100 Best Jobs Books of All Time

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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich book cover1

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

Timothy Ferriss

5.0
More than 100 pages of new, cutting-edge content.
Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, Th
How to Win Friends & Influence People book cover2

How to Win Friends & Influence People

Dale Carnegie

5.0
You can go after the job you want—and get it!
You can take the job you have—and improve it!
You can take any situation—and make it work for you!

Dale Carnegie’s rock-solid, time-tested advice has carried countless people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. One of the most groundbreaking and timeless bestsellers of all time, How to Win Friends & Influence People will teach
Steve Jobs book cover3

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

4.9
From the author of the bestselling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, this is the exclusive, New York Times bestselling biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveti
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion book cover4

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

Robert B. Cialdini

4.9
Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes"—and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in the rapidly expanding field of influence and persuasion. His thirty-five years of rigorous, evidence-based research along with a three-year program of study on what moves people to change behavior has resulted in this highly
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future book cover5

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Peter Thiel

4.9
If you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets.

The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things.

Thiel begins with the contrarian premise that we live in an age of technological stagnation,
Thinking, Fast and Slow book cover6

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Kahneman

4.9
Major New York Times bestseller
Winner of the National Academy of Sciences Best Book Award in 2012
Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of 2011
A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 Title
One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year
One of The Wall Street Journal's Best Nonfiction Books of the Year 2011
2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient

In the internatio
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't book cover7

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

Jim Collins

4.8
To find the keys to greatness, Collins's 21-person research team read and coded 6,000 articles, generated more than 2,000 pages of interview transcripts and created 384 megabytes of computer data in a five-year project. The findings will surprise many readers and, quite frankly, upset others.

The Challenge
Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies trium
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses book cover8

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Eric Ries

4.8
Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned profes
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness book cover9

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Richard H. Thaler

4.8
Every day, we make decisions on topics ranging from personal investments to schools for our children to the meals we eat to the causes we champion. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. The reason, the authors explain, is that, being human, we all are susceptible to various biases that can lead us to blunder. Our mistakes make us poorer and less healthy; we often make bad decisions involving educ
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity book cover10

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

David Allen

4.7
"The Bible of business and personal productivity" —Lifehack

"A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'"Fast Company


Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD” is now sh
Outliers: The Story of Success book cover11

Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell

4.7
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?

His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference book cover12

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Malcolm Gladwell

4.7
An alternate cover edition exists here.

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller,
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right book cover13

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

Atul Gawande

4.7

The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist

We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies‚neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and writer

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving in book cover14

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving in

Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, Bruce Patton

4.7
The key text on problem-solving negotiation-updated and revised

Getting to Yes has helped millions of people learn a better way to negotiate. One of the primary business texts of the modern era, it is based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution.

Getting to Yes offers a proven, step-by-step strategy for coming to mut
The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results book cover15

The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

Gary Keller and Jay Papasa

4.6
The One Thing explains the success habit to overcome the six lies that block our success, beat the seven thieves that steal time, and leverage the laws of purpose, priority, and productivity.
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die book cover16

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Chip Heath, Dan Heath

4.6
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The instant classic about why some ideas thrive, why others die, and how to improve your idea's chances--essential reading in the "fake news" era.

Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus news stories circulate effortlessly. Mean
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail book cover17

The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

Clayton M. Christensen

4.6
The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, renowned author Clayton M. Christensen.

His work is cited by the world’s best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic bestseller—now updated with a fresh new package—innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right—yet still lose market leadership. Read th
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement book cover18

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox

4.6
Written in a fast-paced thriller style, 'The Goal' contains a serious message for all managers in industry and explains the ideas which underline the Theory of Constraints developed by the author.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking book cover19

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Susan Cain

4.6
The book that started the Quiet Revolution

At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society.

In Quiet, Susan Cain a
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It book cover20

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

Michael E. Gerber

4.6
E-Myth \ 'e-,'mith\ n 1: the entrepreneurial myth: the myth that most people who start small businesses are entrepreneurs 2: the fatal assumption that an individual who understands the technical work of a business can successfully run a business that does that technical work

Voted #1 business book by Inc. 500 CEOs.

