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The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List 1. THE 8TH HABIT By Stephen R. Covey (Free Press -- $26) In the new workplace, leaders must demonstrate trust, respect, and openness. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 2. TRUMP: THINK LIKE A BILLIONAIRE By Donald J. Trump, with Meredith McIver (Random House -- $21.95) Tips on real estate, investing -- and relationships. Last Month: 3, Months on List: 2 3. HOW FULL IS YOUR BUCKET? By Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton, PhD (Gallup Press -- $19.95) Accentuating the positive at work. Last Month: 4, Months on List: 4 4. CONFRONTING REALITY By Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan (Crown Business -- $27.50) Zoning in on your business model. Last Month: 9, Months on List: 2 5. THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER By Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson -- $24.95) Getting rid of debt and building up your rainy-day reserves. Last Month: --, Months on List: 8 6. THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF SELLING By Jeffrey Gitomer (Bard Press -- $19.95) A syndicated columnist on why people buy. Last Month: 5, Months on List: 3 7. THE AUTOMATIC MILLIONAIRE By David Bach (Broadway -- $19.95) How to put your investment program on autopilot. Last Month: 10, Months on List: 11 8. THE NEXT GREAT BUBBLE BOOM By Harry S. Dent Jr. (Free Press -- $26) Attention, investors: Good times are just around the corner. Last Month: 8, Months on List: 3 9. CONFIDENCE By Rosabeth Moss Kanter (Crown Business -- $27.50) Rising to the occasion, By a Harvard B-school professor. Last Month: 1, Months on List: 3 10. THE DAILY DRUCKER By Peter F. Drucker (HarperBusiness -- $19.95) Day-by-day inspiration from the management guru. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 11. CAROLYN 101 By Carolyn Kepcher, with Stephen Fenichell (Fireside -- $21.95) Career advice from an adviser to the Donald. Last Month: 2, Months on List: 2 12. THE FRED FACTOR By Mark Sanborn (Currency/Doubleday -- $14.95) The mailman's philosophy of work and life. Last Month: 12, Months on List: 8 13. SUN TZU WAS A SISSY By Stanley Bing (HarperCollins -- $19.95) The humorist strikes again, this time nailing the business-as-war crowd. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 14. THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER By Kenneth Blanchard, PhD, Spencer Johnson, M.D. (Morrow -- $19.95) Three management techniques, conveyed in brief story form. Last Month: 15, Months on List: 8 15. THE PRESENT By Spencer Johnson (Doubleday -- $19.95) The pursuit of happiness and success, described in a fable. Last Month: --, Months on List: 12 1. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? By Richard Nelson Bolles (Ten Speed -- $17.95) The 2005 edition of the enduring job-search bible. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 2. EFFECTIVE PHRASES FOR PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS By James E. Neal Jr. (Neal Publications -- $10.95) How about "attaboy"? Last Month: 8, Months on List: 19 3. THE ABCs OF REAL ESTATE INVESTING By Ken McElroy (Warner Business -- $16.95) Stories from the real estate frontlines. Last Month: 1, Months on List: 3 4. ZERO DEBT By Lynette Khalfani (Advantage World Press -- $14.95) An action plan to overcome money worries. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 5. NICKEL AND DIMED By Barbara Ehrenreich (Owl Books -- $13) How the working poor have to struggle to make ends meet. Last Month: 2, Months on List: 23 6. SMART COUPLES FINISH RICH By David Bach (Broadway -- $14.95) Managing your money after you've tied the knot. Last Month: 4, Months on List: 14 7. GETTING THINGS DONE By David Allen (Penguin -- $14) Organizing your office and managing your time. Last Month: 6, Months on List: 9 8. 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: 9, Months on List: 7 9. SMART WOMEN FINISH RICH By David Bach (Broadway -- $14.95) Spending wisely and getting prepared for the future. Last Month: 5, Months on List: 12 10. 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: 2 11. THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER WORKBOOK By Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson -- $17.99) Quickie budgets, cash flow plans, and retirement investing. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 12. THE ABCs OF GETTING OUT OF DEBT By Garrett Sutton, Esq. (Warner Books-- $16.95) "Real life" stories on how to do it. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 13. THE GREAT UNRAVELING By Paul Krugman (Norton -- $14.95) A Princeton University economist takes on the Bush Administration. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 14. THE 48 LAWS OF POWER By Robert Greene (Penguin -- $17) Rules for strivers, drawn from the likes of Machiavelli, Catherine the Great, and Henry Kissinger. Last Month: 11, Months on List: 13 15. J.K. LASSER'S YOUR INCOME TAX 2005 By The J.K. Lasser Institute (Wiley -- $16.95) With recent IRS announcements. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1 GOOD TO GREAT By Jim Collins (HarperBusiness -- $27.50) NOW, DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS By Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton (Free Press -- $27) EXECUTION By Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan (Crown Business -- $27.50) WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? By Spencer Johnson (Putnam -- $19.95) THE FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS OF A TEAM By Patrick Lencioni (Jossey-Bass -- $22.95) FISH! By Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen (Hyperion -- $19.95) FIRST, BREAK ALL THE RULES By Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman (Simon & Schuster -- $27) RICH DAD, POOR DAD By Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner -- $16.95) FAST FOOD NATION By Eric Schlosser (Perennial -- $14.95) THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE By Stephen R. Covey (Fireside -- $15) THE TIPPING POINT By Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay -- $14.95) THE E-MYTH REVISITED By Michael E. Gerber (HarperBusiness -- $16) THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON By George S. Clason (Signet -- $6.99) 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 -- $15) GETTING TO YES By Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton (Penguin -- $15) 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 November. 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. 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