This Week’s Top 10 New Business Books (For Ambitious Founders)

Reading business books can change your life and your business. Even if you read 300 pages and come away with just one insight, that single idea could drive massive results. Just a few carefully considered moves can spark breakthroughs and epiphanies you didn’t see coming.

This week, Amazon’s Hot New Releases in the business category include books that can help you understand social influence, improve your communication, and take calculated risks. Here’s the top 10 according to Amazon sales.

Business must-reads this week: New releases worth your attention

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Company)

Small actions lead to big results. Gladwell, also known for Outliers, Blink, and David & Goliath, digs into the power of social influence and shows how small shifts can have massive ripple effects on people, organizations, and movements.

For any business owner, understanding how influence works is key to influencing customers, partners and the world.

The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins (Hay House Inc)

Let go of what you can’t control. Robbins’s guide shows you how to empower yourself by stepping back and letting things unfold without micromanaging. For founders, this approach can lead to growth by focusing energy where it matters.

Hire the best people, train them well, and trust them to do their thing.

On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything by Nate Silver (Penguin Press)

Calculated risk is your best friend. Silver makes the case for strategic risk-taking in business, breaking down what it means to push limits while keeping an eye on potential wins.

Growth is on the other side of your fear, far beyond your risk-taking comfort zone. If you want to go big, this book might be your roadmap.

Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment by Jason Schreier (HarperCollins)

Corporate culture matters. Schreier’s deep dive into Blizzard Entertainment (creators of the Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch series)’s journey offers lessons in leadership, company culture, and the highs and lows of running a business that stays true to its vision.

Founders can learn a lot from Blizzard’s trials and triumphs.

This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans by Seth Godin (Portfolio)

Plans only work when they’re smart. Godin, author of thought-provoking marketing and pop philosophy books including This Is Marketing, The Dip, and The Practice, provides tools to rethink strategy with clarity and purpose, giving business owners a clear pathway to achieve their goals without fluff.

It’s practical, to-the-point guidance on what makes a strong plan.

The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More by Jefferson Fisher (Simon & Schuster)

Communication keeps everything moving, and visionary founders with strong opinions need to amass a following without being so argumentative. Fisher offers clear techniques to improve professional conversations, cut through conflict, and get to solutions that work in practice.

For leaders, these tools could transform their team dynamics and decision-making.

Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve by Alison Fragale (Harper Business)

Strong women drive results. Fragale presents strategies for women to assert their worth, make bold moves, and rise without hesitation.

This book is a playbook for getting ahead, especially useful for female entrepreneurs looking to break barriers and smash through outdated ceilings.

Rich Routines: Simple Habits That Enrich Every Area of Your Life by Steve Houghton (Wiley)

Habits are everything. Houghton covers simple routines that elevate productivity, well-being, and focus. The book shows how to build towards financial wealth by starting with all areas of life that money serves: spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional.

Build and follow simple habits in all these areas of life, and the rewards will be lasting.

Main Street Millionaire: How to Make Extraordinary Wealth Buying Ordinary Businesses by Codie Sanchez (HarperCollins Leadership)

Wealth can start with small business buys. Sanchez reveals how acquiring everyday businesses leads to real wealth, outlining what to look for, avoid, and optimize when buying companies. It’s a practical guide for those wanting to build wealth through acquisition.

You’ll find practical strategies and step by step processes to acquire cash flow and freedom, meeting people just who have changed their life through ownership.

The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius by Kendra Adachi (WaterBrook)

Time is the only thing you can’t get back. Most time-management books leave you feeling inadequate, focusing on greatness and optimization, but Adachi’s guide to time management covers doing less with more focus, a lesson that most founders need to learn.

If you suspect you need better time boundaries, you will find this invaluable.

Wildcard entry: Software as a Science: Unlock Limitless Recurring Revenue Without Losing Control by Dan Martell, Matt Verlaque, Johnny Page and Marcel Petitpas (SaaS Academy Press)

This book didn’t make the top 10 on Amazon, but maybe it should have. Martell, growth coach for SaaS business owners, and co-authors, share the playbooks they’ve installed in thousands of businesses inside SaaS Academy, their coaching program for B2B SaaS founders.

They say there are only three levers you can pull in order to smash a “growth ceiling,” levers that are relevant for any type of business. Make recurring revenue your jam today.

Top books to push your business further

These books pack value for any founder. From gaining control over your time to leveraging influence and making smarter plans, these reads help you focus on what truly moves the needle. So choose one, dive in, and set your path for bigger results.