The 10 most reread business books of all time

We’ve rounded up some of the best business books of all time, with a little help from Goodreads reviews. Consider this list your personal MBA, each book packed with so many nuggets of information that you’ll want to come back and revisit them every couple of years.

Selecting a business book off the shelf is always a bit of a gamble — is it going to be worth your while, or will it be padded with the same pop psychology that personal development seminars and coaches have been peddling for decades?

There are lots of greats out there if you’re willing to weed out the stinkers. But there are a select number of business books that outshine the rest — ones that you’ll want to leave on your office desk permanently to flip through or reread time and time again.

1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Go ahead and ask any business leader, and they’ll probably tell you they’ve read Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People at least half a dozen times.

This classic business read dates back to 1989 and was named the No. 1 Most Influential Business Book of the 20th century for its approach to leading and managing both your professional and personal life.

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2. How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People is another time-tested classic that remains well-loved by contemporary businesspeople and anyone keen to understand what it takes to be a successful leader.

It details how to make people like you, improve your way of thinking, and influence those around you for the better.

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3. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t

Jim Collins’ Good to Great was born out of just one question: Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how?

The study and its findings showed that mediocre companies — and even bad companies — can achieve lasting greatness through mindful tweaks and discipline.

Purchase a copy of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t here.

4. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity is essentially a productivity methodology that’s conveyed by just a few shockingly simple concepts that will revolutionize the way you work — if you’re willing to learn.

Author David Allen walks readers through the fundamental ideas required to compartmentalize your brain in order to be productive without pressure.

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5. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

In The Tipping Point, author Malcolm Gladwell takes readers through exactly how to take a small idea or thought and turn it into an action or concept to build upon.

In short, Gladwell’s take is that every hugely successful business or corporation once started as a fleeting thought. The key is to hold onto them and pursue them.

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