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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 Ruby Programming Language cover

61. The Ruby Programming Language

by David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matsumoto
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Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life cover

62. Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

by Martin E.P. Seligman
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The Secret Chief Revealed cover

63. The Secret Chief Revealed

by Myron J. Stolaroff
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Design Rules, Vol. 1: The Power of Modularity cover

64. Design Rules, Vol. 1: The Power of Modularity

by Carliss Young Baldwin, Kim B. Clark
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8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot cover

65. 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot

by Esther Gokhale
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Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt cover

66. Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

by Michael Lewis
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Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week cover

67. Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week

by John Little, Doug McGuff
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media cover

68. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
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The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public cover

69. The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public

by Lynn Stout
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The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist cover

70. The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)
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Head First Design Patterns cover

71. Head First Design Patterns

by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
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DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model cover

72. DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model

by Jeremy Keith, Jeffrey Sambells
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Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow cover

73. Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow

by Joshua Spodek
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The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio cover

74. The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio

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

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

by Nina Teicholz
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The Geek Atlas cover

76. The Geek Atlas

by John Graham-Cumming
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Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street cover

77. Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

by John Brooks
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Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition) cover

78. Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition)

by Aaron Hillegass
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Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things cover

79. Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things

by Don Norman
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F'd Companies: Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts cover

80. F'd Companies: Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts

by Philip J. Kaplan
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