2026 Reading List: Business, Power and Productivity
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- Dec 1, 2025
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This annual reading list focuses on literature and works that explore the practical aspects of life, highlighting how influence is built, decisions are made, and value is created in business and leadership.
This list features 12 books, one for each month, centered around themes of business, economics, and management. Throughout the year, you'll dive into diverse topics such as finance, leadership, productivity, entrepreneurship, negotiation, history, politics, psychology, philosophy, etc. These books will help you develop practical frameworks alongside deeper insights into motivation, responsibility, and long-term thinking.
Explore works by business titans, scholars, philosophers, psychologists, creative writers, and thought leaders. They're written to sharpen judgment, strengthen execution, and help you navigate complex systems with intention.
Start with Why
Author: Simon Sinek
Topic: Business, Leadership, Management, Psychology
Published December 27, 2011 | My Review to Come
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Author: Dale Carnegie
Topic: Psychology, Relationships, Communication, Leadership
Published October 1, 1998 | My Review to Come
Your Money or Your Life
Author: Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez
Topic: Personal Finance, Consumerism, Budgeting
Published December 10, 2008 | My Review to Come
Extreme Ownership
Author: Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
Topic: Power, Leadership, Productivity, Management
Published October 20, 2015| My Review to Come
Who not How
Author: Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy
Topic: Productivity, Entrepreneurship, Collaboration, Leadership
Published October 20, 2020| My Review to Come
Zero to One
Author: Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
Topic: Startup, Technology, Innovation, Invention
Published September 16, 2014 | My Review to Come
Only the Paranoid Survive
Author: Andrew S. Grove
Topic: Business, Leadership, Management, Change
Published March 16, 1999| My Review to Come
The Great CEO Within
Author: Matt Mochary
Topic: Startup, Leadership, Management
Published December 5, 2019 | My Review to Come
Mastering the Rockefeller Habits
Author: Verne Harnish
Topic: Management, Leadership, Strategic Planning, C-suite
Published September 20, 2023| My Review to Come
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
Author: Liaquat Ahamed
Topic: History, Economics, Politics, Finance, Profiles
Published December 29, 2009| My Review to Come
The Almanac of Naval Ravikant
Author: Eric Jorgenson and Tim Ferris
Topic: Finance, Philosophy, Psychology, Productivity, Skills
Published September 8, 2020| My Review to Come
Setting the Table
Author: Danny Meyer
Topic: Business, Management, Relationships
Published January 29, 2008 | My Review to Come
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