These-days everything is digitalized but when talking about a real ‘tangible’ book I would rather have it in my hands than on my screen. Here’s a list of must read (business) books. The books listed are obviously read by me.

In random order

Greening Your Business ; The hands on guide to creating a successful and sustainable business

“Here in one handy guide, are all of the things you never needed to worry about when energy was cheap. But now this book represents huge savings that will go straight to your bottom line, and help the planet a little in the process. Comprehensive and useful!” — Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy and The End of Nature

Chasing Daylight ; How my forthcoming death transformed my life

“Voicing universal truths not often found in business or how-to tracts…[O'Kelly] made a success out of his final mission.”-The New York Times

The Truth About Managing People ; Beware of the quick fix…

The Truth About Managing People offers real solutions for the make-or-break problems faced by every manager. You’ll discover: how to overcome the true obstacles to teamwork; why too much communication can be as dangerous as too little; how to improve your hiring and employee evaluations; how to heal “layoff survivor sickness”; even how to learn charisma. This isn’t someone’s opinion; it’s a definitive, evidence-based guide to effective management: a set of bedrock principles you can rely on throughout your entire management career.

Leading At A Higher Level ; Blanchard on leadership and creating high performing organizations

Leading at a Higher Level presents the definitive discussion about using Situational Leadership® II to lead yourself, individuals, teams, and entire organizations. More important, you’ll learn how to dig deep within, discover the personal “leadership point of view” all great leaders possess, and apply it throughout your entire life.

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.

What Every Body Is Saying ;  An ex-FBI agent’s guide to speed-reading people

“A masterful work on nonverbal body language by an exceptional observer. Joe Navarro’s work has been field-tested in the crucible of law enforcement at the highest levels within the FBI. I cannot praise the book enough.” (–David Givens, Ph.D., author of Crime Signals and Love Signals )

House Of Cards ; We all f****d up Wall Street. Commercial banks. Regulators. Investors. Everybody.

“A masterly reconstruction of Bear Stearns’ implosion—a tumultuous episode in Wall Street history that still reverberates throughout our economy today. . . . First drafts of history don’t get much better than this.” —Bloomberg News

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