A couple weeks ago I e-mailed some of my closest contacts, and posted to Linkedin, a request for favorite business books. As promised, here are the top 20 (received at least 2 or more votes). For a full list of all 98 books, e-mail me. I also requested a summer reading list which I’ll post later in the week.
- The Answer to How is Yes: Acting on What Matters – Peter Block
- The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything – Guy Kawasaki
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking – Malcolm Gladwell
- Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies – Jim Collins
- Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual, The – Christopher Locke
- Elements of Style – William Strunk
- First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels, The – Michael Watkins
- Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable – Patrick Lencioni
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity – David Allen
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t – Jim Collins
- How to Win Friends and Influence Others – Dale Carnegy
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die – Chip Heath
- Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync? – Seth Godin
- No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t, The – Robert Sutton
- Selling the Invisible – Harry Beckwith
- Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work – Deborah Tannen
- Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, The – Malcolm Gladwell
- Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life – Spencer Johnson
- Winning – Jack Welch
We also had a couple “anything by” requests, or several books by the same author recommended: