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APRIL 10, 2006
The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List The top-selling business books as reported in the April 3, 2006 issue. 1 THE WORLD IS FLAT By Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux -- $27.50) Globalization is great -- sort of, says a columnist from The New York Times. Last month: 1, Months on list: 10 2 FREAKONOMICS By Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow -- $25.95) Crack gangs, the Ku Klux Klan, and more, examined by a University of Chicago economist. Last month: 2, Months on list: 11 3 BLINK By Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown -- $25.95) Why snap judgments deserve careful consideration. Last month: 3, Months on list: 14 4 JIM CRAMER'S REAL MONEY By James J. Cramer (Simon & Schuster -- $26) Trading recommendations from the CNBC commentator. Last month: 6, Months on list: 11 5 THE LITTLE BOOK THAT BEATS THE MARKET By Joel Greenblatt (Wiley -- $19.95) A "secret formula." Last month: 5, Months on list: 3 6 THE NUMBER By Lee Eisenberg (Free Press -- $26) A meditation on retirement and second acts, by the former editor-in-chief of Esquire. Last month: 4, Months on list: 2 7 THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF SELLING By Jeffrey Gitomer (Bard Press -- $19.95) A columnist on why people buy. Last month: 7, Months on list: 18 8 THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER By Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson-- $24.99) Getting rid of debt and building up your rainy-day reserves. Last month: 9, Months on list: 15 9 THE WAL-MART EFFECT By Charles Fishman (Penguin Press -- $25.95) The retailer's single-minded focus on price-cutting is good for some, disastrous for others. Last month: --, Months on list: 1 10 SECRETS OF THE MILLIONAIRE MIND By T. Harv Eker (HarperBusiness -- $19.95) Shape your financial destiny. Last month: --, Months on list: 11 11 THE FRED FACTOR By Mark Sanborn (Currency/Doubleday -- $14.95) The mailman's philosophy of work. Last month: 13, Months on list: 15 12 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: --, Months on list: 11 13 THE MILLIONAIRE MAKER By Loral Langemeier (McGraw-Hill -- $24.95) Bet the ranch, says this single mom and seminar leader. Last month: --, Months on list: 1 14 WINNING By Jack Welch with Suzy Welch (HarperBusiness -- $27.95) How to succeed within a company, against your competition, and over the course of a career. Last month: 10, Months on list: 11 15 THE COMING ECONOMIC COLLAPSE By Stephen Leeb, PhD, with Glen Strathy (Warner -- $24.95) Getting rich from the coming oil shortfall. Last month: --, Months on list: 1 1 GOOD TO GREAT AND THE SOCIAL SECTORS By Jim Collins (Collins -- $11.95) How noncorporate organizations can excel. Last month: 15, Months on list: 3 2 GETTING THINGS DONE By David Allen (Penguin -- $15) Organizing your office and learning how to manage your time. Last month: 1, Months on list: 23 3 COLLAPSE By Jared Diamond (Penguin -- $17) From Easter Island to Central America, why civilizations fall apart. Last month: --, Months on list: 1 4 THE AUTOMATIC MILLIONAIRE By David Bach (Broadway -- $12.95) How you can put your investment program on autopilot. Last month: 2, Months on list: 2 5 J.K. LASSER'S YOUR INCOME TAX 2006 By The J.K. Lasser Institute (Wiley -- $16.95) Sharpen your pencils, and... Last month: 3, Months on list: 3 6 CONSPIRACY OF FOOLS By Kurt Eichenwald (Broadway -- $16.95) Inside Enron's crumbling house of cards, by an investigative reporter from The New York Times. Last month: 6, Months on list: 2 7 THE ERNST & YOUNG TAX GUIDE 2006 By Ernst & Young, LLP (CDS Books -- $16.95) ...get out the calculator. Last month: 4, Months on list: 3 8 WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? By Richard Nelson Bolles (Ten Speed Press -- $17.95) The 2006 edition of the enduring job-search bible. Last month: 5, Months on list: 3 9 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL COMPLETE MONEY & INVESTING GUIDEBOOK By Dave Kansas (Three Rivers Press -- $14.95) From balance sheets to a business vocabulary. Last month: 7, Months on list: 2 10 PAY IT DOWN! By Jean Chatzky (Penguin -- $12.95) The Today Show's financial editor on dumping your debts Last month: --, Months on list: 1 11 FIND IT, FIX IT, FLIP IT! By Michael Corbett (Penguin -- $15) Profiting from real estate, by a television-show host . Last month: --, Months on list: 1 12 TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER WORKBOOK By Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson -- $17.99) A plan to whip your finances into shape. Last month: 9, Months on list: 4 13 RICH DAD'S BEFORE YOU QUIT YOUR JOB By Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter, CPA (Warner -- $16.95) Starting your own business. Last month: --, Months on list: 4 14 THINK AND GROW RICH By Napoleon Hill (Ballantine -- $7.99) Willpower and a positive attitude are the keys to achieving wealth. Last month: --, Months on list: 11 15 INVESTING FOR DUMMIES By Eric Tyson, MBA (Wiley -- $21.99) The fundamentals on real estate, stocks, small business, etc. Last month: 12, Months on list: 12 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 February. 
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