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Ask HN: Favourite books?

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I am more specifically looking for business/entrepreneurial books, but marketing, blogging and general tech books are also of interest. What are your favourites?

(I have recently read Super Freakanomics, Purple Cow [again], Theo Paphitis' (British entrepreneur) autobiography, Duncan Banatyne's (another British entrepreneur) autobiography also.

(Hope this is a valid question allowed here. I know we're all enthused with startups and such.)

Thanks in advance. :)

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Linchpin, by Seth Godin. It contains the most food for thought per page of any book I've read recently. Check out some popular quotes from it on http://kindle.amazon.com/work/linchpin-are-you-indispensable... ... it's the 11th most highlighted Kindle book for a reason.

Here is my list: * The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) * The Four Steps to the Epiphany * The Responsibility Virus: How Control Freaks, Shrinking Violets-and The Rest Of Us-can Harness The Power Of True Partnership * Inventors Dilemma * Inventors Solution * Radical Leap * Война и мир

I can think negotiations as being important for business/entrepreneurship.

If this interests you, this is one book I have read and am glad I read. It was good enough to open my eyes on certain ways of the business world.

Trump-Style Negotiation: Powerful Strategies and Tactics for Mastering Every Deal by Donald H Ross.

i agree, negotiations are critical. i read secrets of power negotiators.

Taleb's new book is out at the end of the year, but here's a preview on his site. http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/aphorisms.pdf

For business and marketing books and other media, David Maister at http://davidmaister.com/

IMHO he's better than Heller, Harvey-Jones, McCormack and even Drucker.

Here's my list for entrepreneurial books: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1021570

Outliers was quite interesting.

I recently read Fermat's Enigma which I would recommend if you have any interest in mathematics and number theory.

I'm frantically trying to figure out how to justify Ender's Game as a business book so I can mention it here.

rework is good.

Own both that and their first. Totally agree with you. Great book.

"Getting Real", their first book, is great also. Plus, you can read it free online, which makes it a no-brainer if you haven't read it already - http://gettingreal.37signals.com/

try: http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/startupswiki/Ask_YC_Archive#t...

Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt. On the surface this may seem like a regular (though non-dry and very engaging while not being too long) economics book...but the lessons and perspective it gave me have made me more money than any other book I've ever read.

It changed the way I view the world, and this perspective has let me see so many things that are invisible to nearly everyone else.

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