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The Lean Startup by Eric RiesZero to One by Peter ThielThe 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy FerrissThe Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben HorowitzHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Before Starting a Startup...read these
171 books — 306 voters
Career Breakthrough Playbook by Will LukangThe Lean Startup by Eric RiesNail It Then Scale It by Nathan FurrThe Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M. ChristensenFounders at Work by Jessica Livingston
Essential Reading for Startup Founders
192 books — 183 voters

Explosive Growth by Cliff LernerThe Art of Startup Fundraising by Alejandro CremadesThe Lean Startup by Eric RiesNail It Then Scale It by Nathan FurrThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Entrepreneurial Books
114 books — 135 voters
Journey to the West by Biao Wang17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail by Pooja AgnihotriAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyExplosive Growth by Cliff LernerNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Best Books For New Entrepreneurs
66 books — 134 voters

The Art of Startup Fundraising by Alejandro Cremades17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail by Pooja AgnihotriThe Merchant of Stories by Dipa SanataniExplosive Growth by Cliff LernerVenture by Sean Meehan
Candid startup stories
44 books — 97 voters
17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail by Pooja AgnihotriThe Art of Startup Fundraising by Alejandro CremadesExplosive Growth by Cliff LernerAmazon Seller Central Secrets by Bruce WalkerEarly Warning Signals by G. Scott Graham
Best Books for Creating a Startup (Entrepreneurship)
43 books — 97 voters

The Art of Startup Fundraising by Alejandro CremadesElegant Entrepreneur by Danielle TateGrowth Hacking Reddit by Jonathan RintalaNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Books for Lifestyle Entrepreneurs, 9-to-5 Escape Artists, and Digital Nomads
77 books — 72 voters
Explosive Growth by Cliff LernerA Newborn Business by Zoltan AndrejkovicsAmazon Seller Central Secrets by Bruce WalkerThe Content Marketer’s Blog Post Playbook by K.M. WadeA Guide To Inbound Marketing For Small Business by Izabela Cottle
Best Online Marketing Books for Entrepreneurs
41 books — 35 voters

Explosive Growth by Cliff LernerAmazon Seller Central Secrets by Bruce WalkerLessons My Brothers Taught Me by Charles D. McCarrickShoe Dog by Phil KnightNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Best Rated Books on Entrepreneurship and StartUps
82 books — 35 voters
CEO-Stories by Michael EastwoodEarly Warning Signals by G. Scott GrahamThe Company Valuation Playbook by Charles SunnucksCapitalism for Democrats by Martin LowyRich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Essential Business Books
117 books — 33 voters

The Focus Equation by Thinker MindsetThe Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick LencioniTime Management PRIVATE WORKSHOP Designed as a Book I Bit by ... by N. SakrThe Ideal Team Player by Patrick LencioniFirst, Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham
Ashik's Leadership Books
61 books — 6 voters
Start with Why by Simon SinekThe Making of a Manager by Julie ZhuoCreativity, Inc. by Ed CatmullThe Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. NormanFlow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
Non-Product Books That Every PM Should Read
74 books — 5 voters

Growth Hacking Reddit by Jonathan RintalaThe Marketing Machine by Ros ConkieOutliers by Malcolm GladwellThe Lean Startup by Eric Ries$100M Leads by Alex Hormozi
Best Growth Hacking Books
9 books — 5 voters
Never Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyImmigrant Manifesto by Obi OdenigboForeignpreneur by Davies Iyiegbu
Best Foreign Professional Books
3 books — 4 voters

Getting Naked by Joel PrimusTime to Get Tough by Michael J. ColesA Summer Classic by Christopher TauntonBelieve It by Jamie Kern LimaHow I Built This by Guy Raz
Best Business Memoirs for Startuppers and Entrepreneurs
17 books — 4 voters
The Other Man in Me by Sheldon ShalleyMessed Up Like You by Rick CulletonBuilding A Successful Career With ADHD by Connie NareshA Radical Guide for Women with ADHD by Sari SoldenDivergent Mind by Jenara Nerenberg
Best Books For Entrepreneurs with ADHD
6 books — 4 voters

#AskGaryVee by Gary VaynerchukThe Third Wave by Steve CaseVenture Deals by Brad FeldBorn for This by Chris GuillebeauThe Art of Startup Fundraising by Alejandro Cremades
2016's Best Books for Entrepreneurs [Inc Article]
7 books — 3 voters
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale CarnegieGood to Great by Jim CollinsPMO Governance by Eugen SpivakHigh Output Management by Andrew S. GroveThe Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
Business Books for Running a Startup
42 books — 3 voters

Startup Communities by Brad FeldThink And Grow Rich by Napoleon HillHow to F*ck Up Your Startup by Kim HvidkjaerThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Startup Books List
4 books — 3 voters
The Cult of We by Eliot BrownThe Accidental Billionaires by Ben MezrichConspiracy by Ryan HolidayEpic Win for Anonymous by Cole StrykerHey, Hun by Emily Lynn Paulson
Internet & Startup Drama, Busts, and Fraud
16 books — 2 voters

The CMO's Periodic Table by Drew NeisserRestoring the Soul of Business by Rishad TobaccowalaThe Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben HorowitzCrucial Conversations by Kerry PattersonEverybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Sarner Some Books On Business
13 books — 1 voter
The Upstarts by Brad StoneNo Filter by Sarah FrierBillion Dollar Brand Club by Lawrence IngrassiaFacebook by Steven LevyThat Will Never Work by Marc Randolph
Best books about startups
5 books — 1 voter

Restoring the Soul of Business by Rishad TobaccowalaThe Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben HorowitzConfessions of an Advertising Man by David OgilvyEverybody Lies by Seth Stephens-DavidowitzQuizMaster by Mike Hawkins
Steve's Favs on Business & Leadership
19 books — 1 voter
Ignite Global Change by Alessandro CrimiDead Aid by Dambisa MoyoWhy Nations Fail by Daron AcemoğluThe Prosperity Paradox by Clayton M. ChristensenPoor Economics by Abhijit V. Banerjee
How to change the world
5 books — 1 voter

The Elegant Solution by Matthew E. MayDiffusion of Innovations by Everett M. RogersLeading the Revolution by Gary HamelThe Surprising Power of Liberating Structures by Henri LipmanowiczScale by Geoffrey B. West
Innovation and digital transformation
9 books — 1 voter
Why Startups Fail by Tom EisenmannThe $5K Startup by Jason R. RichThe Startup Way by Eric RiesStartup Leadership by Derek LidowThe Lean Startup by Eric Ries
Startup Books - The Top Ones for Unicorn Founders
14 books — 1 voter

My Work is Not Yet Done by Thomas LigottiHorrorstör by Grady HendrixHasty for the Dark by Adam L.G. NevillThere Is No Antimemetics Division by qntmThe Corporation by J.F. Gonzalez
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Horror in Fiction
66 books — 1 voter
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyLakewood by Megan GiddingsSnow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Employees by Olga RavnRipe by Sarah Rose Etter
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Exploitation in Fiction Part I
100 books — 1 voter

Metal from Heaven by August ClarkeTrust by Hernan DiazLand of Milk and Honey by C Pam ZhangBabel by R.F. KuangThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Exploitation in Fiction Part II
100 books — 1 voter
The Egg Man by Carlton Mellick IIIExtreme Makeover by Dan WellsThe Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 3 by Philip K. DickThe Terraformers by Annalee NewitzThe Portable Door by Tom Holt
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Exploitation in Fiction Part III
14 books — 1 voter

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