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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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Discrete Mathematics with Applications cover

121. Discrete Mathematics with Applications

by Susanna S. Epp
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The Design of the UNIX Operating System cover

122. The Design of the UNIX Operating System

by Maurice J. Bach
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Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work) cover

123. Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work)

by Joshua Spodek
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Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: The Updated Version of the Insightful Guide on Bringing Cutting-Edge Products to the Mainstream (Collins Business Essentials) cover

124. Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: The Updated Version of the Insightful Guide on Bringing Cutting-Edge Products to the Mainstream (Collins Business Essentials)

by Geoffrey A. Moore
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Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation cover

125. Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation

by Edward Chancellor
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Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) cover

126. Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson
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Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind cover

127. Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind

by Jack Trout, Al Ries
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An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition) cover

128. An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition)

by Gerald M. Weinberg
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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence cover

129. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

by Michael Pollan
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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective cover

130. Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective

by Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman
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Badass: Making Users Awesome cover

131. Badass: Making Users Awesome

by Kathy Sierra
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Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition cover

132. Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition

by Jeffrey Friedl
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) cover

133. The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

by Robert J. Gordon
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Motel of the Mysteries cover

134. Motel of the Mysteries

by David Macaulay
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It―Unlock Your Persuasion Potential in Professional and Personal Life cover

135. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It―Unlock Your Persuasion Potential in Professional and Personal Life

by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz
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Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves cover

136. Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves

by Christian Rudder
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Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more cover

137. Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more

by David H. Freedman
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When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management cover

138. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

by Roger Lowenstein
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Dreamland cover

139. Dreamland

by Sam Quinones, Neil Hellegers
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Land of Lisp cover

140. Land of Lisp

by Conrad Barski
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