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800-CEO-READ Business Bestsellers for August 2017

September 01, 2017

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The bestselling business books at 800-CEO-READ for August 2017.

Each month we compile a list of our top selling business books. These books are featured on our site, within our Keen Thinker Newsletter, and syndicated through various publications. We hope the popularity of these titles offers guidance for those seeking an interesting and helpful new book. We report our business book bestsellers to The New York Times and Nielsen BookScan. Congratulations to these bestselling business authors for August!  

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1. How to Work with and Lead People Not Like You: Practical Solutions for Today's Diverse Workplace

By Kelly McDonald
Published by Wiley

 
9781501156021  

2. Fully Alive: Using the Lessons of the Amazon to Live Your Mission in Business and Life

By Tyler Gage
Published by Atria Books

 
9780470888544  

3. The Carpenter: A Story about the Greatest Success Strategies of All

By Jon Gordon
Published by Wiley

 
9780425287538  

4. Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World

By Reshma Saujani
Published by Viking Books for Young Readers

 
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5. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

By Angela Duckworth
Published by Scribner Book Company

 
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6. The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World

By Nilofer Merchant
Published by Viking

 
9781119278665  

7. What to Do When Machines Do Everything: How to Get Ahead in a World of AI, Algorithms, Bots, and Big Data

By Malcolm Frank, Ben Pring, Paul Roehrig
Published by Wiley

 
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8. The Service Culture Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Your Employees Obsessed with Customer Service

By Jeff Toister
Published by Not available

 
9780062407474  

9. Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World

By Joann S Lublin
Published by HarperBusiness

 
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10. 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A Tr

By Dan Harris
Published by Dey Street Books

 
9781592409495  

11. Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life

By Susan David
Published by Avery Publishing Group

 
9780385721707  

12. The Wisdom of Crowds

By James Surowiecki
Published by Anchor Books

 
9780316256575  

13. Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

By Amy Cuddy
Published by Little Brown and Company

 
9780062652416  

14. Head Strong: The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-In Just Two Weeks

By Dave Asprey
Published by Harper Wave

 
9780385348331  

15. The Great Game of Business: The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company (Revised, 20th Anniversary)

By Jack Stack
Published by Crown Business

 
9781119257233  

16. Winning with Data: Transform Your Culture, Empower Your People, and Shape the Future

By Frank Bien, Tomasz Tunguz
Published by Wiley

 
9781401944643  

17. Nothing Changes Until You Do: A Guide to Self-Compassion and Getting Out of Your Own Way

By Mike Robbins
Published by Hay House

 
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18. Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less

By Tiffany Dufu
Published by Flatiron Books

 
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19. Own It: The Power of Women at Work

By Sallie Krawcheck
Published by Crown Business

 
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20. Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines

By Thomas H Davenport, Julia Kirby
Published by HarperBusiness

 
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21. You're More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen

By Eric Liu
Published by PublicAffairs

 
9780814436172  

22. Make It Matter: How Managers Can Motivate by Creating Meaning

By Scott Mautz
Published by AMACOM

 
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23. Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future

By Andrew Mc Afee, Erik Brynjolfsson
Published by W. W. Norton & Company

 
9780804141239  

24. Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be

By Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter
Published by Crown Business

 
9781101903612  

25. The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage

By Daymond John, Daniel Paisner
Published by Crown Business

 

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