17 Best Management Books

"In my office, you will not see the degree I have from the University of Nebraska, or the master’s degree I have from Columbia University, but you’ll see the certificate I got from the Dale Carnegie course." - Warren Buffett

One of the books on Scott Adams' "Persuasion Reading List."

Recommended on Dave Ramsey's website.

"The one book we encourage startup founders to read. [...] It's critically important for anyone in business." - Paul Graham

Derek Sivers mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"Seek to be understood." - Dustin Moskovitz

Recommended on Dave Ramsey's website.

Daniel Pink mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"[Also] helped me really be successful." - Ken Block

"[I] was surprised at how familiar the topics felt." - Dustin Moskovitz

"Begin with the end in mind." - Noah Kagan

"Immensely helpful and influential during my early years, it explained some of the basic mindsets required to succeed in any profession." - Kishore Biyani

"Really helped me in business." - Joe De Sena

"It was entertaining and easy to read, but I’m struggling to recall many of the lessons from it, which says something." - Brian Armstrong

Daymond John recommended this book in a Business Insider interview.

Recommended on Dave Ramsey's website.

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on his website.

"Synergize." - Dustin Moskovitz

Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 23

"To learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to an art." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Served me well. [...] Advocates keeping one’s cool at all times." - Marc Benioff

"After meeting Mark Zuckerberg, [Evan Spiegel] immediately bought every [Snapchat] employee a copy of 'The Art Of War'." - Business Insider

"Another [book] I have to mention." - Dave Camarillo

Ryan Petersen mentioned this book on Twitter.

"A wonderful book about a naval [Admiral] that was running one of the worst performing U.S. nuclear submarines and turned it around to be the best performing U.S. submarine." - DHH

"About enabling leaders in your organization written by the former U.S. Navy Captain of a nuclear submarine." - Brian Armstrong

"Based on real life events, Marquet presents his ideas in a superbly practical way — perfect for implementing." - Simon Sinek

"Had a profound effect on me." - Jason Fried

"Very interesting particularly on scale issues." - Ben Horowitz

Part of "Jeff's Reading List."

Recommended on Dave Ramsey's website.

"The great management book." - Jason Calacanis

One of Max Levchin's answers to "what's your favourite business book you'd advise to young entrepreneurs?"

"The scientific method can be applied to business. This book draws powerful lessons from data." - Brian Armstrong

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"An amazing, amazing book." - Ezra Klein

"I love reading first-hand accounts about how people build great companies like Pixar and nurture innovation and creativity." - Mark Zuckerberg

"Pixar has made some of the greatest stories of our time, but [the author]’s personal story, is perhaps the greatest story that has come out of Pixar." - Jason Calacanis

"About Pixar." - Demis Hassabis

"Must read." - Alexis Ohanian

"Best business book I've read in a long time." - Michael Mauboussin

"[The author] writes about first principles and makes things seem obvious—once he explains them in his straightforward way." - Ev Williams

"I think one of the most valuable concepts from [this book] is measuring your time." - Drew Houston

"I recommend [this book] a lot in the company." - Matt Mullenweg

"I devoured this book while in college." - Guy Kawasaki

"I was very honored to have the opportunity to write the foreword to the 50th anniversary edition." - Jim Collins

Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book on Twitter.

"Most useful [book] I've ever read on either leadership or management [principles]." - Stewart Butterfield

"Changed my life!" - Justin Kan