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Best Business Books 2018: s+b’s Top Shelf

Our picks for the best business books of 2018 in seven categories. See also Top Shelf Picks: Best Business Books 2018.

November 5, 2018

	NARRATIVES A First-Class Catastrophe: The Road to Black Monday, the Worst Day in Wall Street History by Diana B. Henriques (Henry Holt, 2017)
	LEADERSHIP The Meaning Revolution: The Power of Transcendent Leadership by Fred Kofman (Currency, 2018)
	MANAGEMENT Humble Leadership: The Power of Relationships, Openness, and Trust by Edgar H. Schein and Peter A. Schein (Berrett-Koehler, 2018)
	ECONOMICS Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze (Viking, 2018)
	STRATEGY Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life by Francesca Gino (Dey St., 2018)
	INNOVATION Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Thomas Ramge (Basic Books, 2018)
	MARKETING Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company’s Future — and What to Do About It by Tien Tzuo (Portfolio/Penguin, 2018)

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