Wall Street Journal Best Selling Books

Business

January 20, 2006

No.			Last Week
1		Stephen J. Dubner. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Freakonomics establishes this unconventional premise: If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work. It is true that readers of this book will be armed with enough riddles and stories to last a thousand cocktail parties. But Freakonomics can provide more than that. It will literally redefine the way we view the modern world.	1
2		James Cramer. Jim Cramer's Real Money Written in Cramer's distinctive turbocharged style, this is every investor's guide to what you really must know to make big money in the stock market.	3
3		Lee Eisenberg. The Number Backed by imaginative reporting and insights, Eisenberg urges people to assume control and responsibility for their standard of living, and take greater aim on their long-term aspirations. Not an investment guide, this is a revealing look at common financial and emotional conflicts and how to control them.	5
4		Joel Greenblatt & Andrew Tobias. The Little Book That Beats the Market	2
5		Jim Collins. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained them. Some of the key concepts discerned in this study, comments Collins, "fly in the face of our modern business culture and will, quite frankly, upset some people".	4
6		Malcolm Gladwell. The Tipping Point This celebrated bestseller, now in paperback, is a book that is changing the way Americans think about selling products and disseminating ideas. The new Afterword by the author describes how readers can constructively apply the tipping point principle in their own lives and work.	6
7		Loral Langemeier. The Millionaire Maker	New
8		Robert Kiyosaki & Sharon Lechter. Rich Dad Poor Dad Entrepreneur/author/educator Robert Kiyosaki teaches adults and their children about money and how to become financially independent. With perspective based on his experience with his own two dads, Kiyosaki offers practical steps to help readers make and keep more money.	8
9		Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton. Now Discover Your Strengths Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of the national bestseller First, Break All the Rules, and Donald O. Clifton, Chair of the Gallup International Research & Education Center, have created a revolutionary program to help readers identify their talents, build them into strengths, and enjoy consistent, near-perfect performance.	14
10		Jim Collins. Good to Great...Sectors	9
11		Spencer Johnson. Who Moved My Cheese? From one of the world's most recognized experts on management comes a simple parable filled with insights designed to help readers manage change quickly and prevail in changing times. Written for all ages, the story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights can last for a lifetime.	10
12		Jeffrey Gitomer.  Little Red Book of Selling Sales master Jeffrey Gitomer has created a real-world, practical, and fun book that salespeople will love and profit from -- and sales managers will buy by the case. Salespeople want answers. That's why the Little Red Book of Selling is short, sweet, and to the point. It's packed with answers that people are searching for in order to help them make sales for the moment - and for the rest of their lives.	13
13		Jack Welch. Winning Since Welch retired in 2001 as chairman and CEO of General Electric, he has traveled the world, speaking and answering questions. Now, he has written both a philosophical and pragmatic book, which lays out his answers. He begins with his business philosophy, exploring the importance of values, candor, differentiation, and voice and dignity for all. The core of the book looks inside the company, from leadership to picking winners to making change happen; outside, at the competition; and at managing your career--from finding the right job to achieving work-life balance.	-
14		J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax	11
15		Dave Ramsey.  Total Money Makeover Nationally syndicated radio host and money man Ramsey offers a practical, inspiring plan to help readers get in the best financial shape of their lives.	12