The 100 Best Business Books of All Time: What They Say, Why They Matter, and How They Can Help You

The 100 Best Business Books of All Time puts each book in context so that readers can quickly find solutions to the problems they face, such as how best to spend The First 90 Days in a new job or how to take their company from Good to Great. Many of the choices are surprising—you’ll find reviews of Moneyball and Orbiting the Giant Hairball, but not Jack Welch’s memoir.

At the end of each review, Jack and Todd direct readers to other books both inside and outside The 100 Best. And sprinkled throughout are sidebars taking the reader beyond business books, suggesting movies, novels, and even children’s books that offer equally relevant insights.

This guide will appeal to anyone, from entry-level to CEO, who wants to cut through the clutter and discover the brilliant books that are truly worth their investment of time and money.

This post is from Ryan Price’s blog.

100 Best Business Books

It takes you through the alphabet one letter at a time describing all the ways in which to be manly. Here are a few choice excerpts:

From the sleeve:

Finally, a book that guarantees your balls will be stomped; a book so manly that it will make even the burliest of men (and in some cases, the burliest of women) feel inadequate. So manly, it needs to be shaved: The Alphabet of Manliness

E is for Enlightenment:

Quickly, name two famous women inventors. Too Hard? Okay, name one. How about a famous invention made by a woman?3 Give up? That’s because there are none. Men invented everything. From Plato’s momentous discovery of wrestling to John Holme’s perfection of the Money Shot, all notable milestones of human achievement have come about because of men

H is for Hot Sauce:

All men love spicy food. The statement “I don’t like spicy food” is a more verbose way of saying “I have a vagina.”

L is for Lumberjacks:

A Lumberjack is a man who jacks lumber. Chopping down trees is all they think about. If there were no trees to chop down, lumberjacks would cease to exist. And yet, lumberjacks have so much contempt for trees that they are willing to sacrifice their very existence to help win the war against nature.

N is for Chuck Norris:

Chuck Norris eats rocks and shits lightning bolts. One time Chuck Norris was walking around in the forest, looking for hippies to use as firewood, when a wild boar suddenly crossed his path. Big mistake. Chuck lifted the boar into the air with his mind, spun him around, and digested him telekinetically. And Chuck wasn’t even hungry.

I could honestly continue to just quote the entire book, but I won’t. Highly recommended reading.

This post is from Ryan Price’s blog.

My Bible

I had no specific intentions of reading it but I had heard from several different people that Angels and Demons is better that The Da Vinci Code (also by Dan Brown). I arrived at the airport last Saturday with some time to spare before my flight and decided to give the book a chance. I’m glad I did.

I won’t spoil it for anyone who hasn’t read it yet, but I will say this much: Its got a solid plot and constantly incorporates interesting historical tid-bits along the way which is something I really liked. All the locations and historical sites or pieces of art in the book are real. Only the plot line and characters are fictional. If you haven’t read it, give it a shot when you have some time.

I plan on giving another of Dan Brown’s novels a read. The next one will be Deception Point.

On a side note, some of the pictures from Shaby’s wedding are up (link on right).

This post is from Ryan Price’s blog.

Angels and Demons