The Best Business Books

Curated from over 130 titles, these are the books that consistently earn top marks from readers. Whether you are a founder, a leader, or simply someone who wants to grow, start here.

Top 10 All-Time Favorites

The books every business reader should own. These are the most-recommended, highest-impact titles in the collection.

Good To Great
Good To Great
Jim Collins, 2001
Business Top 10
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Steven R. Covey, 1989
Personal Development Top 10
The Culture Map
The Culture Map
Erin Meyer, 2014
Business Psycology Female Author
Who Moved My Cheese
Who Moved My Cheese
Dr Spencer Johnson, 1999
Psychology Top 10
No Rules Rules
No Rules Rules
Reed Hastings,Erin Meyer, 2020
Business Biography Top 10
Mindset
Mindset
Dr Carol Dweck, 2017
Psychology Personal Development Female Author
Never Split the Difference
Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss, 2017
Personal Development Top 10
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni, 2002
Business Leadership Management
Start With Why
Start With Why
Simon Sinek, 2011
Business Personal Development Psychology
Hooked
Hooked
Nir Eyal, 2014
Product Psychology Top 10
ReWork
ReWork
Jason Fried, 2010
Business Product Top 10
Purple Cow
Purple Cow
Seth Godin, 2005
Product Marketing Top 10

Best for Founders

Entrepreneur Revolution
Entrepreneur Revolution
Daniel Priestley, 2024
Entrepreneurship Startup
$100M Leads How to Get Strangers to Want to Buy Your Stuff
$100M Leads How to Get Strangers to Want to Buy Your Stuff
Alex Hormozi, 2023
Entrepreneurship
Running Lean
Running Lean
Ash Maurya, 2002
Startup Business
$100M Offers How to Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No
$100M Offers How to Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No
Alex Hormozi, 2021
Entrepreneurship
What if it DOES work out?
What if it DOES work out?
Susie Moore,Female Author, 2017
Startup
Build
Build
Tony Fadell, 2022
Product Startup

Best for Leaders

Turn The Ship Around
Turn The Ship Around
David Marquet, 2015
Leadership
Leaders Eat Last
Leaders Eat Last
Simon Sinek, 2017
Leadership
Lean In
Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg, 2015
Leadership Personal Development Female Author
Extreme Ownership
Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink,Leif Babin, 2017
Leadership
Dare to Lead
Dare to Lead
Brene Brown, 2018
Leadership
Radical Candor
Radical Candor
Kim Scott, 2019
Leadership Female Author

Best for Managers

Running Lean
Running Lean
Ash Maurya, 2002
Startup Business
Turn The Ship Around
Turn The Ship Around
David Marquet, 2015
Leadership
Oversubscribed
Oversubscribed
Daniel Priestley, 2020
Startup Product Business
The Diary of a CEO
The Diary of a CEO
Steven Bartlett, 2023
Business Startup Personal Development
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou, 2018
Biography Business Technology
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, 2020
Personal Development Business Psychology

Best for Product People

Build
Build
Tony Fadell, 2022
Product Startup
Oversubscribed
Oversubscribed
Daniel Priestley, 2020
Startup Product Business
Crossing The Chasm
Crossing The Chasm
Geoffrey Moore, 2014
Product Marketing Startup
Made to Stick
Made to Stick
Chip Heath,Dan Heath, 2008
Product
Contagious
Contagious
Jonah Berger, 2014
Product Psychology
The Lean Startup
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries, 2011
Startup Product Innovation

Best for Marketers

Small List, Big Results
Small List, Big Results
Robbie Samuels, 2021
Marketing
The Diary of a CEO
The Diary of a CEO
Steven Bartlett, 2023
Business Startup Personal Development
Crossing The Chasm
Crossing The Chasm
Geoffrey Moore, 2014
Product Marketing Startup
The 1 Page Marketing Plan
The 1 Page Marketing Plan
Allan Dib, 2018
Marketing Startup
High Growth Handbook
High Growth Handbook
Elad Gil, 2018
Startup Marketing
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert Cialdini, 1984
Psychology Marketing Business

Best for Personal Growth

Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits
James Clear, 2018
Personal Development
How to Win Friends & Influence People
How to Win Friends & Influence People
Dale Carnegie, 2006
Personal Development
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert Kiyosaki, 1997
Psychology Personal Development
The Compound Effect
The Compound Effect
Darren Hardy, 2010
Personal Development
Can't Hurt Me
Can't Hurt Me
David Goggins, 2018
Personal Development
The Magic of Thinking Big
The Magic of Thinking Big
David J Schwartz, 2016
Personal Development

Best for Curious Minds

Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, 2015
Biography
Shoe Dog
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight, 2018
Biography
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert Kiyosaki, 1997
Psychology Personal Development
The Ride of a Lifetime
The Ride of a Lifetime
Robert Iger, 2019
Biography
The Diary of a CEO
The Diary of a CEO
Steven Bartlett, 2023
Business Startup Personal Development
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson, 2023
Biography

Best for Innovators

The Innovator's Dilemma
The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton Christensen, 2016
Innovation Business Startup
The Innovators
The Innovators
Walter Isaacson, 2015
Innovation
The Lean Startup
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries, 2011
Startup Product Innovation
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Max Tegmark, 2017
Technology Innovation Artificial Intelligence
The Metaverse
The Metaverse
Matthew Ball, 2022
Technology Innovation
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Nick Bostrom, 2014
Technology Artificial Intelligence

Best for Consultants

Running Lean
Running Lean
Ash Maurya, 2002
Startup Business
Oversubscribed
Oversubscribed
Daniel Priestley, 2020
Startup Product Business
The Diary of a CEO
The Diary of a CEO
Steven Bartlett, 2023
Business Startup Personal Development
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou, 2018
Biography Business Technology
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, 2020
Personal Development Business Psychology
The Startup Owners Manual
The Startup Owners Manual
Steve Blank,Bob Dorf, 2020
Startup Business

Best for Technologists

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou, 2018
Biography Business Technology
The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery
The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery
David Thomas,Andrew Hunt, 2019
Technology Software Development
Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps
Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps
Nicole Forsgren,Jez Humble,Gene Kim, 2018
Technology DevOps Software Development
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Max Tegmark, 2017
Technology Innovation Artificial Intelligence
The Metaverse
The Metaverse
Matthew Ball, 2022
Technology Innovation
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
Frederick P. Brooks Jr., 1995
Technology Software Development Management

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