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OCTOBER 4, 2016

The New York Times Business Books Best Sellers list for October, 2016 has now been published. This was a fast journey to the top spot; this book was just published in September, 2016. Some of the other books fall into the “personal productivity/live more fulfilling, productive lives” category.…

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

This is a book that you probably don’t want to see. Yet, plenty have, as it has become a New York Times best-seller since its initial distribution in October, 2014. Even today, it remains at #39 on the Amazon.com best-seller list.

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JULY 1, 2016

Here is the July Business Books Best Sellers list from the New York Times. My colleague Karl Krayer will present his synopsis of this book at the July 8 First Friday Book Synopsis. For the second month in a row, Grit by Angela Duckworth sits at the top spot.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

I presented my synopsis of Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg last April (2013) at the First Friday Book Synopsis, and many times since then. It is, again, and still, #1 on the New York Times Business Best Sellers List. Here is the January, 2014 list of Business Books Best Sellers from the New […].

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NOVEMBER 2, 2013

The New York Times has made some changes to its monthly Business Books Best Sellers List. Thus, I assume (though, I could be wrong) that this list now includes best sellers from both Paperback and Hard Cover sales. Before, they provided two lists: Hardcover, and Paperback. Now, it is simply one list.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Here’s the February, 2013 Hardcover Business Books Best Sellers list from The New York Times. I regularly mention that I prefer this list of best sellers over others because it is a “once-a-month” list, thus a little more “reliable” in focusing on books that have lasting appeal.

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JUNE 1, 2014

The book I present this Friday at the First Friday Book Synopsis is currently # 9 on the New York Times business best-seller list. Adam Braun’s blockbuster best-seller, The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change (New York: Scribner, 2014) has hit the lists with fervor.

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OCTOBER 4, 2014

Here’s a change from recent lists – a new book is at the #1 spot on this month’s New York Times Business Books Best Sellers list. I will present my synopsis of this new book at the November First Friday Book Synopsis). Peter Thiel’s Zero to One hits the top spot. (I Peter Thiel, co-founder of […].

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

Last week, Simon and Schuster published a provocative new business book that flew to the # 3 spot in the best-seller list revealed in the 9/27/2014 edition of the Wall Street Journal.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Here is the November, 2012 list of Best Sellers of Hardcover Business Books. It is not a “one-week snapshot,” as some other lists are, but it looks at the best sellers over an entire month. As I regularly mention, this is the list that I consider the most valuable.

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DECEMBER 5, 2015

Yesterday, at the December, 2015 First Friday Book Synopsis, I presented my synopsis of the genuinely useful and insightful book Extreme Ownership, written by former Navy SEALs Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. This book is #1 on the December New York Times Business Books Best Sellers list.

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DECEMBER 6, 2014

The New York Times Business Books Best Sellers List has just been published for December, 2014. Tony Robbins new book, Money: Master the Game, is at the number one spot. His first book in quite a few years, it shot straight to the top. Sitting at numbers 2 & 3 are The Innovators by Walter […].

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JUNE 9, 2014

Here is the June, 2014 New York Times Business Books Best Sellers list. Its current version is a monthly list of the top 10 business books best sellers.

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MAY 20, 2013

Here’s the New York Times Hardcover Business Books Best Sellers for May, 2013. In Dallas, Karl Krayer and I have presented our synopses of business books every month (two each month) since April, 1998. Randy''s blog entries'

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AUGUST 6, 2016

For the second month in a row, Grit by Angela Duckworth tops the New York Times August, 2016 Business Books Best Sellers list. This month, more than some, demonstrates the enduring popularity of a number of bestselling books. Some of these books have been out for quite some time!

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NOVEMBER 1, 2014

Here’s the November, 2014 New York Times Business Books Best Sellers List. Walter Isaacson’s The Innovators sits at the Top Spot. The challenge of innovation seems to dominate the top of this month’s list. The Innovators, How We Got to Now, How Google Works, and to a great extent Zero to One are all about […].

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JANUARY 8, 2016

The New York Times has just published their January, 2016 Business Books Best Sellers list. Last month’s #1, Extreme Ownership, has dropped to the #2 spot behind the resurgent-in-sales The Big Short by Michael Lewis.

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JANUARY 18, 2013

The New York Times has come out with its first Best Sellers List for 2013 for Hardcover Business Books. At the top of the list is Tap Dancing to Work, “A collection of updated Fortune magazine articles on Warren Buffett, published between 1966 and 2012.” A few “long-timers” are on the list: The Power of [.].