An instant classic, this revised and updated edition of the phenomenal bestseller dis
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products book cover21

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Nir Eyal

4.5
How do successful companies create products people can’t put down?

Why do some products capture widespread attention while others flop? What makes us engage with certain products out of sheer habit? Is there a pattern underlying how technologies hook us?
Nir Eyal answers these questions (and many more) by explaining the Hook Model—a four-step process embedded into the products of many successful com
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World book cover22

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Cal Newport

4.5
One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results.

Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and provide th
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High book cover23

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler

4.5
Crucial Conversations: Tools For Talking When Stakes Are High is a guide to hone your conversation skills, and prepare you for the most important or trying times of your life and career. The book discusses how talking in the right way can help people achieve what they want. People are often tongue-tied when it comes to interacting with someone, especially when there is a lot of tension in the air.
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking book cover24

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Malcolm Gladwell

4.4
Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you'll understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.

Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a bo
The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals book cover25

The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals

Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling

4.4
The 4 Disciplines of Execution is a book every leader should read.” —Clayton Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School, and author of The Innovator’s Dilemma

For fans of Good to Great and The First 90 Days, The Four Disciplines of Execution is the foundational text for creating lasting organizational change. A #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller with more than 500,000 copies sold, The Four Dis
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise book cover26

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

Anders-Ericsson

4.4
Selected as a Book of the Year by New Statesman

Mozart wasn’t born with perfect pitch.

Most athletes are not born with any natural advantage.

Three world-class chess players were sisters, whose success was planned by their parents before they were even born.

Anders Ericsson has spent thirty years studying The Special Ones, the geniuses, sports stars and musical prodigies. And his remarkable finding, r
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love book cover27

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

Cal Newport

4.3
In an unorthodox approach, Georgetown University professor Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice, and sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving their careers.

Not only are pre-existing passions rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work, but a focus on passion over skill can be dangerous, leadi
The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels book cover28

The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels

Michael Watkins

4.3
Since its original release, The First 90 Days has become the bestselling globally acknowledged bible of leadership and career transitions. In this updated and expanded 10th anniversary edition, internationally known leadership transition expert Michael D. Watkins gives you the keys to successfully negotiating your next move—whether you’re onboarding into a new company, being promoted internally, o
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future book cover29

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

Ashlee Vance

4.3
Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, sold one of his internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius's life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits. Vance uses Musk's story to explo
Changing on the Job: Developing Leaders for a Complex World book cover30

Changing on the Job: Developing Leaders for a Complex World

Jennifer Garvey Berger

4.3
Listen to people in every field and you'll hear a call for more sophisticated leadership—for leaders who can solve more complex problems than the human race has ever faced. But these leaders won't simply come to the fore; we have to develop them, and we must cultivate them as quickly as is humanly possible. Changing on the Job is a means to this end.

As opposed to showing readers how to play the ro
Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions book cover31

Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

Gayle Laakmann McDowell

4.3
I am not a recruiter. I am a software engineer. And as such, I know what it's like to be asked to whip up brilliant algorithms on the spot and then write flawless code on a whiteboard. I've been through this as a candidate and as an interviewer.

Cracking the Coding Interview, 6th Edition is here to help you through this process, teaching you what you need to know and enabling you to perform at your
Capital in the Twenty-First Century book cover32

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

4.3
What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piket
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master book cover33

The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

Andrew Hunt and David Thomas

4.3
-- Ward Cunningham Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through the increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process--taking a requirement and producing working, maintainable code that delights its users. It covers topics ranging from personal responsibility and career development to architectural techniques fo
Rework book cover34

Rework

Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

4.3
Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.

Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the c
Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen book cover35

Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen

Donald Miller

4.3
New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller uses the seven universal elements of powerful stories to teach readers how to dramatically improve how they connect with customers and grow their businesses.

