The best business books to read. To stay ahead, it’s important to keep up with the changing times. Reading the business classics and top-rated books will help you make better and informed decisions and give you a real edge in the business world.
Check out the top-rated books by entrepreneurs and business readers. Here’s a list of the most popular titles to help you get the best insights and resources for success.
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Here’s an outline on the top of the best all time business books: Read them and become a better entrepreneur.
- “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries
- “Good to Great” by Jim Collins
- “The Innovator’s Dilemma” by Clayton Christensen
- “Business Model Generation” by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur
- “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey
- “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman
- “The Wisdom of Crowds” by James Surowiecki
- “Blue Ocean Strategy” by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
- “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie
- “The Outsiders” by William N. Thorndike
- “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman
- “The Art of Possibility” by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
- “Getting Things Done” by David Allen
- “Start with Why” by Simon Sinek
- “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill
- “The E-Myth Revisited” by Michael Gerber
- “The Hard Thing About Hard Things” by Ben Horowitz
Other book titles that we think are interesting:
- Rework – Fried, Hansson. Just not work hard, but way smarter. Leverage your time. (=hire staff, delegate, combine work options, remove unnecessary/unproductive work parts)
- Marketing – Kotler: Our favorite. Get the full range and depth of marketing elements.
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck. Live differently. Be more mindful of your own path.
- The Lean Startup. Ries – Think different on startup process. Work Agile.
- The 4 Hour Workweek – Think different on running your business. Get leveraged.
- Cradle to Cradle – Mc Donough. Sustainability as a cycle. Easy to read.
- Scaling Up! – Verne Harnish. Sound methodology for growing your business and removing growth pitfalls in your own thinking. Was referred by other entrepreneurs, and yes, it surely is helpful.
These business magazines, we think, are also helpful:
- The Harvard Business Review
- Wired.com
- Inc.com
- MIT
- McKinsey
- Sloan Management Review
What do you think, which books do you like to read? Which one would you recommend reading to other entrepreneurs? A good entrepreneur reads many books to sharpen his mind. As an entrepreneur you need to learn a lot of things. Reading books gives you an edge for your personal effectiveness and improve your business approaches. If you even combine it with speed reading, you can even read a book a week!
The top 10 best sold business books of 2020, which may still be of help:
1. “Atomic Habits” by James Clear
2. “The Ride of a Lifetime” by Robert Iger
3. “Talking to Strangers” by Malcolm Gladwell
4. “Dare to Lead” by Brené Brown
5. “The Infinite Game” by Simon Sinek
6. “Range” by David Epstein
7. “Irresistible” by Adam Alter
8. “Decisive” by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
9. “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey
10. “Good to Great” by Jim Collins
Remember, being an entrepreneur is also about continuous learning. Speed up your learning cycle by reading a lot.