Productivity & Effectiveness

10 Days to Faster Reading by Abby Marks-Beale (summary, review)

StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath (summary, review)
Getting Things Done by David Allen (summary, review, audio)
The Power of Less by Leo Babauta (summary, review, audio)
The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch (summary, review, audio)
Bit Literacy by Mark Hurst (summary, review)
The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz (summary, review,
audio)

The Human Mind

Brain Rules by John Medina (summary, review, audio)

Making Sense of Behavior by William T. Powers (summary, review)
Driven by Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria (summary, review, audio)
Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales (review, audio)

Communication

On Writing Well by William Zinsser (review, audio)

Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds (review)
Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath (review, audio)
The Copywriters Handbook by Robert Bly (review)
Show Me The Numbers by Stephen Few (review)

Influence

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (review, audio)
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini (review)
Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson et al (review, audio)
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene (review, audio)

Decision-Making

Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions by Gary Klein (review)

Smart Choices by John S. Hammond et al (review)
The Path of Least Resistance by Robert Fritz (review)
Ethics for the Real World by Ronald Howard & Clinton Korver (review)

Creativity & Innovation

The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp (review)

Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkun (review)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter F. Drucker (review, audio)

Project Management

Making Things Happen by Scott Berkun (review)

Results Without Authority by Tom Kendrick (review, audio)

Opportunity Identification

Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank (review)

The New Business Road Test by John Mullins (review)
How to Make Millions with Your Ideas by Dan Kennedy (review)

Entrepreneurship
 Ready, Fire, Aim by Michael Masterson (review, audio)
The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki (review, audio)
The Knack by Norm Brodsky & Bo Burlingham (review, audio)
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss (review, audio)
Escape from Cubicle Nation by Pamela Slim (review, audio)
Bankable Business Plans by Edward Rogoff (review)

Value-Creation & Design

Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson (review, audio)

The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman (review, audio)
Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell et al (review)

Marketing

All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin (review, audio)

Permission Marketing by Seth Godin (review, audio)
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries & Jack Trout (review, audio)
Getting Everything You Can Out of All Youve Got by Jay Abraham (review)

Sales

The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes (review, audio)

Value-Based Fees by Alan Weiss (review)
SPIN Selling by Neil Rackham (review, audio)
The Sales Bible by Jeffrey Gitomer (review, audio)

Value-Delivery

Indispensable by Joe Calloway (review)

The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt (review, audio)
Lean Thinking by James Womack and Daniel Jones (review, audio)

Negotiation

Bargaining For Advantage by G. Richard Shell (review)

3-D Negotiation by David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius (review, audio)
The Partnership Charter by David Gage (review, audio)

Management

First, Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman (review)
12: The Elements of Great Managing by Rodd Wagner & James Harter (review,
audio)
Growing Great Employees by Erika Andersen (review)
Hiring Smart by Pierre Mornell (review)
The Essential Drucker by Peter F. Drucker (review)

Leadership

Tribes by Seth Godin (review, audio)

Total Leadership by Stewart Friedman (review, audio)
What Got You Here Wont Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith (review, audio)
The New Leaders 100-Day Action Plan by George Bradt et al (review)
The Halo Effect by Phil Rosenzweig (review, audio)

Finance & Accounting

Accounting Made Simple by Mike Piper (review)

 Essentials of Accounting by Robert N. Anthony and Leslie K. Breitner (review)
The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course in Finance by Robert A. Cooke (review)
How to Read a Financial Report by John A. Tracy (review)

Systems

Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows (review)

Work the System by Sam Carpenter (review)
Learning from the Future by Liam Fahey & Robert Randall (review)

Analysis

Turning Numbers Into Knowledge by Jonathan Koomey (review)

Marketing Metrics by Paul W. Farris et al (review)
Web Analytics: An Hour a Day by Avinash Kaushik (review)
The Economist Numbers Guide by Richard Stuteley (review)

Statistics

How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff (review)

Principles of Statistics by M.G. Bulmer (review)

Corporate Skills

The Unwritten Laws of Business by W.J. King (review, audio)

The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker (review, audio)
The Simplicity Survival Handbook by Bill Jensen (review)

Corporate Strategy

Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies by Nikos Mourkogiannis (review)

Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter (review, audio)
Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Rene Mauborgne (review, audio)
Green to Gold by Daniel Esty & Andrew Winston (review, audio)
Seeing Whats Next by Clayton M. Christensen et al (review, audio)

Consulting

Getting Started in Consulting by Alan Weiss (review)

Secrets of Consulting by Gerald M. Weinberg (review)

Personal Finance

Your Money or Your Life by Joel Dominguez & Vicki Robin (review, audio)
I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi (review, audio)
The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley & William Danko (review, audio)
Fail-Safe Investing by Harry Browne (review)
Its Not About The Money by Brent Kessel (review)
Work Less, Live More by Bob Clyatt (review, audio)

Personal Development

Self-Directed Behavior by David L. Watson & Roland G. Tharp (review)

Personal Development for Smart People by Steve Pavlina (review)
Re-Create Your Life by Morty Lefkoe (review)
Lead the Field by Earl Nightingale (review, audio)
The Art of Exceptional Living by Jim Rohn (review, audio)