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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 Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem cover

581. The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem

by Matthew Hollis

The Waste Land: A Facsimile and Transcript of the Original Drafts Including the Annotations of Ezra Pound (A Harvest Special) cover

582. The Waste Land: A Facsimile and Transcript of the Original Drafts Including the Annotations of Ezra Pound (A Harvest Special)

by T. S. Eliot

Introduction to Fourier Optics cover

583. Introduction to Fourier Optics

by Joseph W. Goodman

Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World cover

584. Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World

by Adrian Wooldridge

Exotic Options and Hybrids: A Guide to Structuring, Pricing and Trading (The Wiley Finance Series) cover

585. Exotic Options and Hybrids: A Guide to Structuring, Pricing and Trading (The Wiley Finance Series)

by Mohamed Bouzoubaa, Adel Osseiran

The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary cover

586. The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary

by Mark Sanborn

Put Yourself First (Chinese Edition) cover

587. Put Yourself First (Chinese Edition)

by 西村博之

Alone in the Ocean by Slava Kurilov cover

588. Alone in the Ocean by Slava Kurilov

Sharp: The Definitive Introduction to Knives, Sharpening, and Cutting Techniques, with Recipes from Great Chefs cover

589. Sharp: The Definitive Introduction to Knives, Sharpening, and Cutting Techniques, with Recipes from Great Chefs

by Josh Donald

Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint cover

590. Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint

by Ivan Orkin, Chris Ying

The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes cover

591. The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes

by James Freeman, Caitlin Freeman, Tara Duggan

Pulse: The Coming Age of Systems and Machines Inspired by Living Things cover

592. Pulse: The Coming Age of Systems and Machines Inspired by Living Things

by Robert Frenay

Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State cover

593. Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State

by Byron Tau

Vibe Coding: Building Production-Grade Software With GenAI, Chat, Agents, and Beyond cover

594. Vibe Coding: Building Production-Grade Software With GenAI, Chat, Agents, and Beyond

by Steve Yegge, Gene Kim

CSS: The Definitive Guide: Web Layout and Presentation cover

595. CSS: The Definitive Guide: Web Layout and Presentation

by Eric A. Meyer, Estelle Weyl

After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul cover

596. After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul

by Tripp Mickle

Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to Overcome Anxiety, Panic, and Worry cover

597. Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to Overcome Anxiety, Panic, and Worry

by Catherine M. Pittman, Elizabeth M. Karle

The Voyage of the Space Beagle cover

598. The Voyage of the Space Beagle

by A. E. van Vogt

Learn Basic Now cover

599. Learn Basic Now

by Michael Halvorson, David Rygmyr

Finite State Morphology cover

600. Finite State Morphology

by Kenneth R. Beesley, Lauri Karttunen