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Books January 8, 2009, 5:00PM EST

The BusinessWeek Best Seller List

Hardcover Business Books

OUTLIERS Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown $27.99) The unexpected factors that lie behind success. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1

HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux $27.95) Enlisting Father Profit to save Mother Nature. Last Month: 2, Months on List: 3

THE SNOWBALL Alice Schroeder (Bantam $35) A penetrating and personal look at the life of Warren Buffett. Last Month: 1, Months on List: 2

STRENGTHSFINDER 2.0 Tom Rath (Gallup Press $21.95) Assess your talents and put them into practice. Last Month: 3, Months on List: 22

THE COMPASSIONATE SAMURAI Brian Klemmer (Hay House $15.95) Remaining ethical in a world of ruthless overachievers. Last Month: --, Months on List: 3

THE LITTLE BOOK OF BULL MOVES IN BEAR MARKETS Peter D. Schiff (Wiley $19.95) "Dr. Doom" tells how to prosper in adverse times. Last Month: 9, Months on List: 2

THE ASCENT OF MONEY Niall Ferguson (Penguin Press $29.95) A Harvard historian's scattershot financial history of the world. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1

THE BLACK SWAN Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Random House $26.95) Improbable and earth-shaking events are in fact inevitable. Last Month: 8, Months on List: 20

THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK Timothy Ferriss (Crown $19.95) Defining your dreams and cutting loose from work. Last Month: 6, Months on List: 19

PANIC! Michael Lewis (Norton $27.95) A collection of articles on two decades worth of market meltdowns. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1

CRASH PROOF Peter D. Schiff with John Downes (Wiley $27.95) Think foreign securities, gold, and plain old cash. Last Month: 15, Months on List: 3

THE BRAND BUBBLE John Gerzema, Ed Lebar (Jossey-Bass $27.95) How businesses overvalue their brands, by two consultants. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1

TRIBES Seth Godin (Portfolio $19.95) A man, a plan, and a group of followers—that's what you need to foster innovation. Last Month: 4, Months on List: 2

TALENT IS OVERRATED Geoff Colvin (Portfolio $25.95) A Fortune editor analyzes world-class performers. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1

BUYOLOGY Martin Lindstrom (Doubleday $24.95) Neuromarketing explained, by a Danish marketing consultant.. Last Month: 10, Months on List: 2

Paperback Business Books

I.O.U.S.A. Addison Wiggin, Kate Incontrera (Wiley $19.95) Tales of government debt, underfunded entitlement programs, and more. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1

A WHOLE NEW MIND Daniel H. Pink (Riverhead $15) The future belongs to creative "right-brain thinkers." Last Month: 3, Months on List: 21

THE WORLD IS FLAT Thomas L. Friedman (Picador $16) Globalization is great—sort of, says a columnist for The New York Times. Last Month: 5, Months on List: 15

THE SPEED OF TRUSTStephen M.R. Covey (Free Press $15) Nurturing credibility in your personal and professional lives. Last Month: 2, Months on List: 10

WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? 2009 Richard Nelson Bolles (Ten Speed Press $18.95) The enduring job-search bible. Last Month: 1, Months on List: 3

BLINK Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books $15.99) Snap judgments deserve careful consideration, says a writer for The New Yorker. Last Month: --, Months on List: 20

HOW TO WIN FRIENDS & INFLUENCE PEOPLE Dale Carnegie (Pocket Books $15) The classic networking guidebook. Last Month: 6, Months on List: 18

DO YOUR GIVING WHILE YOU ARE LIVING Edie Fraser, Robyn Spizman (Morgan James $14.95) Philanthropy 101. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1

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