100+ Free Business Book Summaries

Welcome to my business book summaries page. 

This page is a distillation of everything I’ve learned from the best business books of all time.

From business to marketing, copywriting to positioning, you’ll find more than 100 good business book summaries, organized by title.

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Business Book Summaries

• 100 Great Copywriting Ideas by Andy Maslen

• The 7 Day Startup: You Don’t Learn Until You Launch by Dan Norris by Dan Norris

• The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding by Al Ries and Laura Ries

• The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries and Jack Trout

• The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America’s Top Copywriters by Joseph Sugarman

• The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson

• The Art & Business of Ghostwriting by Nicolas Cole

• Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Derek Sivers

• The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do by Jeff Goins

• Become an Idea Machine: Because Ideas Are The Currency Of The 21st Century by Claudia Azula Altucher

• Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success by Matthew Syed

• The Brand Gap: How to Bridge the Distance Between Business Strategy and Design by Marty Neumeier

• Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte

• Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow

• Choose Yourself: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live The Dream by James Altucher

• The Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth by James Altucher

• Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger

• The Copywriter’s Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells by Robert W. Bly

• Create or Hate: Successful People Make Things by Dan Norris

• Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

• Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

• Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport

• The Dip: The Extraordinary Benefits of Knowing When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin

• Do The Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way by Steven Pressfield

• Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink

• The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber

• Eat That Frog! Get More of the Important Things Done – Today! by Brian Tracy

• Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown

• Ego Is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent by Ryan Holiday

• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

• Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling

• The Gap and The Gain: The High Achievers’ Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success by Benjamin Hardy

• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

• Hack the Entrepreneur: How to Stop Procrastinating, Build a Business, and Do Work That Matters by Jon Nastor

• Hell Yeah or No: What’s Worth Doing by Derek Sivers

• How to Own The World: A Plain English Guide to Thinking Globally Investing Wisely by Andrew Craig

• How to Write Copy That Sells: The Step-By-Step System for More Sales, to More Customers, More Often by Ray Edwards

• Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal

• I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi

• Magnetic Marketing: How To Attract A Flood Of New Customers That Pay, Stay, and Refer by Dan Kennedy

• Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker

• Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World by William H. McRaven

• Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life by David Allen

• Mastermind Dinners: Build Lifelong Relationships by Connecting Experts, Influencers, and Linchpins by Jayson Gaignard

• Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depends On It by Chris Voss

• No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs by Dan Kennedy

• The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday

• Ogilvy on Advertising by David Ogilvy

• The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller

• Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts by Ryan Holiday

• Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind by Al Ries and Jack Trout

• The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact by Chip & Dan Heath

• The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

• Reinvent Yourself by James Altucher

• Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki

• The Rich Employee by James Altucher

• Scrum: A Breathtakingly Brief and Agile Introduction by Chris Sims

• Secrets of The Millionaire Mind: Mastering The Inner Game of Wealth by T. Harv Eker

• Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success by Shane Snow

• Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

• Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek

• Stop Asking Questions: How to Lead High-Impact Interviews and Learn Anything from Anyone by Andrew Warner

• Superhuman Social Skills: A Guide to Being Likeable, Winning Friends, and Building Your Social Circle by Tynan

• Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip & Dan Heath

• Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill

• This Is Where to Start: Find Superstar Mentors, Master All They Know, and Get Ahead in Your Career by Edward Druce

• To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Persuading, Convincing, and Influencing Others by Daniel H Pink

• Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin

• Triggers: Sparking Positive Change and Making It Last by Marshall Goldsmith

• Triggers: 30 Sales Tools You Can Use to Control the Mind of your Prospect to Motivate, Influence and Persuade by Joe Sugarman

• Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life’s Work by Steven Pressfield

• When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink

• The Ultimate Sales Letter: Attract New Customers. Boost your Sales. by Dan Kennedy

• The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield

• Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson

• Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork by Benjamin Hardy

• Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less by Sam Carpenter

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