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NOVEMBER 5, 2007
OPINION -- BOOKS

The BusinessWeek Best Seller List




HARDCOVER BUSINESS BOOKS


1 THE AGE OF TURBULENCE Alan Greenspan (Penguin Press $35) A memoir combined with economic analysis from the Fed's ex-chief. Last month: --, Months on list: 1

2 THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK Timothy Ferriss (Crown $19.95) Defining your dreams and cutting loose from work. Last month: 1, Months on list: 5

3 STRENGTHSFINDER 2.0 Tom Rath (Gallup Press $19.95) Assess your talents and put them into practice. Last month: 3, Months on list: 8

4 THE BLACK SWAN Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Random House $26.95) Improbable and earth-shaking events are in fact inevitable. Last month: 2, Months on list: 6

5 MICROTRENDS Mark J. Penn with E. Kinney Zalesne (Twelve $25.99) Breezy profiles of niche groups, from Pro-Semites to Pet Parents. Last month: --, Months on list: 1

6 MADE TO STICK Chip Heath, Dan Heath (Random House $24.95) Why some ideas gain traction while others fade from view. Last month: 6, Months on list: 9

7 OUR ICEBERG IS MELTING John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber (St. Martin's $19.95) A global-warming fable on coping with change. Last month: 5, Months on list: 12

8 LAUNCHING A LEADERSHIP REVOLUTION Chris Brady, Orrin Woodward (Business Plus $23.99) Developing the skills a leader needs. Last month: --, Months on list: 1

9 WOMEN & MONEY Suze Orman (Spiegel & Grau $24.95) Inspirational prose and practical tools to help females with their finances. Last month: 7, Months on list: 8

10 GO PUT YOUR STRENGTHS TO WORK Marcus Buckingham (Free Press $30) Ways to identify your assets and reap the rewards you're due. Last month: 4, Months on list: 6

11 AVALANCHE Steve Sanduski, Ron Carson (Kaplan $16.95) Money can't buy happiness --or so this parable suggests. Last month: --, Months on list: 1

12 RULES FOR RENEGADES Christine Comaford-Lynch (McGraw-Hill $24.95) A memoir and how-to by a tech entrepreneur. Last month: --, Months on list: 1

13 THREE SIGNS OF A MISERABLE JOB Patrick Lencioni (Jossey-Bass $24.95) A fable on motivating restaurant workers. Last month: --, Months on list: 1

14 IT'S YOUR SHIP D. Michael Abrashoff (Warner Business $24.95) The crew will be productive if they feel empowered, says this Navy officer. Last month: --, Months on list: 4

15 BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne (Harvard Business School $29.95) Avoiding business' shark-infested waters. Last month: --, Months on list: 5

PAPERBACK BUSINESS BOOKS


1 BLINK Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books $15.99) Snap judgments deserve careful consideration, says a writer for The New Yorker. Last month: 1, Months on list: 7

2 THE WORLD IS FLAT Thomas L. Friedman (Picador $16) Globalization is great--sort of, says a columnist for The New York Times. Last month: 2, Months on list: 2

3 GOOD TO GREAT AND THE SOCIAL SECTORS Jim Collins (Collins $11.95) How noncorporate organizations can excel. Last month: 3, Months on list: 22

4 CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler (McGraw-Hill $16.95) Those all-important talks. Last month: 4, Months on list: 20

5 WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? 2008 Richard Nelson Bolles (Ten Speed Press $18.95) The enduring job-search bible. Last month: --, Months on list: 1

6 A GUIDE TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE Project Management Institute (PMI $49.95) Delivering results. Last month: 11, Months on list: 19

7 FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Random House $14.95) Uncertainty and luck in daily life and in the financial markets. Last month: 7, Months on list: 7

8 START LATE, FINISH RICH David Bach (Broadway $14.95) Strategies for baby boomers nearing the age of retirement. Last month: 5, Months on list: 9

9 RULE #1 Phil Town (Three Rivers Press $14.95) Think like a business owner and target your investments accordingly. Last month: --, Months on list: 1

10 A WHOLE NEW MIND Daniel H. Pink (Riverhead $15) The future belongs to creative "right-brain thinkers." Last month: 12, Months on list: 7

11 HOW TO WIN FRIENDS & INFLUENCE PEOPLE Dale Carnegie (Pocket Books $14) The classic networking guidebook. Last month: 13, Months on list: 7

12 MASTERS OF SALES Ivan R. Misner, PhD, Don Morgan, M.A. (Entrepreneur Press $19.95) Vignettes from real-life Willy Lomans. Last month: --, Months on list: 1

13 THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH Wallace D. Wattles (Tarcher $10) "Wealth attraction" explained in a book first published in 1910. Last month: 10, Months on list: 6

14 THE MONEY BOOK FOR THE YOUNG, FABULOUS & BROKE Suze Orman (Riverhead $16) From career plans to credit cards. Last month: 8, Months on list: 7

15 LEADERSHIP AND SELF-DECEPTION The Arbinger Institute (Berrett-Koehler $14.95) Its a leader's motivation that matters, says this fable. Last month: 15, Months on list: 13

LONG-RUNNING BEST SELLERS


Hardcover Business Books

Good to Great Jim Collins (Collins $27.50)

Now, Discover Your Strengths Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton (Free Press $30)

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni (Jossey-Bass $24.95)

Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson (Putnam $19.95)

Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner (Morrow $27.95)

Fish Stephen Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen (Hyperion $19.95)

The Total Money Makeover Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson $24.99)

The Little Red Book of Selling Jeffrey Gitomer (Bard Press $19.95)

The Fred Factor Mark Sanborn (Currency/Doubleday $14.95)



Paperback Business Books

The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay $14.95)

Getting Things Done David Allen (Penguin $15)

Rich Dad, Poor Dad Robert T. Kiyosaki With Sharon L. Lechter (Warner $16.95)

Getting To Yes Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton (Penguin $15)

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey (Free Press $15)

The E-Myth Revisited Michael E. Gerber (HarperBusiness $16)



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. Titles that have been on the List for more than two years appear as Long-Running Best Sellers.



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