Best Business Books of 2006: The Complete List

So far this month, we’ve taken a look at the top business books of the year (the easiest way to scan the posts in one shot might be clicking the Books category tab at left). Here’s the complete list; then we’ll resume tomorrow with other favorite books.

9) The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson

8) The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: King Solomon’s Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven K. Scott

7) 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style by Matt Madden

6) Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out by Douglass Rushkoff (with an honorable mention for his comic, Testament: Akedah

5) Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

4) Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono

3) The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do by Clotaire Rapaille

2) Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

1) Seeing What’s Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change by Clayton M. Christensen