After publishing my reading stats for 2019 and having now engaged in the new 2020 reading challenge, many people have asked me what my favourites management books are. As I have reviewed many books on this blog, I’ve decided to put together a list of the ones that resonated more with me and rank them. This list only picks from the ones that I have reviewed on this website, so it does not claim to be a universal list. There are more that I should consider probably (and I will in due time). You can also find this list as a Listopia list on Goodreads.
Simon Western
Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer
Peter G. Northouse
Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chris Fussell
Margaret Heffernan
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
Chris Lewis and Pippa Malmgren
James Suzman
Andrea Komlosy
Michael J. Sandel
Witold Szablowski
Ellen Ruppel Shell
Ard-Pieter de Man, Pieter Koene and Martijn Ars
Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais
Lars Kolind and Jacob Bøtter
Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini
Andrew S. Grove
Franziska Iseli
Dennis Baron
Christina Wodtke
Fons Trompenaars
Gerard Fairtlough
Anna Wiener
Erin L. Kelly and Phyllis Moen
Phil Rosenzweig
Robert Iger
Amy Edmondson
Ricardo Semler
Dr Laurence J Peter and Raymond Hull
Adam Higginbotham
Mariana Mazzucato
Dan Pontefract
How can we structure an organisation for true performance?
Frederic Laloux
Gerry McGovern
David Epstein
Siobhan McHale
Alfred Chandler
Joost Minnaar and Pim de Morree
How to bring back Fun at work. An exploration of what Rebel Pioneers do in transforming organisations
Bjarte Bogsnes
How can you move away from traditional budgeting cycle? This books explains how.
Morten Hansen
Exploring networking and Collaboration and how these create value in organisations.
Laszlo Bock
How Google transformed into a People Oriented organisation based on science and data.
Adam Davidson
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
How to understand the true Optimal Experience
Kim Scott
Ed Catmull
The best book that really illustrates the importance of Culture in Organization. And being intentional in designing for creativity.
Pia-Maria Thoren
Linking agile to real People Transformation in companies.
Naomi Stanford
A sleek guide to Organisation Design for Managers and HR.
Malcolm Gladwell
This book will change your mind of what human nature is with regards to strangers.
Huib Wursten
Easy to understand cultural Mental images to better work together.
Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey
Understanding what being Deliberately Developmental truly means.
Frank J. Barrett
True organisations are about real Improvisation. This the big lesson from Jazz
Francesca Gino
Real results are often delivered by those that decide to be Rebels.
Amy Jen Su
Luciano Floridi
What is that the Technology Revolution is bringing?
Fritz Breithaupt
Matthew Syed
What is Diversity really? An entire new approach to being different.
Alessandro Braga
David Lowe, James Wyllie and Jiten Vara
John Doerr
True Transformation comes only from measuring what matters. This the big lesson from OKR guru John Derr.
Simon Sinek
Bridget Brennan
Edward Snowden
James Surowiecki
Is it really true that crowds are wise?
Iris Bohnet
Gender Equality doesn’t just happen: it needs intentional design.
Jacob Morgan
What is the true advantage of working on Employee Experience
Malcolm Harris
Simon Sinek
Finding your true Purpose beyond the What and How.
Gerald C. Kane, Anh Nguyen Phillips, Jonathan R. Copulsky, and Garth R. Andrus
Digital Transformation is not just about Technology.
Ray Kurzweil
Daniel Pink
What is the pushes real Motivation? Daniel Pink’s ideas get you really through this in detail
Todd Rose
We have lived in an age were Avegarianism has been rampant. Let’s understand why and move on.
Mark Manson
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
Simplicity can really be the best thing you want to master.
What about other books?
The above is just the list of my Top 25 Management Books. But I tend to read also a lot of other books. You can find my latest reading list and my entire library on GoodReads. On the sidebar, you can check what I am currently reading (including non-management books). And here below is my (management) reading list: the books that I plan to read next.
Book Suggestions
Feel free to suggest any book you think it is missing in the comments to this page, or directly through the Book Suggestion page.