The New York Times Business Books: Current Bestsellers

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August 11, 2013

This Month		Hardcover Business Books
1		LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell. (Knopf.) The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.
2		THE DUCK COMMANDER FAMILY, by Willie and Korie Robertson with Mark Schlabach. (Howard Books.) Behind the scenes at the A&E show “Duck Dynasty.”
3		ELEVEN RINGS, by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty. (Penguin Press.) An autobiography by the coach who led the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers to multiple N.B.A. championships.
4		BREAKPOINT, by Jeff Stibel. (Palgrave Macmillan.) A neuroscientist and entrepreneur shows how the brain can act as a guide to understanding the future of the internet. (†)
5		THE POWER OF HABIT, by Charles Duhigg. (Random House.) A Times reporter’s account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits. (Also available on CDs;  as a downloadable eBook; and as a downloadable AudioBook.)
6		ONE THING, by Gary Keller with Jay Papasan. (Bard.) Narrowing your concentration and becoming more productive. (†)
7		TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER, by Dave Ramsey. (Thomas Nelson.) Debt reduction and fiscal fitness for families, by the radio talk-show host. (†)
8		4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown.) Reconstructing your life so that it isn't all about work. (†)(Also available as a downloadable eBook.)
9	*	STRENGTHS-BASED LEADERSHIP, by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie. (Gallup.) Three keys to being a more effective leader. (†)
10		LEAN STARTUP, by Eric Ries. (Crown Business.) An approach to creating start-up companies inspired by lean manufacturing methods. (†)
11		TO SELL IS HUMAN, by Daniel H. Pink. (Riverhead.) Insights from social science about how to move others.
12	*	STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster.) A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur, based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.
13		GIVE AND TAKE, by Adam M. Grant. (Viking.) A Wharton professor’s research discloses that success depends on how we interact with others.
14		GREAT DEGENERATION, by Niall Ferguson. (Penguin Press.) Institutional degeneration lies behind the West’s economic stagnation geopolitical decline.(Also available on CD.)
15		DECISIVE, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. (Crown Business.) Strategies for making better choices in life and work. (†) (Also available as a downloadable eBook and as a downloadable AudioBook.)

About the Best Sellers

A version of this list appears in the August 11, 2013 Sunday Business section of The New York Times. Rankings reflect sales for July 2013.

An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.