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JULY 6, 2012

After a few month’s absence, the New York Times has returned with its list of Hardcover Business Books Best Sellers. (Scroll down to see the actual list). As I always note, this is the list that feels “most accurate” to me. The weekly lists, and the hourly updated Amazon lists, represent too narrow a time [.].

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APRIL 12, 2013

He is also an author of Creating Abundance, published in 1984, the best seller Joy of Work: A Revolutionary approach to fun on the job, published in 2005, Purpose Matters, published in 2008, and [.]. Career Development Change Management Leadership Coaching Book Review Decision Maker employee engagement Leadership Problem Solving'

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APRIL 2, 2016

As I post for each month this list is available, here is the latest New York Times Business Books Best Sellers list. … Read More Here’s the New York Times Business Books Best Sellers List for April, 2016 – The Big Short is back at #1.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg is not the #1 best selling business book this month. Randy''s blog entries best sellers list business books Lean In The Wolf of Wall Street' Well, you knew it had to happen at some point. Ok – actually only since shortly after it […].

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JULY 17, 2016

Only one new book debuted on the Wall Street Journal business best-selling list, published on July 16-17, p. The book is entitled Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by Antonio Garcia Martinez (New York: Harper, 2016).

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JANUARY 7, 2012

Here is the January, 2012 New York Times Hardcover Business Books Best Sellers list. I just presented my synopsis of Isaacson’s Steve Jobs (#1) at the January First Friday Book Synopsis; and Great by Choice (#5), and Switch (#11) at earlier gatherings of the First Friday Book Synopsis.

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JUNE 4, 2016

The much talked about Grit by Angela Duckworth rose right to the top spot in this month’s New York Times business books best sellers list.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2015

Here is the September, 2015 New York Times Business Books Best Sellers list. First, and foremost, the number one best seller on this month’s list is Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. An observation.

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MARCH 27, 2014

Here is the March, 2014 New York Times Business Books Best Sellers List. This really is a remarkable run for this important book. A couple of observations: Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In is back at number one. And Outliers is back on, at number three. Malcolm Gladwell really is an author that strikes a chord with […].

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APRIL 13, 2013

Here’s the March, 2013 New York Times Hardcover Business Books Best Sellers list. The Tim Ferris book, The 4-Hour Workweek, is back on. This book came out in December, 2009, so it has “endured.” Somehow, this slipped past me, so I am late in posting it. Sorry about that. A couple of observations.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Here’s the February, 2016 New York Times business books best sellers list. The newcomer that most interests… Read More Here’s the February, 2016 New York Times Business Books Best Sellers List – The Big Short by Michael Lewis is again at #1. He has quite a following.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Yet, here it is, yet again, at the number one spot in the September, 2016 New York Times Business Books Best Sellers list.

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AUGUST 8, 2011

Here is the New York Times Hardcover Business Books Best Sellers List for August, 2011. It is s a business book, and a [.]. The surprise is Tomatoland arriving at #5. I have read the sample download on iBooks, and it is terrific. It is: the story of tomatoes and the story of the tomato business.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Here is the August, 2012 Hardcover Business Books Best Sellers List. I presented this early this year at the First Friday Book Synopsis, our monthly breakfast event in Dallas. If you have not yet read it (it is a big book!, Steve Jobs still sits atop the list. but very much worth the read), you [.].

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APRIL 21, 2013

Here’s the April, 2013 New York Times Hardcover Business Books Best Sellers List. At the First Friday Book Synopsis, our monthly gathering in Dallas, we present synopses of two business books a month. As expected, Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg made its debut at #1. After May, we will have presented #s 1, 6, 9, [.].

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MAY 7, 2016

The New York Times just published the May, 2016 list for Business Books Best Sellers. At number 6 is The Power… Read More Here’s the New York Times Business Books Best Sellers List for May, 2016 – The Third Wave by Steve Case is at the Top Spot.

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JUNE 3, 2013

Here’s the June, 2013 list of Hardcover Business Books Best Sellers from the New York Times. Here in Dallas, I know of 2 “Lean In” groups meeting, and I presented my synopsis of this book last week to a gathering of 80 […]. A few observations. First, notice that Lean In is still at number one.

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MARCH 5, 2016

Most months, the New York Times publishes its list of the top ten best selling business books. And the new book by Wharton Professor Adam Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, made its first appearance by rising right to the top and claiming the #1 spot. The March, 2016 list is out.

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JULY 6, 2013

Here is the New York Times list of Best Sellers for Hardcover Business Books for July, 2013. I presented my synopsis of this book at the April, 2013 First Friday Book Synopsis. (You You can purchase my synopsis of this book, and many others, at our companion web […]. Randy''s blog entries'

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