The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on September 21.
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. 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. 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.
5. In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic
by David Wessel. How Ben Bernanke and his Federal Reserve colleagues worked to prevent another Great Depression.
6. 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.
7. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
by Timothy Ferriss. Because life isn’t all about work.
8. How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable for Results the Positive, Principled Way
by Roger Connors and Tom Smith. Principled methods of improving accountability in the workplace.
9.The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
by T.R. Reid. How other industrialized democracies provide health care for all at a reasonable cost.
10. How to Smell a Rat: The Five Signs of Financial Fraud (Fisher Investments Press)
by Ken Fisher with Lara Hoffmans. Five signs for detecting and avoiding financial fraud.
11. Strengths-Based Leadership
by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie. Three keys to being a more effective leader.
12. 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.
13. Too Good to Be True: The Rise and Fall of Bernie Madoff
by Erin Arvedlund. Narrative from author who was among the first to question Bernard Madoff’s business practices in a 2001 article.
14. The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street
by Justin Fox. In this essential account, Fox zeroes in on the academics whose efficient-market theories enabled abuses.
15. Free: The Future of a Radical Price
by Chris Anderson. How businesses can profit by giving things away.
