The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times’s with data from Nielsen BookScan on October 18.
1. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
by Tony Hsieh. The visionary CEO of Zappos explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented success.
2. Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell. Why 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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3. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
by Michael Lewis. The sequel to #1 best-selling Liar’s Poker
examines the issue of who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the creation of those arcane, artificial securities loosely based on piles of doubtful mortgages.
4. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
by Dan Heath and Chip Heath. The Heath brothers (coauthors of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
) address motivating employees, family members, and ourselves in their analysis of why we too often fear change.
5. 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.
6. Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best… and Learn from the Worst
by Robert I. Sutton. Psychological and management research are combined with compelling stories and cases to reveal the mindset and moves of the best (and worst) bosses.
7. The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People & Teams That Win Consistently
by Tony Dungy. The author discusses te seven keys of mentoring leadership — and why they’re so effective; why mentor leadership brings out the best in people; how a mentor leader recovers from mistakes and handles team discipline; and the secret to getting people to follow you and do their best for you without intimidation tactics.
8. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
by Timothy Ferriss. Reconstructing your life so that it’s not all about work.
9. The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization
by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. A guide to building high-performance teams capable of transforming organizations.
10. Strengths-Based Leadership
by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie. Three keys to being a more effective leader.
11. Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future
by Robert B. Reich. Looking at the future of the United States economy, the Clinton-era labor secretary fears that inevitable national belt-tightening could trigger a political convulsion.
12. Rework
by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. Counterintuitive rules for small-business success, like “Ignore the details early on” and “Good enough is fine.”
13. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
by Daniel H. Pink. What really motivates people is the quest for autonomy, mastery and purpose, not external rewards.
14. SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. A scholar and a journalist apply economic thinking to everything: the sequel.
15. The One Minute Negotiator: Simple Steps to Reach Better Agreements
by Don Hutson and George Lucas. Simple steps for reaching better agreements.
