Hot List: New York Times Bestselling Hardcover Business Books

The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on August 10.

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.

2. The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich. How two Harvard undergraduates created Facebook.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss. Because life isn’t all about work.

6.Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford. A philosopher and mechanic argues for the satisfactions and challenges of manual work.

7. Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson. How businesses can profit by giving things away.

8. A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers by Lawrence G. McDonald and Patrick Robinson.The inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, from a former vice president of the firm.

9. And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street’s Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees by David Faber. A CNBC reporter traces the roots of the economic col­lapse.

10. Power Ambition Glory: The Stunning Parallels between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today . . . and the Lessons You Can Learn by Steve Forbes and John Prevas. An analogy between ancient world leaders and today’s business leaders.

11. Strengths-Based Leadership by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie. Three keys to being a more effective leader.

12. 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.

13. 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 mar­ket in credit derivatives was perverted by greed, arrogance and delusion, by a Financial Times journalist.

14. 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.

15. The Housing Boom and Bust by Thomas Sowell. An explanation of the economics and politics of the housing boom and its collapse.