Best Business Books

Nike founder Phil Knight's memoir of building one of the world's most iconic brands — from $50 borrowed from his father and a handshake deal for Japanese running shoes to a multi-billion dollar empire. Brutally honest and compulsively readable.

The definitive book on the psychology of persuasion. Cialdini identifies six universal principles — reciprocity, commitment, social proof, authority, liking, and scarcity — that drive human compliance, and shows how they are exploited in sales, marketing, and everyday life.

Former FBI lead hostage negotiator Chris Voss reveals the counter-intuitive techniques he developed for life-or-death negotiations — and shows how they apply to salary talks, business deals, and everyday persuasion. The key insight: humans are not rational actors, and the best negotiators use emotional intelligence, not logic.

One of the most influential business books ever written, offering a principle-centred approach to personal and professional effectiveness.

The surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results — focus on the ONE thing that makes everything else easier or unnecessary.

An investigation into why some leaders and organisations are more influential and innovative than others, based on the Golden Circle framework.

The authorised biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, based on more than forty interviews with Jobs and over one hundred with family members, friends, adversaries, and colleagues.

Warren Buffett calls it 'the best book about investing ever written.' First published in 1949, Graham's value investing principles have stood up to every market cycle since. The revised edition includes commentary by Jason Zweig placing Graham's timeless wisdom in modern context.

A classic of investment literature that established growth investing as a discipline, introducing the 'scuttlebutt' research method and fifteen key questions for evaluating any company.

The definitive guide to stress-free productivity, introducing the GTD method for capturing, clarifying, organising, and engaging with all your commitments.

Jim Collins and his research team studied 1,435 companies over 40 years to answer one question: what distinguishes companies that make the leap from good to great? The answer — built on years of rigorous data analysis — is surprising, counter-intuitive, and deeply applicable beyond business.

Nobel laureate Richard Thaler tells the inside story of how behavioral economics upended the rational-actor model and transformed our understanding of human decision-making.

Peter Lynch, the manager of the legendary Magellan Fund, explains how ordinary investors can use their everyday experiences to find exceptional stock market opportunities.

Building a business when there are no easy answers — a memoir and management guide from one of Silicon Valley's most respected venture capitalists.

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings reveals the unorthodox culture that drives the company's success — and the specific practices behind radical candor, talent density, and freedom with responsibility.

A guide to being a boss who cares personally while challenging directly — and building a culture of feedback that makes both people and results better.

Why great companies can do everything right and still lose market leadership — and how new entrants use disruptive innovation to topple industry leaders.

Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. Cal Newport argues it's both rare and valuable in our economy — and if you master it, you'll thrive.

First published in 1936, Dale Carnegie's landmark guide to human relations has sold over 30 million copies. Its principles on listening, appreciation, and persuasion remain as applicable in modern workplaces and relationships as they were in the 1930s.

Alex Hormozi breaks down how to construct irresistible business offers by maximizing value and eliminating the objections that prevent customers from saying yes.

Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou tells the complete story of how Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos defrauded investors and endangered patients with a blood-testing technology that didn't work.

The former co-owner of Eleven Madison Park recounts how an obsessive commitment to making guests feel seen and celebrated transformed a failing restaurant into the best in the world.

Economic historian Chris Miller traces the history of the semiconductor industry from the invention of the transistor to the US-China technology war, showing how computer chips became the defining resource of the twenty-first century.

Two Navy SEAL commanders translate the leadership principles they learned in Ramadi, Iraq into a framework for business and personal leadership.