Donald Miller’s StoryBrand process is a proven solution to the struggle business leaders face when talking about their businesses. This revolutionary method for connecting with customers provides
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability book cover36

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

Steve Krug

4.3
Since Don’t Make Me Think was first published in 2000, over 400,000 Web designers and developers have relied on Steve Krug’s guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design.

In this 3rd edition, Steve returns with fresh perspective to reexamine the principles that made Don’t Make Me Think a classic-–with updated examples and a new chapter on mobile usabil
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering book cover37

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering

Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

4.3
Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. These essays draw from his experience as project manager for the IBM System/360 computer family and then for OS/360, its massive software system. Now, 20
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World book cover38

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

David Epstein

4.3
What's the most effective path to success in any domain? It's not what you think.

Plenty of experts argue that anyone who wants to develop a skill, play an instrument, or lead their field should start early, focus intensely, and rack up as many hours of deliberate practice as possible. If you dabble or delay, you'll never catch up to the people who got a head start. But a closer look at research
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? book cover39

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

Seth Godin

4.2
"This is what the future of work (and the world) looks like. Actually, it's already happening around you." — Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos.com

In bestsellers such as Purple Cow and Tribes, Seth Godin taught readers how to make remarkable products and spread powerful ideas. But this book is about you—your choices, your future, and your potential to make a huge difference in whatever field you choose.

There
What Color Is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers book cover40

What Color Is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

Richard N. Bolles

4.2
With more than 10 million copies sold in 28 countries, the world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2018 and tailors Richard Bolles's long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers.

In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a toug
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life book cover41

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life

Scott Adams

4.2
Scott Adams has likely failed at more things than anyone you’ve ever met or anyone you’ve even heard of. So how did he go from hapless office worker and serial failure to the creator of Dilbert, one of the world’s most famous syndicated comic strips, in just a few years? In How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Adams shares the strategy he has used since he was a teen to invite failu
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard book cover42

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

Chip Heath and Dan Heath

4.2
Why is change so difficult and frightening? How do you create change when you have few resources and no title or authority to back you up? Chip and Dan Heath, the best-selling authors of Made to Stick, are back with a ground-breaking book that addresses one of the greatest challenges of our personal and professional lives — how to change things when change is hard.

In their follow-up book to the cr
Effective Java book cover43

Effective Java

Joshua Bloch

4.2
Since this Jolt-award winning classic was last updated in 2008 (shortly after Java 6 was released), Java has changed dramatically. The principal enhancement in Java 8 was the addition of functional programming constructs to Java's object-oriented roots. Java 7, 8, and 9 also introduced language features, such as the try-with-resources statement, the diamond operator for generic types, default and
Designing Data-Intensive Applications book cover44

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Martin Kleppmann

4.2
Many forces affect software today: larger datasets, geographical disparities, complex company structures, and the growing need to be fast and nimble in the face of change.

Proven approaches such as service-oriented and event-driven architectures are joined by newer techniques such as microservices, reactive architectures, DevOps, and stream processing. Many of these patterns are successful by thems
Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done book cover45

Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done

Jon Acuff and Penguin Audi

4.2
Year after year, readers pulled me aside at events and said, “I’ve never had a problem starting. I’ve started a million things, but I never finish them. Why can’t I finish?

According to studies, 92 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail. You’ve practically got a better shot at getting into Juilliard to become a ballerina than you do at finishing your goals.

For years, I thought my problem was that
Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship book cover46

Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

MJ DeMarco

4.2
WHAT IF LIFE WASN'T ABOUT DECADES OF WAGE-SLAVERY, PAYING BILLS, AND THEN DYING?

Today's contemporary slavery is an implied social contract whereas a gilded cage is exchanged for voluntary indebtedness and lifelong toil, a price sacrificed by a non-redeemable fifty-years of Monday through Friday, a willful servitude in which freedom is only promised by the dawn of life's fading twilight.-
MJ De
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography book cover47

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

Simon Singh

4.1
In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logistica
Go Pro - 7 Steps to Becoming a Network Marketing Professional book cover48

