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JUNE 30, 2003
The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List 1. REEFER MADNESS By Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin -- $23) The underground economy in porn, pot, and migrant labor. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 2. GOOD TO GREAT By Jim Collins (HarperBusiness -- $27.50) How run-of-the-mill companies make the leap to excellence. Last Month: 1, Months on List: 20 3. WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? By Po Bronson (Random House -- $24.95) Overcoming confusion to find your true calling. Last Month: 2, Months on List: 5 4. EXECUTION By Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan (Crown Business -- $27.50) Translate business strategies into results. Last Month: 3, Months on List: 12 5. PURPLE COW By Seth Godin (Portfolio -- $19.95) Astonish your customers, says this marketing guru. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 6. LEADERSHIP By Rudolph W. Giuliani (Talk Miramax -- $25.95) Hizzoner speaks. Last Month: 4, Months on List: 8 7. THE IRON TRIANGLE By Dan Briody (Wiley -- $24.95) An expose of the well-connected Carlyle Group. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 8. THE FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS OF A TEAM By Patrick Lencioni (Jossey-Bass -- $22) End behavior that obstructs teamwork. Last Month: 9, Months on List: 11 9. HOW WOULD YOU MOVE MOUNT FUJI? By William Poundstone (Little, Brown -- $22.95) The logic puzzles used in high-tech job interviews. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 10. THE ONE MINUTE MILLIONAIRE By Mark Victor Hansen, Robert G. Allen (Harmony Books -- $19.95) Chicken soup for the investor. Last Month: 8, Months on List: 8 11. YES, YOU CAN TIME THE MARKET By Ben Stein, Phil DeMuth (Wiley -- $24.95) An opinionated primer on crunching the numbers. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 12. HOW TO BECOME A RAINMAKER By Jeffrey J. Fox (Hyperion -- $16.95) Turn yourself into a super salesperson. Last Month: --, Months on List: 8 13. ADVENTURE CAPITALIST By Jim Rogers (Random House -- $26.95) Investment tips from a global traveler. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 14. THINKING FOR A CHANGE By John C. Maxwell (Warner Business -- $22.95) Cogitate your way to the top, step-by-step. Last Month: 12, Months on List: 2 15. THE 21 IRREFUTABLE LAWS OF LEADERSHIP By John C. Maxwell (Thomas Nelson -- $22.99) A minister's down-to-earth rules. Last Month: --, Months on List: 24 1. FAST FOOD NATION By Eric Schlosser (HarperCollins -- $13.95) The bad news on burgers. Last Month: 4, Months on List: 16 2. NICKEL AND DIMED By Barbara Ehrenreich (Owl Books -- $13) How the working poor struggle to make ends meet. Last Month: 12, Months on List: 5 3. THE TIPPING POINT By Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay -- $14.95) What turns an idea into a hot trend, by a New Yorker writer. Last Month: 1, Months on List: 17 4. REAL ESTATE LOOPHOLES By Diane Kennedy, C.P.A., Garrett Sutton, Esq. (Warner Books -- $16.95) Tax and legal knowhow. Last Month: 3, Months on List: 2 5. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? By Richard Nelson Bolles (Ten Speed -- $17.95) The 2003 edition of the enduring job-search bible. Last Month: 2, Months on List: 8 6. REAL ESTATE RICHES By Dolf de Roos (Warner -- $17.95) Why buildings are better investments than stocks. Last Month: 5, Months on List: 19 7. THE E-MYTH REVISITED By Michael E. Gerber (HarperBusiness -- $16) A systems approach for small-business success. Last Month: 6, Months on List: 20 8. HOME BUYING FOR DUMMIES By Eric Tyson, Ray Brown (Wiley -- $21.99) Gimme shelter and a mortgage. Last Month: 9, Months on List: 23 9. THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON By George S. Clason (Signet -- $6.99) Save 10% of what you earn -- then pay your bills. Last Month: 10, Months on List: 15 10. THE ART OF POSSIBILITY By Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander (Penguin -- $14) How to be creative, by a psychotherapist and the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic. Last Month: --, Months on List: 2 11. RICH DAD'S RETIRE YOUNG RETIRE RICH By Robert T. Kiyosaki, with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner -- $17.95) Plan ahead. Last Month: 11, Months on List: 17 12. MILLIONAIRE REAL ESTATE MENTOR By Russ Whitney (Dearborn -- $21.95) The fundamentals, from those who've succeeded. Last Month: 7, Months on List: 2 13. MARTHA INC. By Christopher M. Byron (Wiley -- $14.95) Behind the domestic diva's mystique. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 14. EFFECTIVE PHRASES FOR PERFORMANCE APPRAISALSBy James E. Neal Jr. (Neal Publications -- $10.95) How about: "attaboy"? Last Month: 15, Months on List: 4 15. INVESTING IN FIXER-UPPERS By Jay P. DeCima (McGraw-Hill -- $18.95) This old house. Last Month: 13, Months on List: 2 BusinessWeek's Best-Seller List is based on a survey of chain and independent booksellers that carry a broad selection of books on economics, management, sales and marketing, small business, investing, personal finance, and careers. Well over 1,000 retail outlets nationwide are represented. Current rankings are based on a weighted analysis of unit sales in May. 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