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AUGUST 11, 2003
The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List 1. GOOD TO GREAT By Jim Collins (HarperBusiness -- $27.50) How run-of-the-mill companies make the leap to excellence. Last Month: 2, Months on List: 21 2. REEFER MADNESS By Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin -- $23) The underground economy in porn, pot, and migrant labor. Last Month: 1, Months on List: 2 3. WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? By Po Bronson (Random House -- $24.95) Overcoming confusion to find your true calling. Last Month: 3, Months on List: 6 4. THE POWER OF FULL ENGAGEMENT By Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz (Free Press -- $26) Apply the rigors of the gym to work and personal life. Last Month: --, Months on List: 3 5. EXECUTION By Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan (Crown Business -- $27.50) Translating business strategies into results. Last Month: 4, Months on List: 13 6. LEADERSHIP By Rudolph W. Giuliani (Talk Miramax -- $25.95) Hizzoner speaks. Last Month: 6, Months on List: 9 7. HOW WOULD YOU MOVE MOUNT FUJI? By William Poundstone (Little, Brown -- $22.95) The logic puzzles used in high-tech job interviews. Last Month: 9, Months on List: 2 8. A MATHEMATICIAN PLAYS THE STOCK MARKET By John Allen Paulos (Basic Books -- $25) Even a number-cruncher can lose money. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 9. PURPLE COW By Seth Godin (Portfolio -- $19.95) Astonish customers, says this marketing guru. Last Month: 5, Months on List: 2 10. ADVENTURE CAPITALIST By Jim Rogers (Random House -- $26.95) Investment tips from a global traveler. Last Month: 13, Months on List: 2 11. THE ONE MINUTE MILLIONAIRE By Mark Victor Hansen, Robert G. Allen (Harmony Books -- $19.95) Chicken soup for the investor. Last Month: 10, Months on List: 9 12. THE FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS OF A TEAM By Patrick Lencioni (Jossey-Bass -- $22) End behavior that obstructs teamwork. Last Month: 8, Months on List: 12 13. THE LAWS OF MONEY, THE LESSONS OF LIFE By Suze Orman (Free Press -- $26) More maxims for prospering, from the queen of personal finance. Last Month: --, Months on List: 4 14. HOW TO BECOME A RAINMAKER By Jeffrey J. Fox (Hyperion -- $16.95) Turn yourself into a super salesperson. Last Month: 12, Months on List: 9 15. FISH! STICKS By Stephen C. Lundin, John Christensen, Harry Paul (Hyperion -- $19.95) Chopsticks and customer service. Last Month: --, Months on List: 3 1. FAST FOOD NATION By Eric Schlosser (HarperCollins -- $13.95) The bad news on burgers. Last Month: 1, Months on List: 17 2. NICKEL AND DIMED By Barbara Ehrenreich (Owl Books -- $13) How the working poor struggle to make ends meet. Last Month: 2, Months on List: 6 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: 3, Months on List: 18 4. REAL ESTATE LOOPHOLES By Diane Kennedy, C.P.A., Garrett Sutton, Esq. (Warner Books -- $16.95) Tax and legal knowhow. Last Month: 4, Months on List: 3 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: 5, Months on List: 9 6. REAL ESTATE RICHES By Dolf de Roos (Warner -- $17.95) Why buildings are better investments than stocks. Last Month: 6, Months on List: 20 7. THE E-MYTH REVISITED By Michael E. Gerber (HarperBusiness -- $16) A systems approach for small-business success. Last Month: 7, Months on List: 21 8. HOME BUYING FOR DUMMIES By Eric Tyson, Ray Brown (Wiley -- $21.99) Gimme shelter--and a mortgage. Last Month: 8, Months on List: 24 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: 9, Months on List: 16 10. THE COMING CRASH IN THE HOUSING MARKET By John R. Talbott (McGraw-Hill -- $14.95) Surviving in a world of falling home prices. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 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: 18 12. MILLIONAIRE REAL ESTATE MENTOR By Russ Whitney (Dearborn -- $21.95) The fundamentals, from those who've succeeded. Last Month: 12, Months on List: 3 13. EFFECTIVE PHRASES FOR PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS By James E. Neal Jr. (Neal Publications -- $10.95) How about: "attaboy"? Last Month: 14, Months on List: 5 14. MARTHA INC. By Christopher M. Byron (Wiley -- $14.95) Looking behind the domestic diva's mystique. Last Month: 13, Months on List: 2 15. INVESTING IN FIXER-UPPERS By Jay P. DeCima (McGraw-Hill -- $18.95) This old house. Last Month: 15, Months on List: 3 WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? By Spencer Johnson (Putnam -- $19.95) FISH! Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen (Hyperion -- $19.95) NOW, DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS By Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton (Free Press -- $27) FIRST, BREAK ALL THE RULES By Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman (Simon & Schuster -- $27) RAVING FANS By Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles (Morrow -- $20) RICH DAD, POOR DAD By Robert T. Kiyosaki, with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner -- $15.95) THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE By Stephen R. Covey (Fireside -- $14) GETTING TO YES By Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton (Penguin -- $14) THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER By Kenneth Blanchard, Spencer Johnson (Berkley -- $12.95) RICH DAD'S CASHFLOW QUADRANT By Robert T. Kiyosaki, with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner -- $17.95) THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR By Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (Pocket Books -- $14.95) RICH DAD'S GUIDE TO INVESTING By Robert T. Kiyosaki, with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner -- $19.95) 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 June. Titles that have been on the Best-Seller List for more than two years appear as Long-Running Best-Sellers.  Get BusinessWeek directly on your desktop with our RSS feeds.  Add BusinessWeek news to your Web site with our headline feed. Click to buy an e-print or reprint of a BusinessWeek or BusinessWeek Online story or video. To subscribe online to BusinessWeek magazine, please click here. Learn more, go to the BusinessWeekOnline home page  | | |
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