Go Pro - 7 Steps to Becoming a Network Marketing Professional

Eric Worre

4.1
Over twenty years ago at a company convention, Eric Worre had an aha moment that changed his life forever. At that event he made the decision to Go Pro and become a Network Marketing expert. Since that time, he has focused on developing the skills to do just that. In doing so, Eric has touched and been touched by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Now he shares his wisdom in a guide
Be Patient (Job): Waiting on God in Difficult Times book cover49

Be Patient (Job): Waiting on God in Difficult Times

Warren W. Wiersb

4.1
Wiersbe's commentary Be Patient unpacks the book of Job, explaining Job's suffering and why God allowed it, and illustrating God's sovereign plan.
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life book cover50

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

Richard Carlson

4.1
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and it's all small stuff is a book that shows you how to keep from letting the little things in life drive you crazy. In thoughtful and insightful language, author Richard Carlson reveals ways to calm down in the midst of your incredibly hurried, stress-filled life. You can learn to put things in perspective by making the small daily changes he suggests,including adv
Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement book cover51

Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement

Tony Robbins

4.1
Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead book cover52

Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead

Laszlo Bock

4.1
From the visionary head of Google's innovative People Operations comes a groundbreaking inquiry into the philosophy of work-and a blueprint for attracting the most spectacular talent to your business and ensuring that they succeed.

"We spend more time working than doing anything else in life. It's not right that the experience of work should be so demotivating and dehumanizing." So says Laszlo Boc
Job: The Wisdom of the Cross book cover53

Job: The Wisdom of the Cross

Christopher Ash, R. Kent Hughes

4.1
Life can be hard, and sometimes it seems like God doesn't even care. When faced with difficult trials, many people have resonated with the book of Job--the story of a man who lost nearly everything, seemingly abandoned by God.

In this thorough and accessible commentary, Christopher Ash helps us glean encouragement from God's Word by directing our attention to the final explanation and ultimate reso
The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business book cover54

The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business

Josh Kaufman

4.1
Master the fundamentals, hone your business instincts, and save a fortune in tuition.

The consensus is clear: MBA programs are a waste of time and money. Even the elite schools offer outdated assembly-line educations about profit-and-loss statements and PowerPoint presentations. After two years poring over sanitized case studies, students are shuffled off into middle management to find out how bus
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software book cover55

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

Erich; Helm John Gamma

4.1
Capturing a wealth of experience about the design of object-oriented software, four top-notch designers present a catalog of simple and succinct solutions to commonly occurring design problems. Previously undocumented, these 23 patterns allow designers to create more flexible, elegant, and ultimately reusable designs without having to rediscover the design solutions themselves.

The authors begin by
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work book cover56

The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

Shawn Achor

4.1
Our most commonly held formula for success is broken.

Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this formula is actually backward: H
User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product book cover57

User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product

Jeff Patton and Peter Economy

4.1
How do you build a product that delights users? You must first know who your users are and how they plan to use what you're building. With this practical book, you'll explore the often-misunderstood practice of user story mapping, and learn how it can help keep your team stay focused on users and their experience throughout the development process.

You and your team will learn that user stories are
Swipe to Unlock: The Primer on Technology and Business Strategy book cover58

Swipe to Unlock: The Primer on Technology and Business Strategy

Neel Mehta

4.1
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

Authored by Product Managers at Google, Microsoft, and Facebook, Swipe to Unlock is a guide which enables anyone to understand the core concepts of tech and the business strategy behind it in order to succeed in the tech industry or even just be an informed digital citizen and consumer.

This #1 Amazon Business Bestseller has been featured
Crush It!: Why Now Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion book cover59

Crush It!: Why Now Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion

Gary Vaynerchuk

4.1
Do you have a hobby you wish you could indulge in all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night? Now is the perfect time to take that passion and make a living doing what you love. In Crush It! Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion, Gary Vaynerchuk shows you how to use the power of the Internet to turn your real interests into real businesses. Gary spent years building his family busin
Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life book cover60

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

Bill Burnett, Dave Evans

4.1
At last, a book that shows you how to build--"design"--a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage
Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home--at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of desig
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That The Poor And Middle Class Do Not! book cover61

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That The Poor And Middle Class Do Not!

