The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on May 18
1. Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell. hy some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
and The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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2. House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
by William D. Cohan. The fall of Bear Stearns and the beginning of the Wall Street collapse.
3. The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide: Protect Your Savings, Boost Your Income, and Grow Wealthy Even in the Worst of Times
by Martin D. Weiss. Strategies for protecting your money in the worst of times.
4. Peaks and Valleys: Making Good And Bad Times Work For You–At Work And In Life
by Spencer Johnson. Making both good and bad times work for you personally and proÂfessionally.
5. 10-10-10: A Life-Transforming Idea
by Suzy Welch. Evaluating decisions based on how they will affect your life in 10 minutes, 10 months and 10 years.
6. The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People, Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance [Updated & Revised]
by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. How recognition and incentives drive employees to excel.
7. 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.
8. Think Like a Champion: An Informal Education In Business and Life
by Donald J. Trump. Informal essays on success in business and life.
9. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
by Timothy Ferriss. Because life isn’t all about work.
10. Strengths-Based Leadership
by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie. Three keys to being a more effective leader.
11. Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse
by Thomas E. Woods Jr. A free-market look at the stock-market collapse and an argument against the bailout.
12. Now, Discover Your Strengths
by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton. How to identify and develop your talents and those of your employees.
13. How We Decide
by Jonah Lehrer. Neuroscience reveals that the best decisions are a blend of feeling and reason, and learning more about how we think can help us make better decisions.
14. 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.
15. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew America
by Thomas L. Friedman. How a green revolution can renew America, by the New York Times columnist.
