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Best Business Books 2016: s+b’s Top Shelf

Our picks for the best business books of 2016 in seven categories.

October 31, 2016

	Technology Pinpoint: How GPS Is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds by Greg Milner (W.W. Norton, 2016)
	Talent and Leadership Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner (Wiley, 2016)
	Narratives Famous Nathan: A Family Saga of Coney Island, the American Dream, and the Search for the Perfect Hot Dog by Lloyd Handwerker and Gil Reavill (Flatiron Books, 2016)
	Management Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade by Robert Cialdini (Simon & Schuster, 2016)
	Marketing Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends by Martin Lindstrom (St. Martin’s Press, 2016)
	Strategy The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected by Yossi Sheffi (MIT Press, 2015)
	Economy American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson (Simon & Schuster, 2016)

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