Robert T. Kiyosaki

4.1
In Rich Dad Poor Dad, the #1 Personal Finance book of all time, Robert Kiyosaki shares the story of his two dad: his real father, whom he calls his ‘poor dad,’ and the father of his best friend, the man who became his mentor and his ‘rich dad.’ One man was well educated and an employee all his life, the other’s education was “street smarts” over traditional classroom education and he took the path
All You Need to Know About the Music Business: 10th Edition book cover62

All You Need to Know About the Music Business: 10th Edition

Donald S. Passman

4.1
All You Need to Know About the Music Business by veteran music lawyer Don Passman—dubbed “the industry bible” by the Los Angeles Times—is now updated to address the biggest transformation of the music industry yet: streaming.

For more than twenty-five years, All You Need to Know About the Music Business has been universally regarded as the definitive guide to the music industry. Now in its tenth
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code book cover63

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

Martin Fowler

4.1
Fully Revised and Updated-Includes New Refactorings and Code Examples"Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand."
--M. Fowler (1999) For more than twenty years, experienced programmers worldwide have relied on Martin Fowler's Refactoring to improve the design of existing code and to enhance software maintainability, as well as to
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Answer to Job

Carl Gustav Jung, R. F. C. Hull

4.1
Jung has never pursued the "psychology of religion" apart from general psychology. The unique importance of his work lies rather in his discovery and treatment of religious, or potentially religious, factors in his investigation into the unconscious as a whole and in his general therapeutic practice. In Answer to Job, first published in Zurich in 1952, Jung employs the familiar language of theolog
Hold On While I Hang On book cover65

Hold On While I Hang On

Behnoush Babzani

4.1
"Behnoush Babzani is no stranger to tragedy. A rare blood disorder meant risky treatments and agonizing recoveries. Terrifying diagnoses for the mother whose unwavering support she leaned on and for her own future as a parent threatened to break her spirit. But she denied despair and found her way to a resilient, life-affirming faith in the potency of love. Empowered by this inner strength, she co
Out of the Storm: Grappling with God in the Book of Job book cover66

Out of the Storm: Grappling with God in the Book of Job

Christopher Ash

4.1
Why does a good God allow innocent suffering? Why does a just God act unfairly? Why does a sovereign God let disease and evil run rampant? These are not questions asked from the onlooker's armchair, nor from the academic's desk, but from the anguish of the sickbed and the frustration of the wheelchair: The problem of pain is considered with the heart as well as the head. In Out of the Storm: Grapp
Head First Design Patterns book cover67

Head First Design Patterns

Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra, Elisabeth Robson

4.1
You're not alone.

At any given moment, somewhere in the world someone struggles with the same software design problems you have. You know you don't want to reinvent the wheel (or worse, a flat tire), so you look to Design Patterns--the lessons learned by those who've faced the same problems. With Design Patterns, you get to take advantage of the best practices and experience of others, so that you
The Book of Five Rings book cover68

The Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi

4.1
Written over three centuries ago by a Samurai warrior, the book has been hailed as a limitless source of psychological insight for businessmen-or anyone who relies on strategy and tactics for outwitting the competition.
What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful book cover69

What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful

Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter

4.1
America's most sought-after executive coach shows how to climb the last few rungs of the ladder The corporate world is filled with executives, men and women who have worked hard for years to reach the upper levels of management. They're intelligent, skilled, and even charismatic. But only a handful of them will ever reach the pinnacle--and as executive coach Marshall Goldsmith shows in this book,
The Book on Managing Rental Properties: A Proven System for Finding, Screening, and Managing Tenants with Fewer Headaches and Maximum Profits book cover70

The Book on Managing Rental Properties: A Proven System for Finding, Screening, and Managing Tenants with Fewer Headaches and Maximum Profits

Brandon Turner

4.1
No matter how great you are at finding good rental property deals, you could lose everything if you don't manage your properties correctly! But being a landlord doesn't have to mean middle-of-the-night phone calls, costly evictions, or daily frustrations with ungrateful tenants. Being a landlord can actually be fun IF you do it right. That's why Brandon and Heather Turner put together this compreh
The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future book cover71

The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future

Chris Guillebeau

4.1
In The $100 Startup, Chris Guillebeau shows you how to lead of life of adventure, meaning and purpose – and earn a good living.

