What corporate America is reading

  • By Mike Benbow
  • Thursday, November 18, 2010 5:43pm
  • Business

Here’s a report from McClatchy-Tribune News Service on the Top 10 business best sellers for October.

1. “Spend Shift: How the Post-Crisis Values Revolution Is Changing the Way We Buy, Sell, and Live” by John Gerzema and Michael D’Antonio; Jossey-Bass, 288 pages ($25.95)

2. “How Companies Win: Profiting from Demand-Driven Business Models No Matter What Business You’re In” by Rick Kash and David Calhoun; HarperBusiness, 272 pages ($26.99)

3. “Rich Dad’s Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money” by Robert T. Kiyosaki; Business Plus, 272 pages ($12.99)

4. “It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy” by D. Michael Abrashoff; Warner Books, 212 pages ($24.95)

5. “Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future” by Robert B. Reich; Knopf, 192 pages ($25)

6. “Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance” by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner; William Morrow, 288 pages ($29.99)

7. “Strengths Finder 2.0” by Tom Rath; Gallup Press, 175 pages ($22.95)

8. “Your Money Milestones: A Guide to Making the 9 Most Important Financial Decisions of Your Life” by Moshe A. Milevsky; FT Press, 224 pages ($19.99)

9. “Rules of Thumb: How to Stay Productive and Inspired Even in the Most Turbulent Times” by Alan M. Webber; HarperBusiness, 288 pages ($24.99)

10. “Doing Both: How Cisco Captures Today’s Profit and Drives Tomorrow’s Growth” by Inder Sidhu; FT Press, 224 pages ($24.99)

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