I subscribe to several services that provide summaries of the latest books. Usually the summaries do not provide enough information to satisfy the need I have to completely understand a topic, but they do provide some insight regarding whether a book is worth the time commitment to read.
One of these services is called 800-CEO-READ. This week, this company republished a book list called Amazon's Best of 2011…So Far. In the business category, here are the top ten books:
- Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul by Howard Schultz, Rodale Press
- Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions by Guy Kawasaki, Portfolio
- Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by David Logan, John King & Halee Fischer-Wright, Harper Paperbacks (the paperback release of the authors’ 2008 book)
- In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy, Simon & Schuster
- Poke the Box by Seth Godin, The Domino Project – Powered by Amazon
- Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity by Josh Linkner, Jossey-Bass
- We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World by Simon Mainwaring, Palgrave MacMillan
- The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk, HarperBusiness
- Beyond Wealth: The Road Map to a Rich Life by Alexander Green, John Wiley & Sons
- Endgame: The End of the Debt Supercycle and How It Changes Everything by John Mauldin, John Wiley & Sons
Hopefully, one of these books will tweak your interest and you can pick up a copy before you head out for your Fourth of July weekend. Enjoy.
Editor's Note: This article was written by Ben Hess. Ben is the Founding Partner and Managing Director of Tidemark, Inc. and a regular contributor to WorkPuzzle. Comments or questions are welcome. If you're an email subscriber, reply to this WorkPuzzle email. If you read the blog directly from the web, you can click the "comments" link below.