Still in his early thirties, Chris is on the verge of completing a tour of every country on earth – he’s already visited more than 175 nations – and yet he’s never held a “real job” or earned a regular paycheck. Rather, he has a special genius for turning ideas into incom
What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People book cover72

What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People

Joe Navarro and Marvin Karlins

4.1
He says that's his best offer. Is it?

She says she agrees. Does she?

The interview went great—or did it?

He said he'd never do it again. But he did.

Read this book and send your nonverbal intelligence soaring. Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer and a recognized expert on nonverbal behavior, explains how to "speed-read" people: decode sentiments and behaviors, avoid hidden pitfalls,
Cracking the PM Interview: How to Land a Product Manager Job in Technology book cover73

Cracking the PM Interview: How to Land a Product Manager Job in Technology

Gayle Laakmann McDowell and Jackie Bavaro

4.1
How many pizzas are delivered in Manhattan? How do you design an alarm clock for the blind? What is your favorite piece of software and why? How would you launch a video rental service in India? This book will teach you how to answer these questions and more. Cracking the PM Interview is a comprehensive book about landing a product management role in a startup or bigger tech company. Learn how the
Leading Change book cover74

Leading Change

John P. Kotter

4.1
The international bestseller—now with a new preface by author John Kotter.

Millions worldwide have read and embraced John Kotter’s ideas on change management and leadership.
From the ill-fated dot-com bubble to unprecedented M&A activity to scandal, greed, and ultimately, recession—we’ve learned that widespread and difficult change is no longer the exception. It’s the rule. Now with a new preface, t
Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) book cover75

Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0)

Verne Harnish

4.0
Winner of the 2015 International Book Awards for General Business

Winner of the 2015 National Indie Excellence Award for General Business

Winner of the 2015 Readers' Favorite International Book Award Gold Medal for Non-Fiction Business

Winner of the 2015 Paris Book Festival Award for Business

Winner of the 2015 Amsterdam Book Festival Award for Business

Winner of the 2015 San Francisco Book Festival A
A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) book cover76

A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

Barbara Oakley

4.0
Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a higher level of math competency, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating but inescapable field. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high
Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide C++ book cover77

Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide C++

Adnan Aziz, Tsung-Hsien Lee, et al.

4.0
New! Java versions of all C++ programs in the book at http: //bit.ly/epi-programs Get a PDF sampler of EPI from http: //bit.ly/epi-sampler

Have you ever...

Wanted to work at an exciting futuristic company? Struggled with an interview problem that could have been solved in 15 minutes? Wished you could study real-world computing problems?

If so, you need to read Elements of Programming Interviews (EPI)
The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers book cover78

The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

Robert Martin

4.0
Programmers who endure and succeed amidst swirling uncertainty and nonstop pressure share a common attribute: They care deeply about the practice of creating software. They treat it as a craft. They are professionals. In The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, legendary software expert Robert C. Martin introduces the disciplines, techniques, tools, and practices of true
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The Millionaire Real Estate Agent

Gary Keller

4.0

Take your real estate career to the highest level

"Whether you are just getting started or a veteran in the business, "The Millionaire Real Estate Agent" is the step-by-step handbook for seeking excellence in your profession and in your life."
--Mark Victor Hansen, cocreator, #1" New York Times" bestselling series "Chicken Soup for the Soul"

"This book presents a new paradigm for real estate and s

Mad Lizard Mambo (Kai Gracen, #2) book cover80

Mad Lizard Mambo (Kai Gracen, #2)

Rhys For

4.0
Kai Gracen has no intention of being anyone’s pawn. A pity Fate and SoCalGov have a different opinion on the matter.

Licensed Stalkers make their living hunting down monsters and dangerous criminals… and their lives are usually brief, brutal, and thankless. Despite being elfin and cursed with a nearly immortal lifespan, Kai didn’t expect to be any different. Then Ryder, the High Lord of the Souther
Job: A Man of Heroic Endurance (Great Lives from God's Word Series, Volume 7) book cover81

Job: A Man of Heroic Endurance (Great Lives from God's Word Series, Volume 7)

Charles R. Swindoll

4.0
The trials of Job are legendary. One righteous man suffering so many calamities, so much heartache. But despite the fact that many have heard about Job and his trials, not many people truly understand what those trials were all about and what God was trying to accomplish through them. Job himself was confused about it all. "What did I do to deserve such suffering?" he cried out.

