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OCTOBER 4, 2004
The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List 1 THE AUTOMATIC MILLIONAIRE By David Bach (Broadway -- $19.95) Putting your investment program on autopilot. Last month: 1, Months on list: 8 2 NICE GIRLS DON'T GET THE CORNER OFFICE By Lois P. Frankel, PhD (Warner Business -- $19.95) Avoid the lifelong habits that may block promotion. Last month: 3, Months on list: 7 3 THE PRESENT By Spencer Johnson (Doubleday -- $19.95) The pursuit of happiness and success, as described in a fable. Last month: 5, Months on list: 11 4 THE (MIS)BEHAVIOR OF MARKETS By Benoit Mandelbrot, Richard L. Hudson (Basic Books -- $27.50) A mathematician says markets are riskier than we might think. Last month: --, Months on list: 1 5 HOW FULL IS YOUR BUCKET? By Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton, PhD (Gallup Press -- $19.95) Accentuate the positive at work. Last month: --, Months on list: 1 6 CREATIVE MEMORIES By Cheryl Lightle with Heidi L. Everett (McGraw-Hill -- $21.95) The story behind the scrapbook company. Last month: --, Months on list: 1 7 THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER By Kenneth Blanchard, PhD, Spencer Johnson, M.D. (Morrow -- $19.95) Three manage- ment techniques, conveyed in brief story form. Last month: 6, Months on list: 5 8 MENTORED BY A MILLIONAIRE By Steven K. Scott (Wiley -- $24.95) Techniques to boost creativity and find success. Last month: --, Months on list: 1 9 TRUMP: HOW TO GET RICH By Donald J. Trump with Meredith McIver (Random House -- $21.95) Impress the boss. Last month: 4, Months on list: 6 10 THE WISDOM OF CROWDS By James Surowiecki (Doubleday -- $24.95) Group decisions can be better than those of the smartest individual. Last month: 2, Months on list: 3 11 THE FRED FACTOR By Mark Sanborn (Doubleday -- $14.95) The mailman's philosophy of work and life. Last month: 9, Months on list: 5 12 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: 10, Months on list: 10 13 THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER By Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson -- $24.99) Building up your rainy-day reserves. Last month: 15, Months on list: 7 14 LIFE 2.0 By Rich Karlgaard (Crown Business -- $24.95) Tales of those who have reshaped their lives, escaping the city and the rat race. Last month: --, Months on list: 1 15 THE FIRST 90 DAYS By Michael Watkins (Harvard Business School -- $24.95) How best to cope with career transitions. Last month: 14, Months on list: 7 1 SMART COUPLES FINISH RICH By David Bach (Broadway -- $14.95) Managing your money after you've tied the knot. Last month: 12, Months on list: 7 2 NICKEL AND DIMED By Barbara Ehrenreich (Owl Books -- $13) How the working poor have to struggle to make ends meet. Last month: 1, Months on list: 11 3 WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? By Richard Nelson Bolles (Ten Speed -- $17.95) The 2004 edition of the enduring job-search bible. Last month: 2, Months on list: 20 4 SMART WOMEN FINISH RICH By David Bach (Broadway -- $14.95) A nine-step program for spending wisely and preparing for the future. Last month: 4, Months on list: 10 5 GETTING THINGS DONE By David Allen (Penguin -- $14) Organizing your office and managing your time. Last month: 3, Months on list: 9 6 RICH DAD'S WHO TOOK MY MONEY? By Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter, C.P.A. (Warner Business -- $16.95) How to score "ultra-high" investment returns. Last month: 6, Months on list: 6 7 LOVE IT, DON'T LEAVE IT By Beverly Kaye, Sharon Jordan- Evans (Berrett-Koehler -- $17.95) Reforming your job to make it palatable. Last month: 5, Months on list: 4 8 HOW TO BE A QUICK TURN REAL ESTATE MILLIONAIRE By Ron LeGrand (Dearborn -- $21.95) Sell houses fast, fast, fast. Last month: --, Months on list: 1 9 TRUMP: THE ART OF THE DEAL By Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz (Warner -- $6.99) Tax abatements, etc. Last month: --, Months on list: 1 10 EFFECTIVE PHRASES FOR PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS By James E. Neal Jr. (Neal Publications -- $10.95) How about "attaboy"? Last month: 7, Months on list: 7 11 THE 48 LAWS OF POWER By Robert Greene (Penguin -- $17) Rules for strivers, drawn from the likes of Machiavelli. Last month: 14, Months on list: 16 12 THE MILLIONAIRE REAL ESTATE AGENT By Gary Keller with Dave Jenks and Jay Papasan (McGraw-Hill -- $19.95) Models that can make a real estate career soar. Last month: 13, Months on list: 10 13 START YOUR OWN BUSINESS By Rieva Lesonsky (Entrepreneur Press -- $24.95) From soup to nuts. Last month: 10, Months on list: 4 14 RICH DAD'S GUIDE TO BECOMING RICH WITHOUT CUTTING UP YOUR CREDIT CARDS By Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter, C.P.A. (Warner -- $10) Understanding debt. Last month: 9, Months on list: 6 15 THE POWER OF FOCUS By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt (Health Communications -- $12.95) Success without burnout. Last month: --, Months on list: 7 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.  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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