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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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The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win cover

21. The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

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Code Complete cover

22. Code Complete

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

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

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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides) cover

24. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)

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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma cover

25. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

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Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists cover

26. Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists

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Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

27. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

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Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations cover

28. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

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The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

29. The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History cover

30. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

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

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

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Code cover

32. Code

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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety cover

33. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

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Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics) cover

34. Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics)

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The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet cover

35. The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition cover

36. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition

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So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love cover

37. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

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The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness cover

38. The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness

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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage cover

39. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

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Beautiful Code cover

40. Beautiful Code

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