The Best-Selling Business Books of All Time

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Book Cover of Andrew S. Grove - High Output Management

By Andrew S. Grove – Former CEO of Intel, Time's Man of the Year 

4.81
| 1983 | 235 Pages
Recommended for: 
Managers and business leaders. Ages 12 to Adults.
You will:
  • Learn effective techniques for managing teams to enhance productivity and output.
  • Discover methods to motivate employees for peak performance in their roles.
  • Understand the importance of structured meetings and their impact on team dynamics.
  • Explore the significance of training and development in improving employee performance.
  • Recognize the role of a manager in fostering a high-leverage work environment.
  • The output of a manager is the output of the organizational units under his or her supervision or influence.
  • Reports are more a medium of self-discipline than a way to communicate information. Writing the report is important; reading it often is not.
  • A common rule we should always try to heed is to detect and fix any problem in a production process at the lowest-value stage possible.
Reviews:
Practical Advice
Straightforward
Well-Researched
Insightful
Accessible
Repetitive
Too Dense
  • New York Times Bestseller
  • Rated Amazon Best Book of the Year
Recommended by Mark Zuckerberg, Ben Horowitz, Danielle Morrill and 32 others
Mark Zuckerberg[Andy’s] book played a big role in shaping my management style
Marc AndreessenAndy exemplifies the best of Silicon Valley. Andy built the model for what a high quality Silicon Valley company could be
Matt GrayBest book out there on management
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Book Cover of Jack Stack, Bo Burlingham - The Great Game of Business: The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company
4.54
| 1992 | 252 Pages
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4.98
| 2025 | 30-300 pages
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Recommended for: 
All readers across all knowledge levels.
You will:
  • Get a Business book tailored to your interests, goals, and background
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  • Select which topics you want to learn, exclude the topics you don't
  • Define your learning goals and let your book guide you to accomplish them
  • Get all the knowledge you need consolidated into a single focused book
Reviews:
Insightful
Focused
Highly Personalized
Easy to Read
Engaging
Actionable
Up-to-Date
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Book Cover of Ben Horowitz - The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

By Ben Horowitz – Cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz, Silicon Valley entrepreneur 

4.84
| 2014 | 304 Pages
Recommended for: 
Entrepreneurs and business leaders. Ages 12 to Adults.
You will:
  • Learn how to navigate the toughest challenges in business with practical wisdom.
  • Discover the importance of self-awareness in leadership and decision-making.
  • Understand the dynamics of managing a startup and the unique challenges it presents.
  • Learn effective strategies for hiring and managing employees in a fast-paced environment.
  • Discover how to cultivate a strong company culture that encourages open communication.
  • Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?”
  • An early lesson I learned in my career was that whenever a large organization attempts to do anything, it always comes down to a single person who can delay the entire project.
  • Former secretary of state Colin Powell says that leadership is the ability to get someone to follow you even if only out of curiosity.
Reviews:
Insightful
Engaging
Practical Advice
Humorous
Honest
Repetitive
Too Simplistic
  • #29 Best Seller in Entrepreneurship on Amazon
  • Goodreads Choice Award nominee
  • New York Times Bestseller
  • Rated Amazon Best Book of the Year
Recommended by Satya Nadella, Larry Page, Max Levchin and 165 others
Raoul PalWithout question, to me, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz is, by far, the best, most brutally honest and incredibly useful book about the realities of starting and running a company, ever written
Josh BersinGreat real-world explanation about what its REALLY like to grow a business
Roshan AbbasAn absolutely amazing book bhorowitz thank you for this gem
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