
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Art of InnovationLessons in Creativity from IDEO, America’s Leading Design Firm
TOM KELLEY with JONATHAN LITTMAN
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Jump StartThe Scientific Way To Make More Money
DOUG HALL
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
A Whack on the Side of the Head!How You Can Be More Creative
ROGER VON OECH
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Creative HabitLearn it and Use it for Life
TWYLA THARP
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Art of PossibilityTransforming Professional and Personal Life
ROSAMUND STONE ZANDER and BENJAMIN ZANDER
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Category – 11: BIG IDEAS
The future of business books lies here.
The Age of UnreasonReflections of a Reluctant Capitalist
CHARLES HANDY
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Out of Control The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic
World.
KEVIN KELLY
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Rise of The Creative Class…and how it’s transforming work, leisure, community, and everyday
life
RICHARD FLORIDA
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Emotional IntelligenceThe Groundbreaking Book That Redefines What It Means To Be
Smart
DANIEL GOLEMAN
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
DrivenHow Human Nature Shapes Our Choices
PAUL R. LAWRENCE and NITIN NOHRIA
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
To Engineer Is HumanThe Role of Failure in Successful Design
HENRY PETROSKI
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Wisdom of CrowdsWhy the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom
Shapes Business, Economies, Societies, and Nations
JAMES SUROWIECKI
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Made To StickWhy some Ideas Survive and Others Die
CHIP HEATH and DAN HEATH
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Category – 12: TAKEAWAYS
What everyone is looking for.
The First 90 DaysCritical Success Strategies for New Leaders at all Levels
MICHAEL WATKINS
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Up The OrganizationHow To Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling
Profits
ROBERT TOWNSEND
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Beyond The CoreExpand Your Market without Abandoning Your Roots
CHRIS ZOOK
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Little Red Book of Selling12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness
JEFFREY GITOMER
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
What The CEO Wants You To KnowUsing Business Acumen To Understand How Your Company Really
Works
RAM CHARAN
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Team HandbookA comprehensive resource book to create high performing teams
PETER R. SCHOLTES with BRAIN L. JOINER
and BARBARA J. STREIBEL
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
A Business and Its BeliefsThe Ideas That Helped Build IBM
THOMAS J. WATSON Jr.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Lucky or Smart?Secrets To An Entrepreneurial Life
BO PEABODY
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The Lexus and The Olive TreeUnderstanding Globalization
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
Thinker ToysA Handbook of Creative-thinking Techniques
MICHAEL MICHALKO
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
More Than You KnowFinding Financial Wisdom In Unconventional Places
MICHAEL J. MAUBOUSSIN
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat They Say, Why They Matter, and How They Can Help You
JACK COVERT and TODD SATTERSTEN
The 100 Best Business Books of All TimeWhat they say, Why they matter, and How They Can Help You.
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