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What books deserve a space on every single business owner's shelf? Here's our list of the 30 most important and influential business books of all time, featuring inspiration (Yvon Chouinard), advice (Paul Hawken), self-help (Dale Carnegie), and big thoughts (Jim Collins, shown above).
Review: Getting to Plan BIn Getting to Plan B, John Mullins and Randy Komisar discuss the importance of revising your business model
The Cost of Bad BehaviorIn The Cost of Bad Behavior, Christine Pearson and Christine Porath argue that office incivility is contagious.
In Pursuit of EleganceAuthor Mathew E. May writes about the virtues of simplicity and symmetry in solving business problems
Four SeasonsIn this memoir, the Four Seasons founder travels from Toronto's Jewish ghetto to the top of the global luxury-hotel business.
It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Stand ForWhen building a brand, ask not what makes your business different--ask what difference your business makes.
What Would Google Do?Jarvis describes how the underlying principles of Google--connections, links, transparency, openness--are transforming virtually all aspects of life.
Changing the GamePerhaps the first to suggest management via Doom, the authors claim video games can engage employees in even the most tedious of tasks.
Billion Dollar LessonsThe takeaway: Companies must build rigorous tire-kicking into their decision-making, or risk epic, humiliating failure.
The Classics
Good to Great author Jim Collins picks his favorite business books of all time
The Best Business Books of 2008
Our panel of judges selects their favorite books of the year
The Peter Principle at 40
Why incompetents will always rule the world
Atlas Shrugged at 50
Happy anniversary, Masters of the Universe
Is the U.S. Losing its Edge? Not a Chance!
An interview with The Venturesome Economy author Amar Bhidé
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Editor-at-large Leigh Buchanan writes Inc.'s book review column, The Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books. She also writes company profiles, and columns on leadership and office life. Her work has also appeared in the Harvard Business Review and CIO Magazine. And, yes, early in her career Buchanan edited the TV Guide crossword puzzle.
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