Here is the March 2 edition of the New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers.  I’ll have a couple of observations at the bottom of this post.

1	THE INVESTMENT ANSWER, by Daniel C. Goldie and Gordon S. Murray. (Business Plus, $18.) Five questions every investor should ask. (†)
2	THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown, $22.) Reconstructing your life so that it’s not all about work. (†)
3	OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of “Blink” and “The Tipping Point.”
4	SUPER RICH, by Russell Simmons with Chris Morrow. (Gotham, $22.50.) The rap impresario defines wealth to include an inner peace.
5	HOW THE WEST WAS LOST, by Dambisa Moyo. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $25.) Fifty years of economic folly.
6*	AS ONE, by Marhdad Baghai and James Quigley. (Portfolio/Penguin, $40.) A study of successful workplace collaborations. (†)
7	THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER, by Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson, $24.99.) Debt reduction and fiscal fitness for families, by the radio talk-show host. (†)
8	DISCIPLINED DREAMING, by Josh Linkner. (Jossey-Bass/Wiley, $26.95.) A guide to encouraging creativity in the workplace. (†)
9*	SWITCH, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. (Broadway Business, $26.) How everyday people can effect transformative change at work and in life. (†)
10	SCORECASTING, by Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim. (Crown Archetype, $26.) The hidden forces that shape how sports games are played, won and lost.
11	DELIVERING HAPPINESS, by Tony Hsieh. (Grand Central, $23.99.) Lessons from business (pizza place, worm farm, Zappos) and life. (†)
12	STRENGTHS BASED LEADERSHIP, by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie. (Gallup, $24.95.) Three keys to being a more effective leader. (†)
13	THE DAY AFTER THE DOLLAR CRASHES, by Damon Vickers. (Wiley, $29.95.) Achieve financial stability in the rise of the New World Order.
14	DRIVE, by Daniel H. Pink. (Riverhead, $26.95.) What really motivates people is the quest for autonomy, mastery and purpose, not external rewards.
15	REWORK, by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. (Crown Business, $22.) Counterintuitive rules for small-business success, like “Ignore the details early on” and “Good enough is fine.” (†)

An observation, or two, or three:

The financial crisis continues to draw readers.  This month, a new book (to me) makes its appearance: How the West was Lost:  Fifty Years of Financial Folly, by Dambisa Moyo.  I have presented synopses of The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis, All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera, and This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff.

By the way, there is a clear consensus that the financial collapse of 2008 was a long time in the making:  50 years according to Moyo, 30 years according to McLean and Nocera, and a recurring pattern of eight centuries, according to Reinhart and Rogoff.

There are “long-timers” on the list, like Outliers and The 4-Hour Work Week.  We do not present “finance/investment” books at the First Friday Book Synopsis.  We have presented #s 2, 3, 9, 11, 12, 14, and 15 at our event.

So it looks like this list has three possibilities for future selections for our monthly event: As One, by Marhdad Baghai and James Quigley, Disciplined Dreaming, by Josh Linkner, and Scorecasting, by Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim.  (By the way, Karl gave me a copy of Scorecasting, and is lobbying me to present this book).