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Books January 3, 2008, 5:00PM EST

The BusinessWeek Best Seller List

HARDCOVER BUSINESS BOOKS

1 BASIC BLACK Cathie Black (Crown $24.95) A memoir and career advice from the CEO of Hearst Magazines. Last month: 5, Months on list: 2

2 THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK Timothy Ferriss (Crown $19.95) Defining your dreams and cutting loose from work. Last month: 2, Months on list: 7

3 STRENGTHSFINDER 2.0 Tom Rath (Gallup Press $19.95) Assess your talents and put them into practice. Last month: 3, Months on list: 10

4 THE AGE OF TURBULENCE Alan Greenspan (Penguin Press $35) A memoir combined with economic analysis from the Fed's ex-chief. Last month: 1, Months on list: 3

5 WOMEN & MONEY Suze Orman (Spiegel & Grau $24.95) Inspirational prose and practical

tools to help females with their finances. Last month: 9, Months on list: 10

6 THINK BIG AND KICK ASS IN BUSINESS AND LIFE Donald Trump, Bill Zanker (Collins $26.95) More preening from the Donald. Last month: 8, Months on list: 2

7 THE BLACK SWAN Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Random House $26.95) Improbable and earth-shaking events are in fact inevitable. Last month: 4, Months on list: 8

8 LAUNCHING A LEADERSHIP REVOLUTION Chris Brady, Orrin Woodward (Business Plus $23.99) Developing the skills a leader needs. Last month: 6, Months on list: 3

9 MICROTRENDS Mark J. Penn with E. Kinney Zalesne (Twelve $25.99) Breezy profiles of niche groups, from Pro-Semites to Pet Parents. Last month: 7, Months on list: 3

10 MADE TO STICK Chip Heath, Dan Heath (Random House $24.95) Why some ideas gain traction while others fade from view. Last month: 14, Months on list: 11

11 THE LITTLE BOOK THAT MAKES YOU RICH Louis Navellier (Wiley $19.95) Growth-investing strategies for everyman. Last month: -, Months on list: 1

12 THE SHOCK DOCTRINE Naomi Klein (Metropolitan Books $28) How corporate social reengineering often follows disasters. Last month: -, Months on list: 1

13 RIGGED Ben Mezrich (Morrow $25.95) The glamorous and frenetic world of oil trading, from Wall Street to Dubai. Last month: -, Months on list: 1

14 OUR ICEBERG IS MELTING John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber (St. Martin's $19.95) A global-warming fable on coping with change. Last month: 13, Months on list: 14

15 GO PUT YOUR STRENGTHS TO WORK Marcus Buckingham (Free Press $30) Identify your assets and reap the rewards you're due. Last month: -, Months on list: 7

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: 3, Months on list: 9

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: 1, Months on list: 4

3 GOOD TO GREAT AND THE SOCIAL SECTORS Jim Collins (Collins $11.95) How noncorporate organizations can excel. Last month: 2, Months on list: 24

4 THE MONEY BOOK FOR THE YOUNG, FABULOUS & BROKE Suze Orman (Riverhead $16) From career plans to credit cards. Last month: 9, Months on list: 9

5 A GUIDE TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE Project Management Institute (PMI $49.95) Delivering results. Last month: 4, Months on list: 21

6 RULE #1 Phil Town (Three Rivers Press $14.95) Think like a business owner and target your investments accordingly. Last month: 6, Months on list: 3

7 FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Random House $14.95) Uncertainty and luck in daily life and in the financial markets. Last month: 8, Months on list: 9

8 THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR, REVISED EDITION Benjamin Graham, with Jason Zweig (HarperBusiness $19.95) The classic. Last month: 10, Months on list: 23

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