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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 Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics cover

61. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
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The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet cover

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

by Nina Teicholz
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Good to Great: A Study of Management Strategies of Companies with Lasting Growth cover

63. Good to Great: A Study of Management Strategies of Companies with Lasting Growth

by Jim Collins
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No bullshit guide to math and physics cover

64. No bullshit guide to math and physics

by Ivan Savov
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Unix Power Tools, 3rd Edition cover

65. Unix Power Tools, 3rd Edition

by Shelley Powers
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The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses cover

66. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries
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The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain cover

67. The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

by John E. Sarno
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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires cover

68. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu
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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System cover

69. Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

by Paul Fussell
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing cover

70. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

by Burton G Malkiel
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Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists cover

71. Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists

by Edward Scheinerman
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Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection cover

72. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

by John E. Sarno
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Quantum Computing Since Democritus cover

73. Quantum Computing Since Democritus

by Scott Aaronson
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Making Software cover

74. Making Software

by Andrew Oram, Greg Wilson
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Lisp in Small Pieces cover

75. Lisp in Small Pieces

by Christian Queinnec
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Introduction to the Theory of Computation cover

76. Introduction to the Theory of Computation

by Michael Sipser
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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions cover

77. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
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On Intelligence cover

78. On Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee
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The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity cover

79. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity

by Cooper, Alan
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think cover

80. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund
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