This is an alphabetical version. For a subjective ranked version see: Ranked: How To and Not To Run a Business
Running a business is difficult. Here is a list of book on some do's and don't of running a business.
How To Run A Business
- The Age of Paradox by Charles Handy
- Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller
- Define and Deliver Exceptional Customer Service: Proven Strategies to Maximize Your Profits by Kelly Henry
- Guide to Profitability by Hetal Shah
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- The New Farm: Our Ten Years on the Front Lines of the Good Food Revolution by Brent Preston
- The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
- Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin
- Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin To Munger by Peter Bevelin
- Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
How Not To Run A Business
- Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
- Class Struggle Unionism by Joe Burns
- Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
- Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze
- Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy by Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy by George Gilder
- Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein
How To And Not To Run A Business
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
- The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life by Robin Hanson
- Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
- How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy by John J. Mearsheimer, Sebastian Rosato
- Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries by Marc Fasteau, and Ian Fletcher
- Japan Unbound: A Volatile Nation's Quest for Pride and Purpose by John Nathan
- My Two Chinas: The Memoir of a Chinese Counterrevolutionary by Baiqiao Tang
- Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire by John Man
- Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
