What books should entrepreneurs read?

Top business books of all time. Must read for business folks at any level of the pyramid. Total Categories: 27 and Total Titles: 130+ covering every single aspect of any business.

Business Creation (8)

Go It Alone - Bruce Judson

The Lean Startup - Eric Ries

The Knack - Norm Brodsky & Bo Burlingham

Ready, Fire, Aim - Michael Masterson

Escape from Cubicle Nation - Pamela Slim

Bankable Business Plans - Edward Rogoff

Zero to One - Peter Thiel

The E-Myth Revisited - Michael Gerber

Value-Creation and Testing (3)

Rework - Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

The New Business Road Test - John Mullins

Sprint - Jake Knapp

Marketing (9)

All Marketers Are Liars - Seth Godin

Permission Marketing - Seth Godin

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing - Al Ries & Jack Trout

The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding - Al Ries

Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got - Jay Abraham

Why We Buy - Paco Underhill

Purple Cow - Seth Godin

The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell

Made to Stick - Chip Heath

Sales (7)

The Psychology of Selling - Brian Tracy

Pitch Anything - Oren Klaff

The Ultimate Sales Machine - Chet Holmes

SPIN Selling - Neil Rackham

Secrets of Closing the Sale - Zig Ziglar

The Challenger Sale - Brent Adamson

Value-Delivery (1)

Indispensable - Joe Calloway

Finance & Accounting (10)

Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs - Karen Berman & Joe Knight

Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits - Greg Crabtree

The 1% Windfall - Rafi Mohammed

Accounting Made Simple - Mike Piper

How to Read a Financial Report - John Tracy

Venture Deals - Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson

The Intelligent Investor - Benjamin Graham

Security Analysis - Benjamin Graham and David Dodd

Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius - Joel Greenblatt

The Human Mind (4)

Thinking, Fast & Slow - Daniel Kahneman

Making Sense of Behavior - William T. Powers

Driven - Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

Deep Survival - Laurence Gonzales

Productivity & Effectiveness (8)

Getting Things Done - David Allen

Focus - Leo Babauta

The Power of Full Engagement - Tony Schwartz & Jim Loehr

The ONE Thing - Gary Keller

Deep Work - Cal Newport

Work Clean - Dan Charnas

Getting Results the Agile Way - J.D. Meier

Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Better, Faster, and Smarter

Problem-Solving (3)

The 80/20 Principle - Richard Koch

Accidental Genius - Mark Levy

Learning from the Future - Liam Fahey & Robert Randall

Behavioral Change (4)

The Power of Less - Leo Babauta

The Path of Least Resistance - Robert Fritz

Re-Create Your Life - Morty Lefkoe

Self-Directed Behavior - David L. Watson & Roland G. Tharp

Decision-Making (3)

Sources of Power - Gary Klein

Smart Choices - John S. Hammond

Ethics for the Real World - Ronald Howard & Clinton Korver

Communication (11)

On Writing Well - William Zinsser

Presentation Zen - Garr Reynolds

The Copywriter’s Handbook - Robert Bly

Show Me the Numbers - Stephen Few

Influence - Robert Cialdini

How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

Crucial Conversations - Kerry Patterson

The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene

Confessions of a Public Speaker - Scott Berkun

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - Patrick Lencioni

Never Eat Alone - Keith Ferrazzi

Negotiation (3)

Bargaining for Advantage - G. Richard Shell

3-D Negotiation - David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

The Partnership Charter - David Gage

Management (10)

First, Break All The Rules - Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman

12 - Rodd Wagner & James Harter

Growing Great Employees - Erika Andersen

The Essential Drucker - Peter F. Drucker

High Output Management - Andy Grove

One Minute Manager - Ken Blanchard

From Good to Great - Jim Collins

Lean Thinking - James Womack & Daniel Jones

The Goal - Eliyahu Goldratt

The Effective Executive - Peter Drucker

Leadership (5)

Tribes - Seth Godin

Total Leadership - Stewart Friedman

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There - Marshall Goldsmith

The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan - George Bradt

The Halo Effect - Phil Rosenzweig

Project Management (2)

Making Things Happen - Scott Berkun

Results Without Authority - Tom Kendrick

Systems (3)

Thinking in Systems - Donella Meadows

Work the System - Sam Carpenter

The Fifth Discipline - Peter Senge

Analysis (3)

Turning Numbers Into Knowledge - Jonathan Koomey

Marketing Metrics - Paul W. Farris

The Economist Numbers Guide - Richard Stuteley

Statistics (2)

Thinking Statistically - Uri Bram

How to Lie With Statistics - Darrell Huff

Corporate Skills (4)

The Unwritten Laws of Business

The Simplicity Survival Handbook - Bill Jensen

Hire With Your Head - Lou Adler

The Essays of Warren Buffett - Lawrence Cunningham

Corporate Strategy (4)

Purpose - Nikos Mourkogiannis

Competitive Strategy - Michael Porter

Blue Ocean Strategy - W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne

Seeing What’s Next - Clayton Christensen

Corporate Culture (1)

Work Rules - Laszlo Bock

Innovation & Creativity (5)

The Creative Habit - Twyla Tharp

Myths of Innovation - Scott Berkun

Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Peter F. Drucker

Originals - Adam Grant

The Innovator’s Dilemma - Clayton Christensen

Design (2)

The Design of Everyday Things - Donald Norman

Universal Principles of Design - William Lidwell

Consulting (3)

Getting Started in Consulting - Alan Weiss

Secrets of Consulting - Gerald M. Weinberg

Value-Based Fees - Alan Weiss

Personal Finance (5)

Your Money or Your Life - Joel Dominguez & Vicki Robin

The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas Stanley & William Danko

I Will Teach You To Be Rich - Ramit Sethi

Fail-Safe Investing - Harry Browne

Still the Only Investment Guide You Need - Andrew Tobias

Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill

Personal Growth (11)

Lead the Field - Earl Nightingale

The Art of Exceptional Living - Jim Rohn

A Guide to the Good Life - William Braxton Irvine

The Monk and the Riddle - Randy Komisar

The Dip - Seth Godin

Linchpin - Seth Godin

Poor Charlie’s Almanack - Charlie Munger

7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey

Mastery - Robert Greene

The Four-Hour Workweek - Tim Ferriss

Choose/Reinvent Yourself - James Altucher