The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on June 29.
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. Who’s Got Your Back: The Breakthrough Program to Build Deep, Trusting Relationships That Create Success–and Won’t Let You Fail
by Keith Ferrazzi. Achieving goals by building close relationships with a small circle of trusted individuals.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Thank God It’s Monday!: How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love
by Roxanne Emmerich. Tips on creating a positive environment for both employÂees and customers.
8. 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.
9. Street Fighters: The Last 72 Hours of Bear Stearns, the Toughest Firm on Wall Street
by Kate Kelly. A Wall Street Journal reporter on the last days of Bear Stearns.
10. How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In
by Jim Collins. Companies fail in stages, and their decline can be detected and reversed.
11. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
by Timothy Ferriss. Because life isn’t all about work.
12. Fool’s Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe
by Gillian Tett. How the marÂket in credit derivatives was perverted by greed, arrogance and delusion, by a Financial Times journalist.
13. Now, Discover Your Strengths
by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton. How to identify and develop your talents and those of your employees.
14. The Housing Boom and Bust
by Thomas Sowell. An explanation of the economics and politics of the housing boom and its collapse.
15. Strengths-Based Leadership
by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie. Three keys to being a more effective leader.