Eventually, though,
48 Days to the Work You Love: Preparing for the New Normal book cover82

48 Days to the Work You Love: Preparing for the New Normal

Dan Miller, Dave Ramsey

4.0
In Any Economy, It Pays to Discover Your Calling

According to financial expert Dave Ramsey, “Few categories of our lives define us and grow us spiritually, emotionally, relationally, and as people. Our work is one of those defining areas. Sadly, a ‘j-o-b’ is what most people settle for. But as Dan Miller so powerfully points out in 48 Days to the Work You Love, a calling lights up your life.”

As a
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Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything

Alexandra Carter

4.0
Ask for More shows that by asking better questions, you get better answers—and better results from any negotiation.

Negotiation is not a zero-sum game. It’s an essential skill for your career that can also improve your closest relationships and your everyday life, but often people shy away from it, feeling defeated before they’ve even started. In this groundbreaking new book on negotiation, Ask fo
The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career book cover84

The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career

Reid Hoffman

4.0
From the co-founder and chairman of LinkedIn and author Ben Casnocha comes a revolutionary new book on how to apply the strategies of successful entrepreneurship to your career: in other words, how to run the 'start-up of you'.

In a world where wages are virtually stagnant, creative disruption is rocking every industry, global competition for jobs is fierce, and job security is a thing of the past,
Nice Girls Still Don't Get the Corner Office: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers book cover85

Nice Girls Still Don't Get the Corner Office: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers

Lois P. Frankel

4.0
The New York Times bestseller, which has become a must-have for women in business, is now revised and updated in celebration of its 10th anniversary.

Internationally recognized executive coach Dr. Lois P. Frankel teacher women how to eliminate unconscious mistakes that could be holding them back, and gives invaluable coaching tips that can easily be incorporated into social and business skills. The
The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide To Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job book cover86

The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide To Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job

Karen Kelsky

4.0
The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D. into their ideal job

Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured
The The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Personal Workbook book cover87

The The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Personal Workbook

Stephen R. Covey

4.0
Internationally renowned leadership authority and bestselling author Stephen R. Covey presents a personal hands-on companion to the landmark The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People , which has become a touchstone for individuals, families, and businesses around the world. The overwhelming success of Stephen R. Covey's principle-centered philosophy is a testament to the millions who have benefited
Innovation Driven Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to Help Entrepreneurs Launch Successful New Ventures book cover88

Innovation Driven Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to Help Entrepreneurs Launch Successful New Ventures

Bill Aulet

4.0
"Innovation Driven Entrepreneurship "will change the way people think about entrepreneurship. Many believe that it cannot be taught, and those who are successful in starting a business are born with something others do not have. Innovation-based entrepreneurship can be broken down into discreet behaviors and processes that can be taught to the intelligent, hardworking, people using this book.

Eric
60 Seconds and You're Hired! book cover89

60 Seconds and You're Hired!

Robin Ryan

4.0
Now fully revised and updated-the must-have guide to acing the interview and landing the dream job

For the past decade, 60 Seconds & You're Hired! has helped thousands of job seekers get the perfect job by excelling at the crucial job interview. Now, in this new edition, America's top career coach Robin Ryan offers proven strategies to help readers take charge of the interview process and get the
Knock 'Em Dead 2016: The Ultimate Job Search Guide book cover90

Knock 'Em Dead 2016: The Ultimate Job Search Guide

Martin John Yate

4.0
Take control of your job search, career, and life!

"New York Times" bestseller Martin Yate has helped millions of job seekers improve their job search and career management tactics, changing their lives forever. Featuring his unique, time-tested methods for achieving professional success, this brand-new edition provides you with the tools you need to win your next job and successfully navigate the
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) book cover91

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

Seth Godin

4.0
A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller

In this iconic bestseller, popular business blogger and bestselling author Seth Godin proves that winners are really just the best quitters. Godin shows that winners quit fast, quit often, and quit without guilt--until they commit to beating the right Dip.

