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Top Business Books Recommended by Founders

The Top Entrepreneurs podcast has interviewed 900+ founders. Each CEO shares their favorite book. This list highlights the most popular.
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Code cover

1. Code

by Charles Petzold
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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition cover

2. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein
Read 47 comments
Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

3. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman, Daniel Kahneman
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How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps cover

4. How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps

by Lawrence Krubner, Natalie Sidner
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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams cover

5. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister
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The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

6. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications cover

7. Designing Data-Intensive Applications

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

8. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Hugh Wiley Hitchcock
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The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change cover

9. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

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Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices) cover

10. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices)

by Steve McConnell
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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

11. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert
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The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition cover

12. The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition

by Don Norman
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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

13. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

14. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup
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Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) cover

15. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)

by Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Andre? Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev
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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy cover

16. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

by William B. Irvine
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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger cover

17. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

by Marc Levinson
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

18. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It cover

19. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

by Gary Taubes
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Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller cover

20. Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller

by Donella Meadows
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