The 48 Best Business Books

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Personal Finance

1. I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
2. Money: Master the Game by Tony Robbins
3. The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous
4. The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks
5. Mastering the Market Cycle by Howard Marks
6. The DAO of Capital by Mark Spitznagel
7. Safe Haven by Mark Spitznagel
8. Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb
9. Investing: The Last Liberal Art by Robert Hagstrom
10. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

Business Essentials

1. The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
2. Competing in the Age of AI by Marco Iansiti
3. Bold by Peter Diamandis
4. The Future is Faster Than You Think by Peter Diamandis
5. Principles by Ray Dalio
6. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson
7. Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim (read a summary, not the whole book)
8. The Evolution of Everything by Matt Ridley
9. Skip the Line by James Altucher

Persuasion

1. Influence by Robert Cialdini
2. Pre-suasion by Robert Cialdini
3. The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
4. The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene

Business Biography

1. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow
2. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
3. The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power by Max Chafkin

Decision Making

1. The Great Mental Models by Shane Parrish

Marketing

1. Traffic Secrets by Russell Brunson
2. Expert Secrets by Russell Brunson
3. Perennial Seller by Ryan Holiday
4. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Reis

Sales

1. DotCom Secrets by Russell Brunson
2. Marketing Secrets Blackbook by Russell Brunson

Leadership

1. Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin
2. Rework by Jason Fried and David Hansson
3. Bad Blood by John Carreyrou (Shows what a leader should NOT do.)
4. Lying by Sam Harris
5. Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins

Productivity

1. Deep Work by Cal Newport
2. Atomic Habits by James Clear
3. The One Thing by Gary Keller (read a summary, not the whole book)

Social Media

1. Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
2. Show Your Work by Austin Kleon

Writing

1. Everybody Writes by Ann Handley
2. The Economist Style Guide

Economics

1. Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
2. The Fiat Standard by Saifedean Ammous

International Relations

1. Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
2. The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio

Personal Growth

1. Mastery by Robert Greene
2. Mindset by Carol Dweck
3. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
4. A Guide to the Good Life by William Irvine
5. The School of Life by Alain de Botton