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Productivity

• Getting Things Done by David Allen
• The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch
• Unstuck by Keith Yamashita and Sandra Spataro
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Accounting

• Essentials of Accounting by Robert Newton Anthony and Leslie K. Pearlman

Corporate Finance

• A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel
• Principles of Corporate Finance by Richard A. Brealey and Stewart Myers
• What Your CEO Wants You To Know by Ram Charan
• My Life As A Quant by Emanuel Derman

Operations Management

• The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox
• Product Development for the Lean Enterprise by Michael N. Kennedy

Statistics

• Statistics by David Freedman, Robert Pisani, Roger Purves
• Statistics (Cliffs Quick Review) by David H. Voelker, Peter Z. Orton, Scott Adams

Entrepreneurism

• The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki
• The Bootstrapper's Bible by Seth Godin
• The Monk and the Riddle by Randy Komisar and Kent Lineback

Management

• First, Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman
• The One Thing You Need To Know by Marcus Buckingham
• The Seven Day Weekend by Ricardo Semler
• Management Strategy by Alfred Marcus
• Flawless Consulting by Peter Block
• Confidence : How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
• Good to Great by Jim Collins

Corporate Strategy

• Will & Vision: How Latecomers Grow to Dominate Markets by Gerard J. Tellis, Peter N. Golder, Clayton Christensen
• On Competition by Michael Porter
• The Discipline of Market Leaders by Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema
• How the World Works:
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surioweicki
• Non-Zero by Robert Wright

Marketing

• The Marketing Playbook by John Zagula, Richard Tong
• Beyond the Brand by John Winsor
• The Cluetrain Manifesto by Christopher Locke, et al
• Lovemarks by Kevin Roberts
• Mass Affluence by Paul Nunes and Brian Johnson
• Trading Up by Michael Silverstein and Neil Fiske
• A New Brand World by Scott Bedbury and Stephen Fenichell

The Human Mind:

• Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
• On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins

Self-Mastery

• Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
• Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman
• Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
• Mastery by George Leonard
• The Now Habit by Neil Fiore
• Leadership Is An Art by Max Depree

Design

• The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte
• Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
• Re-Imagine by Tom Peters
• The Substance of Style by Virginia Postrel
• The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
• Emotional Design by Donald A. Norman

Sales

• Free Prize Inside by Seth Godin
• Getting To Yes by Fisher, Ury, and Patton
• The Little Red Book of Selling by Jeffrey Gitomer
• Influence by Robert B. Cialdini

Working with Others

• Crucial Confrontations by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler
• Love Is The Killer App by Tim Sanders
• Working With Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
• How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi

Effective Storytelling

• The Story Factor by Annette Simmons
• The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories by Christopher Booker
• Wisdom Tales From Around the World by Heather Forest

Communication

• Eloquence in an Electronic Age by Kathleen Hall Jamieson
• On Writing Well by William Zinsser
• The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking by Barbara Minto

Innovation

• The Medici Effect by Frans Johansson
• Purple Cow by Seth Godin
• Seeing What's Next by Clayton M. Christensen, Erik A. Roth, Scott D. Anthony

Learning From the Masters

• The Essential Drucker by Peter Drucker
• The Essays of Warren Buffett by Warren E. Buffett, Lawrence A. Cunningham
• Sam Walton: Made In America by Sam Walton, John Huey
• Pour Your Heart into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time by Howard Schultz

History

• The Modern Mind by Peter Watson
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
• The New History of the World by J. M. Roberts

Inspiration & Big Ideas

• The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz
• The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander

Economics

• Capitalism by George Reisman
• Economics In One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
• Free to Choose by Milton and Rose Friedman

Personal Finance & Investment

• The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
• Die Broke by Stephen Pollan, Mark Levine
• Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits by Philip Fisher and Kenneth Fisher

Real Estate

• Real Estate Principles for the New Economy by Norman G. Miller, David M. Geltner

Quick References & Summaries

• The Best Business Books Ever by Perseus Publishing

update (12/2/2005): Joel has his curriculum posted as well.