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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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Confronting Managerialism: How the Business Elite and Their Schools Threw Our Lives Out of Balance (Economic Controversies) cover

41. Confronting Managerialism: How the Business Elite and Their Schools Threw Our Lives Out of Balance (Economic Controversies)

by Robert R. Locke, J.-C. Spender
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Time Management for System Administrators cover

42. Time Management for System Administrators

by Tom Limoncelli
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Site Reliability Engineering cover

43. Site Reliability Engineering

by Betsy Beyer, Jones, Chris (Computer engineer), Jennifer Petoff, Niall Richard Murphy
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Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective cover

44. Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective

by Ha-Joon Chang
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The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

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

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken
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The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice cover

46. The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice

by Robin Williams
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Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health cover

47. Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health

by Gary Taubes
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The Millionaire Next Door cover

48. The Millionaire Next Door

by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
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Operating Systems Design and Implementation cover

49. Operating Systems Design and Implementation

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull
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Team Geek cover

50. Team Geek

by Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick
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Functional JavaScript cover

51. Functional JavaScript

by Michael Fogus
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Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet cover

52. Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet

by Yasha Levine
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Operating Systems Design and Implementation cover

53. Operating Systems Design and Implementation

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull
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A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, 2) cover

54. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, 2)

by Vernor Vinge
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Feedback Control for Computer Systems cover

55. Feedback Control for Computer Systems

by Philipp K. Janert
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Building Microservices cover

56. Building Microservices

by Sam Newman
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What Is Web 2.0 cover

57. What Is Web 2.0

by Tim O'Reilly
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation cover

58. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

by Lynne Truss
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The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution And The Possibilities For Change cover

59. The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution And The Possibilities For Change

by Lester C. Thurow
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The Laws of Software Process: A New Model for the Production and Management of Software cover

60. The Laws of Software Process: A New Model for the Production and Management of Software

by Phillip G. Armour
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