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The Business Reading Room is a curated guide to 379 business books, with learning tracks and matching courses for people who build, manage and lead. Find what is worth your time, understand why it matters, and turn useful thinking into better decisions.
379 curated booksA focused library across leadership, strategy, sales and more
Courses to matchUdemy course shelves for every topic, paired with the books
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Put ideas to workA concrete action with every topic and track
Retail & FMCGBooks and insights for consumer markets, retail and operations
Featured books
Essential reading selected for managers, founders and ambitious professionals.
Good Strategy Bad Strategy
Good Strategy Bad Strategy
Strategy & Decision MakingHigh Output Management
High Output Management
Management & OrganizationsNever Split the Difference
Never Split the Difference
Sales & NegotiationHow Brands Grow
How Brands Grow
Marketing & BrandingThe Psychology of Money
The Psychology of Money
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Newer titles on AI, leadership, strategy, finance and the changing world of work.
Co-Intelligence
Co-Intelligence
Technology, AI & InnovationEmpire of AI
Empire of AI
Technology, AI & InnovationSlow Productivity
Slow Productivity
Productivity & Personal EffectivenessSame as Ever
Same as Ever
Finance & InvestingRight Kind of Wrong
Right Kind of Wrong
Management & OrganizationsThe Thinking Machine
The Thinking Machine
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1929
Economics & Business HistoryArtificial Integrity
Artificial Integrity
Technology, AI & InnovationAtomic Habits
Atomic Habits
Productivity & Personal EffectivenessBlue Ocean Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy
Strategy & Decision MakingCan I Say That?
Can I Say That?
Sales & NegotiationCo-Intelligence
Co-Intelligence
Technology, AI & InnovationCompetitive Strategy
Competitive Strategy
Strategy & Decision MakingEmpire of AI
Empire of AI
Technology, AI & InnovationFeel-Good Productivity
Feel-Good Productivity
Productivity & Personal EffectivenessGetting to Yes
Getting to Yes
Sales & NegotiationGood to Great
Good to Great
Leadership & PeopleHigh Output Management
High Output Management
Management & OrganizationsHow Brands Grow
How Brands Grow
Marketing & BrandingHow to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Sales & NegotiationInfluence
Influence
Sales & NegotiationMoney and Power
Money and Power
Economics & Business HistoryPioneers
Pioneers
Entrepreneurship & StartupsPositioning
Positioning
Marketing & BrandingRight Kind of Wrong
Right Kind of Wrong
Management & OrganizationsSame as Ever
Same as Ever
Finance & InvestingSlow Productivity
Slow Productivity
Productivity & Personal EffectivenessThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Leadership & PeopleThe AI-Savvy Leader
The AI-Savvy Leader
Technology, AI & InnovationThe E-Myth Revisited
The E-Myth Revisited
Entrepreneurship & StartupsThe Effective Executive
The Effective Executive
Management & OrganizationsThe Fifth Discipline
The Fifth Discipline
Strategy & Decision MakingThe Goal
The Goal
Management & OrganizationsThe Innovator's Dilemma