The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on June 23.
1 The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business
, by Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson and Ethan Willis. A fictional parable incorporating real-life advice on how to start a business.
2 The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
, by Timothy Ferris. Because life isn’t all about work.
3 Debt Cures “They” Don’t Want You to Know About
, by Kevin Trudeau. How the credit industry is rigged against you, and how to fight back by changing your financial habits.
4 Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want
, by James Arthur Ray with Linda Sivertsen. Creating the life you want through financial, mental, physical and spiritual wealth.
5 The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
, by Dave Ramsey. Debt reduction and fiscal fitness for families, by the radio talk-show host.
6 Now, Discover Your Strengths
, by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton. How to identify and develop your talents and those of your employees.
7 The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means
, by George Soros. The financier analyzes the origins and implications of the credit crisis, and offers a new way of thinking about how markets really work.
8The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource, New Edition
, by Jeffrey Gitomer. An expert in sales provides the definitive sales reference.
9Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
, by Kevin Phillips. How the financial sector has hijacked the American economy, aided by Washington’s ruinous faith in the efficiency of markets.
10 The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. A financial trader with an expertise in probability theory and statistics, debunks much about economic forecasting, and uses examples ranging from how a book becomes a best-seller to how an entrepreneur becomes a mogul.
11 Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions
, by John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber. A fable about how to bring about change in a group, through the eyes of a penguin bearing bad news.
12Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny
, by Suze Orman. How women can achieve financial security.
13 Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
, by Dan Ariely. An M.I.T. behavioral economist shows how emotions and social norms systematically shape our behavior.
14 Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance
, by Marcus Buckingham. A guide to being more productive, focused and creative at work.
15 What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
, by Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter. How to beat bad habits that hinder success.
