Top 100 Non-Fiction Books on Entrepreneurship¶
"Mastering the Art of Entrepreneurship: Strategies, Stories, and Wisdom from the Front Lines"
This concise guide distills the wisdom of the top 100 non-fiction books on entrepreneurship, offering actionable insights and lessons for aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs alike.
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Top 100 List¶
- "The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries
- "Zero to One" by Peter Thiel with Blake Masters
- "The $100 Startup" by Chris Guillebeau
- "The Hard Thing About Hard Things" by Ben Horowitz
- "The E-Myth Revisited" by Michael E. Gerber
- "Start with Why" by Simon Sinek
- "Good to Great" by Jim Collins
- "Rework" by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
- "The Innovator’s Dilemma" by Clayton M. Christensen
- "Venture Deals" by Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson
- "The Four Steps to the Epiphany" by Steve Blank
- "Crossing the Chasm" by Geoffrey A. Moore
- "The Art of the Start" by Guy Kawasaki
- "Lean Analytics" by Alistair Croll & Benjamin Yoskovitz
- "Hooked" by Nir Eyal
- "The Startup Owner’s Manual" by Steve Blank & Bob Dorf
- "Built to Last" by Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras
- "The Founder’s Dilemmas" by Noam Wasserman
- "Contagious" by Jonah Berger
- "Drive" by Daniel H. Pink
- "The First 90 Days" by Michael D. Watkins
- "The Startup Playbook" by David S. Kidder
- "Business Model Generation" by Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur
- "The Dip" by Seth Godin
- "Traction" by Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares
- "Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely
- "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg
- "Scaling Up" by Verne Harnish
- "Purple Cow" by Seth Godin
- "The Personal MBA" by Josh Kaufman
- "Influence" by Robert B. Cialdini
- "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey
- "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman
- "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
- "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert T. Kiyosaki
- "Getting Things Done" by David Allen
- "How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie
- "Shoe Dog" by Phil Knight
- "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield
- "Originals" by Adam Grant
- "The Obstacle Is the Way" by Ryan Holiday
- "Deep Work" by Cal Newport
- "The Magic of Thinking Big" by David J. Schwartz
- "Mindset" by Carol S. Dweck
- "Grit" by Angela Duckworth
- "The 4-Hour Workweek" by Timothy Ferriss
- "Principles" by Ray Dalio
- "Made to Stick" by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
- "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham
- "Atomic Habits" by James Clear
- "Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari
- "Dare to Lead" by Brené Brown
- "Measure What Matters" by John Doerr
- "The Power of Broke" by Daymond John
- "Lost and Founder" by Rand Fishkin
- "Crushing It!" by Gary Vaynerchuk
- "Disrupted" by Dan Lyons
- "The Innovator's DNA" by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, & Clayton M. Christensen
- "The Little Red Book of Selling" by Jeffrey Gitomer
- "Never Split the Difference" by Chris Voss
- "The Psychology of Selling" by Brian Tracy
- "High Output Management" by Andrew S. Grove
- "The Sales Acceleration Formula" by Mark Roberge
- "The One Thing" by Gary Keller with Jay Papasan
- "The Millionaire Fastlane" by MJ DeMarco
- "The Compound Effect" by Darren Hardy
- "Vivid Vision" by Cameron Herold
- "SPIN Selling" by Neil Rackham
- "Built to Sell" by John Warrillow
- "Start-Up Nation" by Dan Senor & Saul Singer
- "Oversubscribed" by Daniel Priestley
- "The Art of Possibility" by Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander
- "The Thank You Economy" by Gary Vaynerchuk
- "Who" by Geoff Smart and Randy Street
- "The 10X Rule" by Grant Cardone
- "The Ultimate Sales Machine" by Chet Holmes
- "Delivering Happiness" by Tony Hsieh
- "The Blue Ocean Strategy" by W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne
- "The Goal" by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
- "The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing" by Al Ries & Jack Trout
- "The Startup Way" by Eric Ries
- "Platform Revolution" by Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, & Sangeet Paul Choudary
- "The Everything Store" by Brad Stone
- "Bad Blood" by John Carreyrou
- "Creativity, Inc." by Ed Catmull
- "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (while not strictly about entrepreneurship, its themes are often cited as inspirational by entrepreneurs)
- "The Fifth Discipline" by Peter M. Senge
- "The Effective Executive" by Peter F. Drucker
- "The Innovator's Method" by Nathan Furr & Jeff Dyer
- "Value Proposition Design" by Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Greg Bernarda, & Alan Smith
- "The Phoenix Project" by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, & George Spafford
- "The Startup J Curve" by Howard Love
- "Angel" by Jason Calacanis
- "The Hard Thing About Hard Things" by Ben Horowitz
- "Blitzscaling" by Reid Hoffman & Chris Yeh
- "The Third Wave" by Steve Case
- "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg
- "The Second Machine Age" by Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew McAfee
- "Flash Boys" by Michael Lewis
- "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
This list includes foundational classics as well as more recent contributions to the field of entrepreneurship, reflecting the evolving landscape of business and innovation. Each book provides unique insights into the challenges and rewards of starting and growing a business in today's dynamic and often uncertain environment.