“Behind every great businessman, is a list of great business books.”
Whether you believe that or not, I would say there are some truths to that. In fact, most high achievers in the world didn’t just learn how to be successful through their own experience. They also read books to help them make the right decisions in life and have the right mindset.
If you want to start a business or you already have a business you want to grow, then you would love to make business books your mentor.
Now, I don’t want to make it difficult for you anymore. I want to help you find the best business books out there and save you lots of energy and time.
In this post, let me share my ultimate list of the best books of all time! (Be sure to read until the end. I have saved the best for last *wink*.)
| Business book Title | Subtitle | Author | Amazon Review | Kindle Price |
1. Influence
| The Psychology of Persuasion | Robert Cialdini | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $11.62 |
2. Shoe Dog
| A Memoir by the Creator of Nike | Phil Knight |
| $11.06 |
3. Built to Last
| Successful Habits of Visionary Companies | Jim Collins | 4.8 out of 5 stars | $10.80 |
4. PEAK
| How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow | Chip Conley | 5 out of 5 stars | $9.99 |
5. Tribe of Mentors
| Short Life Advice from the Best in the World | Tim Ferriss | 5 out of 5 stars | $14.99 |
6. Understanding Business
| A great book for people who want to start a small- to medium-sized business | William Nickels | 4.3 out of 5 stars | $82.00 |
7. How to Win Friends and Influence People
| Achieve your maximum potential—a must-read for the twenty-first century with more than 15 million copies sold! | Dale Carnegie | 4.6 out of 5 stars | $5.27 |
8. Rework
| Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. | David Hansson | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $10.43 |
9. The Innovator’s Dilemma
| When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail | Clayton Christensen | 4.3 out of 5 stars | $12.38 |
10. Think and Grow Rich
| This book represents the distilled wisdom of distinguished men of great wealth and achievement. | Napoleon Hill | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $3.48 |
11. The Lean Startup
| How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses | Eric Ries | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $12.71 |
12. The Smartest Guys in the Room
| The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron | Peter Elkind | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $12.37 |
13. The Personal MBA | Master the Art of Business | Josh Kaufman | 4.4 out of 5 stars | $9.99 |
14. Business Model Generation | Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers | Alexander Osterwalder | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $18.39 |
15. Tools of Titans
| The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers | Tim Ferriss | 4.6 out of 5 stars | $15.99 |
16. Too Big to Fail | The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System–and Themselves | Andrew Ross Sorkin | 4.3 out of 5 stars | $12.26 |
17. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | Powerful Lessons in Personal Change | Stephen Covey | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $5.44 |
18. Profit First
| Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine | Mike Michalowicz | 4.3 out of 5 stars | $12.99 |
19. Leadership and Self-Deception
| Getting out of the Box | The Arbinger Institute | 4.6 out of 5 stars | $17.49 |
20.Rich Dad, Poor Dad | What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money – That The Poor And Middle Class Do Not! | Robert Kiyosaki | 4.6 out of 5 stars | $4.39 |
21. Atlas Shrugged | A philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller | Ayn Rand | 4.4 out of 5 stars | $9.02 (Buy on Amazon) |
22. The Hard Thing About Hard Things | Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers | Ben Horowitz | 4.7 out of 5 stars | $12.49 |
23. Titan | The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. | Ron Chernow | 4.6 out of 5 stars | $9.58 |
24. Crossing the Chasm | Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers | Geoffrey A Moore | 4.7 out of 5 stars | $8.83 |
25. Launch
| An Internet Millionaire’s Secret Formula To Sell Almost Anything Online, Build A Business You Love, And Live The Life Of Your Dreams | Jeff Walker | 4.4 out of 5 stars | $10.69 (Buy on Amazon) |
26. Deep Work | Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World | Cal Newport | 4.6 out of 5 stars | $10.91 |
27. Zero to One | Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future | Peter Thiel | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $13.44 |
28. Traction | How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth | Gabriel Weinberg | 4.6 out of 5 stars | $14.99 |
29. Essentialism | The Disciplined Pursuit of Less | Greg Mckeown | 4.6 out of 5 stars | $11.02 |
30. So Good They Can’t Ignore You | Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love | Cal Newport | 4.4 out of 5 stars | $9.76 |
31. Psycho-Cybernetics | Steer your mind to a productive, useful goal so you can reach the greatest port in the world: peace of mind. | Maxwell Maltz | 4.7 out of 5 stars | $12.99 |
32. Predictably Irrational | The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions | Dan Ariely | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $11.30 |
33. Grinding It Out
| The Making of McDonald’s | Ray Kroc | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $8.99 |
34. Principles
| Life and Work | Ray Dalio | 4.4 out of 5 stars | $14.99 |
35. Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got
| 21 Ways You Can Out-Think, Out-Perform, and Out-Earn the Competition | Jay Abraham | 4.6 out of 5 stars | $19.99 |
36.Venture Deals | Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist | Brad Feld | 4.7 out of 5 stars | $26.39 |
37. Gameplan
| The Complete Strategy Guide to go from Starter Kit to Silver | Sarah Harnisch | 5 out of 5 stars | $5.99 |
38.The Innovator’s Solution | Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth | Clayton M. Christensen | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $9.99 |
39.The E-Myth Revisited | Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It | Michael E. Gerber | 4.6 out of 5 stars | $0.99 |
40.The Magic of Thinking Big | Acquire the Secrets of Success and Achieve Everything You’ve Always Wanted | David J. Schwartz | 4.7 out of 5 stars | $6.24 |
41. From Impossible To Inevitable
| How Hyper-Growth Companies Create Predictable Revenue | 4.7 out of 5 stars | $15.99 | |
42. Anything You Want
| 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur | Derek Sivers | 4.7 out of 5 stars | $8.66 |
43. Crush It!
| Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion | Gary Vaynerchuk | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $13.48 |
44. The 4 Disciplines of Execution
| Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals | Chris McChesney | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $10.02 |
45. The Startup Owner’s Manual
| The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company | Bob Dorf and Steve Blank | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $7.39 |
46. Start with Why
| How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action | Simon Sinek | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $9.86 |
47. Elon Musk | Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future | Ashlee Vance | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $7.39 |
48. The Power of Broke
| How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage | Daymond John | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $4.99 |
49. Master Content Marketing
| A Simple Strategy to Cure the Blank Page Blues and Attract a Profitable Audience | Pamela Wilson | 5 out of 5 stars | $9.99 |
50. The Everything Store
| Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon | Brad Stone | 4.5 out of 5 stars | $9.21 |
Now that you read the top 101 business books that you should read, I’m sure that you are now excited to read any of them. Make it a habit to read at least one book every month. By doing so, I’m sure that you will have a better way of understanding businesses and how to grow your company.
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