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If you’re still searching for the perfect holiday gift for that special small-business owner, look no further. Here’s a list of best-selling business books for December from 800-CEO-READ, a leading direct supplier of book-based resources.
1. The $10 Trillion Prize: Captivating the Newly Affluent in China and India by Michael J. Silverstein, Abheek Singhi, Carol Liao and David Michael; Harvard Business Review Press, 336 pages
2. Own Your Success: The Power to Choose Greatness and Make Every Day Victorious by Ben Newman; John Wiley & Sons, 130 pages
3. The Behavior Gap: Simple Ways to Stop Doing Dumb Things with Money by Carl Richards; Portfolio, 240 pages
4. Influence Game: 50 Insider Tactics from the Washington, D.C., Lobbying World that Will Get You to Yes by Stephanie Vance; John Wiley & Sons, 196 pages
5. How to Read a Client from Across the Room: Win More Business with the Proven Character Code System to Decode Verbal and Nonverbal Communication by Brandy Mychals; McGraw-Hill, 256 pages
6. How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything … in Business (and in Life) by Dov Seidman; John Wiley & Sons, 352 pages
7. Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business by Patrick Lencioni; Jossey-Bass, 240 pages
8. From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership by Harry M. Jansen Kraemer; Jossey-Bass, 224 pages
9. Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself by Sheila Bair; Free Press, 434 pages
10. Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz; Crown Business, 309 pages
11. Clients First: The Two Word Miracle by Joseph Callaway and Joann Callaway; John Wiley & Sons, 240 pages
12. Service Failure: The Real Reasons Employees Struggle with Customer Service and What You Can Do about It by Jeff Toister; AMACOM, 208 pages
13. It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership by Colin Powell and Tony Koltz; Harper, 304 pages
14. Loudest Duck: Moving Beyond Diversity While Embracing Differences to Achieve Success at Work by Laura A. Liswood; John Wiley & Sons, 192 pages
15. Laws of Subtraction: Six Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything by Matthew E. May; McGraw-Hill, 240 pages
16. Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, eBooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business by Ann Handley and C. C. Chapman; John Wiley & Sons, 282 pages
17. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter; Hyperion Books, 236 pages
18. Mastery by Robert Greene; Viking, 352 pages
19. Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy by Jon Gordon; John Wiley & Sons, 192 pages
20. Likeable Business: Why Today’s Consumers Demand More and How Leaders Can Deliver by Dave Kerpen; McGraw-Hill, 256 pages
21. The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us about Innovation by Frans Johansson; Harvard Business Press, 207 pages
22. The Go-Giver: A Little Story about a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg and John David Mann; Portfolio, 144 pages ($21.95)
23. What If? Short Stories to Spark Diversity Dialogue by Steve L. Robbins; Davies-Black, 148 pages
24. What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly; Penguin, 416 pages
25. Howard’s Gift: Uncommon Wisdom to Inspire Your Life’s Work by Eric Sinoway; St. Martins Press, 288 pages
