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Business Week's
BusinessWeek's list of the best-sellers of 2001 includes plenty of new titles--many echoing themes that also were popular in 1999. Narratives and how-to's dealing with the digital world claim several spots, and there are management and inspirational books galore. But above all, readers remain interested in money--both how to make it and how some have squandered it. 1. WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? by Spencer Johnson, M.D. (Putnam $19.95) Learning to accept change. LAST MONTH: 1, MONTHS ON LIST: 28 2. FAST FOOD NATION by Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin $25) The bad news on burgers. LAST MONTH: 2, MONTHS ON LIST: 2 3. FISH! by Stephen C. Lundin,
PhD, Harry Paul, and John Christensen 4. FIRST, BREAK ALL THE RULES by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman (Simon & Schuster $26) A Gallup probe into managerial success. LAST MONTH: 4, MONTHS ON LIST: 24 5. THE ART OF INNOVATION by Tom Kelley, with Jonathan Littman (Currency $26) Crafting breakthrough products the IDEO way. LAST MONTH: 8, MONTHS ON LIST: 3 6. NOW, DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton, PhD (Free Press $26) How to bolster your true talents. LAST MONTH: 6, MONTHS ON LIST: 4 7. CREATIVE DESTRUCTION by Richard Foster and Sarah Kaplan (Currency $27.50) Corporate change that's in sync with the capital markets. LAST MONTH: --, MONTHS ON LIST: 1 8. GUNG HO! by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles (Morrow $20) How Walton Works No. 2 fired up its employees. LAST MONTH: --, MONTHS ON LIST: 25 9. THE TIPPING POINT by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown $24.95) Discovering what turns an idea into a hot trend. LAST MONTH: 10, MONTHS ON LIST: 14 10. HIGH FIVE! by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles (Morrow $20) Way to go, team! LAST MONTH --, MONTHS ON LIST: 1 11. LONGABERGER by Dave Longaberger (HarperBusiness $25) How baskets became big business. LAST MONTH: 5, MONTHS ON LIST: 2 12. RAVING FANS by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles (Morrow $20) Turn customers into your biggest boosters. LAST MONTH: 15, MONTHS ON LIST: 3 13. GETTING THINGS DONE by David Allen (Viking $24.95) Start by getting an in-box. LAST MONTH: 12, MONTHS ON LIST: 4 14. THE 21 IRREFUTABLE LAWS OF LEADERSHIP by John C. Maxwell (Thomas Nelson $22.99) A minister's down-to-earth rules. LAST MONTH: --, MONTHS ON LIST: 7 15. THE HR SCORECARD by Brian E. Becker, Mark A. Huselid, and Dave Ulrich (Harvard Business School Press $29.95) Human capital as a strategic asset. LAST MONTH: --, MONTHS ON LIST: 1
BUSINESSWEEK'S Best-Seller List is based on a survey of chain and independent booksellers that carry a broad selection of books on economics, management, sales and marketing, small business, investing, personal finance, and careers. Well over 1,000 retail outlets nationwide are represented. Current rankings are based on a weighted analysis of unit sales, January through December, 2000. Reprint courtesy of Business Week.
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