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October 2016 Business Bestsellers

1

O Great One!: A Little Story about the Awesome Power of Recognition

David Novak

Products / Portfolio

2

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Angela Duckworth

Products / Scribner Book Company

3

The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy

Jon Gordon, Ken Blanchard

Products / Wiley..

4

Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us

Daniel H Pink

Products / Riverhead Books

5

Grit to Great: How Perseverance, Passion, and Pluck Take You from Ordinary to Extraordinary

Linda Kaplan Thaler, Robin Koval

Products / Currency

6

An Accident of Geography: Compassion, Innovation and the Fight Against Poverty

Richard C. Blum, Thomas C. Hayes

Products / Greenleaf Book Group Press

7

Balls: It Takes Some to Get Some

Chris Edwards

Products / Greenleaf Book Group Press

8

The Confidence Effect: Every Woman's Guide to the Attitude That Attracts Success

Grace Killelea

Products / Amacom

9

Rock Bottom to Rock Star: Lessons from the Business School of Hard Knocks

Ryan Blair

Products / Portfolio

10

The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming an Accountable Leader

Vince Molinaro

Products / Wiley

11

The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear to Faith

Gabrielle Bernstein

Products / Hay House

12

How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight

Julian Guthrie

Products / Penguin Press

13

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Mark Manson

Products / Harper.

14

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

Joann S Lublin

Products / Harper Business

15

It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy (Revised, Updated)

D Michael Abrashoff

Products / Grand Central Publishing

16

Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family

Bob Chapman, Raj Sisodia

Products / Portfolio

17

Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice

Clayton M Christensen, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon

Products / Harper Business

18

The Relationship Engine: Connecting with the People Who Power Your Business

Ed Wallace

Products / Amacom

19

Connect: How Companies Succeed by Engaging Radically with Society

John Browne

Products / PublicAffairs

20

Hopping Over the Rabbit Hole: How Entrepreneurs Turn Failure Into Success

Anthony Scaramucci, Peter Diamandis, Tony Robbins

Products / Wiley

21

The New Grand Strategy: Restoring America's Prosperity, Security, and Sustainability in the 21st Century

Mark Mykleby, Patrick Doherty, Joel Makower

Products / St. Martin's Press

22

Unmarketing: Everything Has Changed and Nothing Is Different

Scott Stratten, Alison Stratten

Products / Wiley

23

The Quarter-Life Breakthrough: Invent Your Own Path, Find Meaningful Work, and Build a Life That Matters

Adam Smiley Poswolsky

Products / Tarcherperigee

24

Let Me Out: Unlock Your Creative Mind and Bring Your Ideas to Life

Peter Himmelman

Products / Tarcherperigee

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