I am more specifically looking for business/entrepreneurial books, but marketing, blogging and general tech books are also of interest. What are your favourites?<p>(I have recently read Super Freakanomics, Purple Cow [again], Theo Paphitis' (British entrepreneur) autobiography, Duncan Banatyne's (another British entrepreneur) autobiography also.<p>(Hope this is a valid question allowed here. I know we're all enthused with startups and such.)<p>Thanks in advance. :)
Linchpin, by Seth Godin. It contains the most food for thought per page of any book I've read recently. Check out some popular quotes from it on <a href="http://kindle.amazon.com/work/linchpin-are-you-indispensable-ebook/B002L9Z3S2/B00354Y9ZU" rel="nofollow">http://kindle.amazon.com/work/linchpin-are-you-indispensable...</a> ... it's the 11th most highlighted Kindle book for a reason.
I can think negotiations as being important for business/entrepreneurship.<p>If this interests you, this is one book I have read and am glad I read. It was good enough to open my eyes on certain ways of the business world.<p>Trump-Style Negotiation: Powerful Strategies and Tactics for Mastering Every Deal by Donald H Ross.
Here is my list:
* The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
* The Four Steps to the Epiphany
* The Responsibility Virus: How Control Freaks, Shrinking Violets-and The Rest Of Us-can Harness The Power Of True Partnership
* Inventors Dilemma
* Inventors Solution
* Radical Leap
* Война и мир
For business and marketing books and other media, David Maister at <a href="http://davidmaister.com/" rel="nofollow">http://davidmaister.com/</a><p>IMHO he's better than Heller, Harvey-Jones, McCormack and even Drucker.
Taleb's new book is out at the end of the year, but here's a preview on his site. <a href="http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/aphorisms.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/aphorisms.pdf</a>
Here's my list for entrepreneurial books:
<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1021570" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1021570</a>
Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt. On the surface this may seem like a regular (though non-dry and very engaging while not being too long) economics book...but the lessons and perspective it gave me have made me more money than any other book I've ever read.<p>It changed the way I view the world, and this perspective has let me see so many things that are invisible to nearly everyone else.