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OCTOBER 6, 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: 1, Months on List: 23 2. EXECUTION By Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan (Crown Business -- $27.50) Translating business strategies into results. Last Month: 2, Months on List: 15 3. WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? By Po Bronson (Random House -- $24.95) Overcoming confusion to find your true calling. Last Month: 4, Months on List: 8 4. REEFER MADNESS By Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin -- $23) The underground economy in porn, pot, and migrant labor. Last Month: 3, Months on List: 4 5. 24 DAYS By Rebecca Smith, John R. Emshwiller (Harper Business -- $25.95) Two Wall Street Journal reporters' account of the Enron fiasco. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 6. THE FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS OF A TEAM By Patrick Lencioni (Jossey-Bass -- $22) Ending behavior that obstructs teamwork. Last Month: 6, Months on List: 14 7. PURPLE COW By Seth Godin (Portfolio -- $19.95) Astonish your customers, says this marketing guru. Last Month: 5, Months on List: 4 8. 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: 11 9. MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR MONEY By Jane Bryant Quinn (Simon & Schuster -- $30) An updated financial primer. Last Month: --, Months on List: 5 10. ADVENTURE CAPITALIST By Jim Rogers (Random House -- $26.95) Insights about the future of the global economy from a world traveler. Last Month: --, Months on List: 3 11. LEADERSHIP By Rudolph W. Giuliani (Talk Miramax -- $25.95) Hizzoner speaks. Last Month: 12, Months on List: 11 12. 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: 7, Months on List: 5 13. THE 5 PATTERNS OF EXTRAORDINARY CAREERS By James M. Citrin, Richard A. Smith (Crown Business -- $22.95) Tips on managing your work life, from two executive recruiters. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 14. HUG YOUR CUSTOMERS By Jack Mitchell (Hyperion -- $19.95) It's the personal touch that counts. Last Month: 8, Months on List: 2 15. THE 21 INDISPENSABLE QUALITIES OF A LEADER By John C. Maxwell (Thomas Nelson -- $17.99) The personal traits necessary to inspire the rank and file. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 1. FAST FOOD NATION By Eric Schlosser (HarperCollins -- $13.95) The implications of the burger-and-fries culture. Last Month: 1, Months on List: 19 2. NICKEL AND DIMED By Barbara Ehrenreich (Owl Books -- $13) An undercover investigation into the daily struggles of the working poor. Last Month: 3, Months on List: 8 3. THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR, REVISED EDITION By Benjamin Graham, with Jason Zweig (HarperBusiness -- $19.95) The classic explanation of "value investing," with new material. Last Month: 2, Months on List: 2 4. THE TIPPING POINT By Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay -- $14.95) What turns an idea into a hot trend. Last Month: 4, Months on List: 20 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: 11 6. REAL ESTATE LOOPHOLES By Diane Kennedy, C.P.A., Garrett Sutton, Esq. (Warner -- $16.95) Tax and legal knowhow. Last Month: 6, Months on List: 5 7. REAL ESTATE RICHES By Dolf de Roos (Warner -- $17.95) Why buildings are better investments than stocks. Last Month: 7, Months on List: 22 8. THE E-MYTH REVISITED By Michael E. Gerber (HarperBusiness -- $16) How a systematic approach can lead to small-business success. Last Month: 8, 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: 9, Months on List: 18 10. IT'S NOT HOW GOOD YOU ARE, IT'S HOW GOOD YOU WANT TO BE By Paul Arden (Phaidon -- $7.95) An ad man's aphorisms on success. Last Month: 12, 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: 10, Months on List: 20 12. HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS IN REAL ESTATE IN 3 YEARS STARTING WITH NO CASH By Tyler G. Hicks (Berkley -- $14) Make way, Donald Trump! Last Month: 13, Months on List: 7 13. THE POWER OF FOCUS By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt (Health Communications -- $12.95) Zoning in on achievement. Last Month: --, Months on List: 4 14. INVESTING IN FIXER-UPPERS By Jay P. DeCima (McGraw-Hill -- $18.95) This old house. Last Month: 15, Months on List: 5 15. HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN STOCKS By William J. O'Neil (McGraw-Hill -- $12.95) Picking winners, by the founder of Investor's Business Daily. Last Month: --, Months on List: 7 WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? By Spencer Johnson (Putnam -- $19.95) FISH! By 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) THE 21 IRREFUTABLE LAWS OF LEADERSHIP By John C. Maxwell (Thomas Nelson -- $22.99) RICH DAD, POOR DAD By Robert T. Kiyosaki, with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner -- $15.95) GETTING TO YES By Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton (Penguin -- $14) THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER By Kenneth Blanchard, Spencer Johnson (Berkley -- $12.95) THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE By Stephen R. Covey (Fireside -- $14) RICH DAD'S CASHFLOW QUADRANT By Robert T. Kiyosaki, with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner -- $17.95) RICH DAD'S GUIDE TO INVESTING By Robert T. Kiyosaki, with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner -- $17.95) HOME BUYING FOR DUMMIES By Eric Tyson, Ray Brown (Wiley -- $21.99) THE 9 STEPS TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM By Suze Orman (Three Rivers -- $14.95) 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 August. 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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