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FEBRUARY 12, 2007
IDEAS -- BOOKS

The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List

HARDCOVER BUSINESS BOOKS


1. JIM CRAMER'S MAD MONEY By James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason (Simon & Schuster $25) More investing wisdom from the television personality. Last Month: --; Months on List: 1

2. FREAKONOMICS By Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow $27.95) Crack gangs, the Ku Klux Klan, and more, examined by a University of Chicago economist. Last Month: 3; Months on List: 21

3. THE WORLD IS FLAT By Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux $30) Globalization is great--sort of. Last Month: 2; Months on List: 20

4. WHY WE WANT YOU TO BE RICH By Donald J. Trump, Robert T. Kiyosaki, Meredith McIver, Sharon Lechter (Rich Press $24.95) Help for the shrinking middle class. Last Month: 1; Months on List: 3

5. BLINK By Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown $25.95) Snap judgments deserve careful consideration, says a writer for The New Yorker. Last Month: 4; Months on List: 24


6. JIM CRAMER'S REAL MONEY By James J. Cramer (Simon & Schuster $26) The "10 Commandments of Trading," from CNBC's wild man. Last Month: 5; Months on List: 21

7. CROSLEY By Rusty McClure with David Stern and Michael A. Banks (Clerisy Press $24) The family of inventors, broadcasters, and owners of the Cincinnati Reds. Last Month: --; Months on List: 1

8. THE STARBUCKS EXPERIENCE By Joseph A. Michelli (McGraw-Hill $21.95) How the coffee retailer built its following. Last Month: 7; Months on List: 2

9. THE TAO OF WARREN BUFFETT By Mary Buffett, David Clark (Scribner $19.95) Wisdom from the Sage of Omaha, compiled by a former daughter-in-law. Last Month: 14; Months on List: 2

10. OUR ICEBERG IS MELTING By John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber (St. Martin's $19.95) Dealing with change. Last Month: --; Months on List: 3

11. BEYOND BASKETBALL By Mike Krzyzewski with Jamie K. Spatola (Warner Business $17.99) Duke's roundball coach on winning, losing, sportsmanship, etc. Last Month: 9; Months on List: 3

12. MAVERICKS AT WORK By William C. Taylor, Polly LaBarre (Morrow $26.95) Profiles of nonconformists in business. Last Month: --; Months on List: 2

13. THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER By Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson $24.99) Get rid of debt and build up your reserves. Last Month: 10; Months on List: 23

14. JEFFREY GITOMER'S LITTLE GOLD BOOK OF YES! ATTITUDE By Jeffrey Gitomer (Prentice Hall $19.95) Accentuate the positive. Last Month: --; Months on List: 1

15. THE LONG TAIL By Chris Anderson (Hyperion $24.95) The mass market and the blockbuster product are giving way to a "mass of niches." Last Month: 6; Months on List: 6

PAPERBACK BUSINESS BOOKS


1. GOOD TO GREAT AND THE SOCIAL SECTORS By Jim Collins (Collins $11.95) A primer on how noncorporate organizations can excel. Last Month: 1; Months on List: 13

2. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? 2007 By Richard Nelson Bolles (Ten Speed Press $17.95) The enduring job-search bible. Last Month: 2; Months on List: 5

3. J.K. LASSER'S YOUR INCOME TAX 2007 By The J.K. Lasser Institute (Wiley $17.95) Brace yourself. Last Month: --; Months on List: 1

4. COLLAPSE By Jared Diamond (Penguin $17) From Easter Island to Mayan Central America, why civilizations fall apart. Last Month: 4; Months on List: 11

5. THE AUTOMATIC MILLIONAIRE By David Bach (Broadway $12.95) It's time to put your investment program on autopilot. Last Month: 9; Months on List: 12

6. BANKER TO THE POOR By Muhammad Yunus (PublicAffairs $15) The autobiography of the Nobel-winning founder of microlender Grameen Bank. Last Month: 12; Months on List: 2

7. THE ESSAYS OF WARREN BUFFETT By Warren E. Buffett, Lawrence A. Cunningham (Cunningham Group $25) A selection of epistles to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. Last Month: 10; Months on List: 2

8. THINK AND GROW RICH NAPOLEON HILL By (Ballantine $7.99) Willpower and a positive attitude are the keys to achieving wealth. Last Month: 6; Months on List: 20

9. THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR, REVISED EDITION By Benjamin Graham, with Jason Zweig (HarperBusiness $19.95) The classic treatise on "value investing." Last Month: 5; Months on List: 20

10. THE ABC'S OF REAL ESTATE INVESTING By Ken McElroy (Warner $16.95) Advice from the Rich Dad's bookshelf. Last Month: --; Months on List: 1

11. CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS By Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler (McGraw-Hill $16.95) Strategies for those all-important talks. Last Month: --; Months on List: 11

12. RICH WOMAN By Kim Kiyosaki (Rich Press $18.95) How women can take control of their finances. Last Month: 8; Months on List: 8

13. FIND IT, FIX IT, FLIP IT! By Michael Corbett (Penguin $15) You can profit from real estate, by a TV show host. Last Month: 7; Months on List: 11

14. THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER WORKBOOK By Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson $17.99) Whip your finances into shape. Last Month: 11; Months on List: 9

15. THE ERNST & YOUNG TAX GUIDE 2007 By Ernst & Young LLP (CDS Books $16.95) Sharpen those pencils and get out the W-2s. Last Month: --; Months on List: 1

LONG RUNNING BEST-SELLERS


Hardcover Business Books


GOOD TO GREAT By Jim Collins (HarperBusiness $27.50)

NOW, DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS By Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton (Free Press $30)

WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? By Spencer Johnson (Putnam $19.95)

THE FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS OF A TEAM By Patrick Lencioni (Jossey-Bass $22.95)

THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF SELLING By Jeffrey Gitomer (Bard Press $19.95)

Paperback Business Books


RICH DAD, POOR DAD By Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner $16.95)

THE TIPPING POINT By Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay $14.95)

GETTING THINGS DONE By David Allen (Penguin $15)

THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE By Stephen R. Covey (Free Press $15)

THE 48 LAWS OF POWER By Robert Greene (Penguin $18)

GETTING TO YES By Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton (Penguin $15)

THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR By Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (Pocket Books $15)

THE E-MYTH REVISITED By Michael E. Gerber (HarperBusiness $16)

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 $19.95)

RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON By George S. Clason (Signet $6.99)

SMART WOMEN FINISH RICH By David Bach (Broadway $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 December. Titles that have been on the Best-Seller list for more than two years appear as Long-Running Best-Sellers.



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