Every new project (or job, or hobby, or company) starts out fun...then gets rea
Be Obsessed or Be Average book cover92

Be Obsessed or Be Average

Grant Cardone

4.0
Obsession saved my life and made me a business superstar. What can it do for you?....
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software book cover93

Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

Eric Evans

4.0
"Eric Evans has written a fantastic book on how you can make the design of your software match your mental model of the problem domain you are addressing. "His book is very compatible with XP. It is not about drawing pictures of a domain; it is about how you think of it, the language you use to talk about it, and how you organize your software to reflect your improving understanding of it. Eric th
How to Book Acting Jobs in TV and Film: Second Edition: The Truth about the Acting Industry - Conversations with a Veteran Hollywood Casting Director book cover94

How to Book Acting Jobs in TV and Film: Second Edition: The Truth about the Acting Industry - Conversations with a Veteran Hollywood Casting Director

Cathy Reinking CSA

4.0
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ACTING INDUSTRY - CONVERSATIONS WITH A VETERAN HOLLYWOOD CASTING DIRECTOR New Second Edition of this significant book on the casting process for TV and film, told with compassion, wisdom, and brutal honesty by a veteran Hollywood casting director. Casting credits include "Frasier," "Arrested Development," and former Manager of Casting at NBC. Topics not found in any other book
Busy, Busy Town book cover95

Busy, Busy Town

Richard Scarry

4.0
Huckle Cat and Lowly Worm provide a fun introduction to Richard Scarry's Busytown, the setting of Busytown Mysteries on TV. Each oversized spread features a different place from the Post Office, to the Supermarket, to the farm. And for each place is a complete, simple story describing the activities, sights and friendly folk who can be found there. Familiar faces like Sargeant Murphy and Miss Hone
Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type book cover96

Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type

Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger

4.0
Revised and Updated Edition Featuring E-careers for the 21st Century

Now updated for today's hottest jobs--including telecommunications, biotechnology, and health care professional--this bestselling career guide shows people how to determine their personality type, and then explains which jobs are best suited to each type.

Already a classic in the genre, Do What You Are has helped hundreds of thousa
Fox On The Job (Easy To Read Level 3) book cover97

Fox On The Job (Easy To Read Level 3)

James Marshall

4.0
Level Three

When Fox breaks his bike, his mom tells him to get a job to pay for a new one. He tries working at a shoe store (too much!), an amusement park (too scary!), and even tries delivering pizzas (too fast!). Then he finds a job that's just his speed - bed testing in a store window! Zzzzzzz!
The Misery of Job and the Mercy of God book cover98

The Misery of Job and the Mercy of God

John Piper, Ric Ergenbright

4.0
The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes book cover99

The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes

Robert Alter

4.0
Here, in Robert Alter’s bold new translation, are some of the most magnificent works in world literature. The astounding poetry in the Book of Job is restored to its powerful ancient meanings and rhythms. The account of creation in its Voice from the Whirlwind is beautiful and incendiary—an unforgettable challenge to the place of man in the universe. The serene fatalism that construes life as ephe
Stage Lighting: The Technicians' Guide: An On-the-job Reference Tool with Online Video Resources - 2nd Edition book cover100

Stage Lighting: The Technicians' Guide: An On-the-job Reference Tool with Online Video Resources - 2nd Edition

Skip Mort

4.0
This practical guide covers all aspects of stage lighting equipment, special effects, lighting a performance space and lighting design. It is well illustrated with examples of equipment, diagrams, plans and technical data. It also features the work of current lighting designers. The associated video content shows the practical use of equipment and different lighting techniques and effects.

It provi