Hot List: New York Times Bestselling Paperback Business Books

The following is a list of the bestselling paperback business books as ranked by the New York Times on January 5.

1. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell. How and why certain products and ideas become fads.

2.  Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen. Methods for reducing stress and increasing performance.

3. The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shales. A reinterpretation of the New Deal and the Great Depres­sion.

4. A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink. Why right-brainers will rule the future.

5. Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money–That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert Kiyosaki with Sharon Lechter. What the wealthy teach their children about money that others do not.

6. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. A new edition of the author’s principles for solving problems.

7. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein. The implementing of economic policies following moments of “shock and awe.”

8. The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M. R. Covey with Rebecca R. Merrill. How to cultivate trust in business, politics and personal relationships.

9. Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai (P.S.) by Ben Mezrich. New York meets Dubai in this oil trading adventure for a young visionary.

10. The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman. A columnist for the New York Times analyzes 21st-century economics and foreign policy and presents an overview of globalization trends.