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NOVEMBER 14, 2005
IDEAS -- BOOKS

The BusinessWeek Best Seller List

Hardcover Business Books



1 THE WORLD IS FLAT Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux -- $27.50) Globalization is great -- sort of.


2 FREAKONOMICS Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow -- $25.95) Crack gangs, the Ku Klux Klan, and more.


3 BLINK Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown -- $25.95) Why snap judgments deserve careful consideration.


4 WINNING Jack Welch with Suzy Welch (HarperBusiness -- $27.95) How to succeed within a company and against the competition.


5 THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF SELLING Jeffrey Gitomer (Bard Press -- $19.95) A syndicated columnist explains why people buy.


6 JIM CRAMER'S REAL MONEY James J. Cramer (Simon & Schuster -- $26) The CNBC commentator's trading tips.


7 BAG THE ELEPHANT! Steve Kaplan (Bard Press -- $19.95) Winning and keeping that important large customer.


8 THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson -- $24.99) Getting rid of debt and building up reserves.


9 COLLAPSE Jared Diamond (Viking -- $29.95) Why civilizations fall apart.


10 THE SEARCH John Battelle (Portfolio -- $25.95) How Google got its groove.


Paperback Business Books



1 GETTING THINGS DONE David Allen (Penguin -- $15) Organize your life.


2 RICH DAD'S BEFORE YOU QUIT YOUR JOB Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter, CPA (Warner -- $16.95) Starting a business.


3 WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? Richard Nelson Bolles (Ten Speed -- $17.95) The 2005 edition of the enduring job-search bible.


4 THE 48 LAWS OF POWER Robert Greene (Penguin -- $17) Rules for strivers.


5 CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler (McGraw-Hill -- $16.95) Talk that counts.


6 THE MILLIONAIRE REAL ESTATE AGENT Gary Keller, D. Jenks, J. Papasan (McGraw-Hill -- $19.95) Real estate careers.


7 TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER WORKBOOK Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson -- $17.99) A plan to fix your finances.


8 THINK AND GROW RICH Napoleon Hill (Ballantine -- $7.99) Willpower matters.


9 THE MILLIONAIRE REAL ESTATE INVESTOR Gary Keller, D. Jenks, J. Papasan (McGraw-Hill -- $21.95) Empire-building.


10 A GUIDE TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE Project Management Institute (PMI Publications -- $49.95) Delivering results.


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 September.



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