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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 Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains cover

21. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr
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How to Lie with Statistics cover

22. How to Lie with Statistics

by Darrell Huff
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C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software cover

23. C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software

by David R. Hanson
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Basic Economics cover

24. Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell
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The Non-Designer's Design Book (3rd Edition) cover

25. The Non-Designer's Design Book (3rd Edition)

by Robin Williams
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Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions cover

26. Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

by Dan Ariely
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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier cover

27. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

by Edward Ludwig Glaeser
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide cover

28. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

by David Flanagan
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The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language cover

29. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language

by Rodney D. Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum
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Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre cover

30. Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

by Keith Johnstone
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How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets cover

31. How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

by Felix Dennis
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Algorithm Design cover

32. Algorithm Design

by Jon Kleinberg, Éva Tardos
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Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition cover

33. Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition

by Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life cover

34. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

by Mark Manson
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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials) cover

35. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials)

by Clayton M. Christensen
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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers cover

36. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

by Tom Standage
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How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition cover

37. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Velleman
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage cover

38. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

by Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew
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Quantum Computing since Democritus cover

39. Quantum Computing since Democritus

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Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book and Cd-Rom cover

40. Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book and Cd-Rom

by Richard A. Burgess
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