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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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Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

161. Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Jim Gray, Andreas Reuter
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Global Catastrophic Risks cover

162. Global Catastrophic Risks

by Nick Bostrom, Milan M. Cirkovic
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Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company cover

163. Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company

by Michael Shawn Malone
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Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All cover

164. Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All

by Michael Shellenberger
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The Political Economy of Dictatorship cover

165. The Political Economy of Dictatorship

by Ronald Wintrobe
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Friends in High Places cover

166. Friends in High Places

by William L. Livingston
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Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats cover

167. Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats

by Gwynne Dyer
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The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King cover

168. The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King

by Rich Cohen
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Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair cover

169. Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair

by Daniel P. Brown
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The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation cover

170. The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation

by Matthew Dixon, Brent Adamson
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On Lisp: Advanced Techniques for Common Lisp cover

171. On Lisp: Advanced Techniques for Common Lisp

by Paul Graham
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The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy cover

172. The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy

by Stephanie Kelton
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Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A Comprehensive Guide cover

173. Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A Comprehensive Guide

by George Brown Arfken, George B. Arfken, Hans J. Weber, Frank E. Harris
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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness cover

174. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

by Peter Godfrey-Smith
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Shut Out: How a Housing Shortage Caused the Great Recession and Crippled Our Economy (Mercatus Center at George Mason University) cover

175. Shut Out: How a Housing Shortage Caused the Great Recession and Crippled Our Economy (Mercatus Center at George Mason University)

by Kevin Erdmann
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Dead Reckoning: Calculating Without Instruments cover

176. Dead Reckoning: Calculating Without Instruments

by Ronald W. Doerfler
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How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships cover

177. How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

by Leil Lowndes
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The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance cover

178. The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance

by Henry Petroski
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Lao-tzu's Taoteching cover

179. Lao-tzu's Taoteching

by Laozi
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Tartine Bread cover

180. Tartine Bread

by Chad Robertson
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