New York Times Business Best Sellers (October 2014)
1. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown.)
Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
2. THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS, by David McCullough. (Simon & Schuster.)
A history of the creation of the Panama Canal; first published in 1977.
3. THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux.)
The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life.
4. THE POWER OF HABIT, by Charles Duhigg. (Random House.)
A Times reporter’s account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits.
5. #GIRLBOSS, by Sophia Amoruso. (Portfolio/Penguin.)
An online fashion retailer traces her path to success.
6. THE ORGANIZED MIND, by Daniel J. Levitin. (Dutton.)
A professor draws on research in neuroscience to explain how organization can help us manage the overwhelming flood of information in our lives.
7. CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, by Thomas Piketty. (Belknap/Harvard University.)
A French economist’s analysis of centuries of economic history predicts worsening inequality and proposes solutions.
8. THINK LIKE A FREAK, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Morrow/HarperCollins.)
How to solve problems creatively, from the authors of “Freakonomics.”
9. BUSINESS ADVENTURES, by John Brooks. (Open Road.)
Accounts of 12 Wall Street episodes that illuminate corporate and financial life in America.
10 LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell. (Knopf.)
The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.
Wall Street Journal Business Best Sellers (October 2014)
1. StrengthsFinder 2.0, by Tom Rath/Gallup Press
2. How Google Works, by Eric Schmidt/Grand Central
3. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, by Peter Thiel/Crown Business
4. This Changes Everything, by Naomi Klein/Simon & Schuster
5. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, by Patrick M. Lencioni/Jossey-Bass
6. Fearless Leadership, by Carey Lohrenz/Greenleaf Book Group
7. Leading the Life You Want, by Stewart D. Friedman/Harvard Business School Press
8. The Total Money Makeover, by Dave Ramsey/Thomas Nelson Publishers
9. Emotional Intelligence 2.0, by Travis Bradberry/Talentsmart
10. The Energy Bus, by Jon Gordon/John Wiley & Sons