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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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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

1. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

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O'Reilly Media - Technology and Business Training cover

2. O'Reilly Media - Technology and Business Training

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications cover

3. Designing Data-Intensive Applications

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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams cover

4. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

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Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

5. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

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

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

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How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps cover

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

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UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

8. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

9. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

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Basic Economics cover

10. Basic Economics

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Programming Rust, 2nd Edition cover

11. Programming Rust, 2nd Edition

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The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition cover

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

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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory cover

13. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

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The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you cover

14. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

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A Philosophy of Software Design cover

15. A Philosophy of Software Design

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

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

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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

17. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World cover

18. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

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The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys cover

19. The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys

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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power cover

20. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

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