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"category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "4.17", "title": "Think and Grow Rich", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30186948-think-and-grow-rich", "year": "1937" }, { "author": "Malcolm Gladwell", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "4.11", "title": "Outliers: Story of Success", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3364437-outliers-the-story-of-success", "year": "2008" }, { "author": "Thomas Nagle, John Hogan, Joseph Zale", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "4.09", "title": "The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing : A Guide to Move More Profitable", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99919.The_Strategy_and_Tactics_of_Pricing", "year": "2005" }, { "author": "Simon Sinek", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "4.07", "title": "Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7108725-start-with-why", "year": "2009" }, { "author": "John Wood", "category": "Startups 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"category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "4.03", "title": "The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal", "url": "http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68985.The_Power_of_Full_Engagement", "year": "2005" }, { "author": "Atul Gawande", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "4.03", "title": "The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right", "url": "http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6667514-the-checklist-manifesto", "year": "2009" }, { "author": "Steven Johnson", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "4.03", "title": "Where Good Ideas Come From", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8034188-where-good-ideas-come-from", "year": "2010" }, { "author": "Tony Hsieh", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "4.01", "title": "Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose", "url": "http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6828896-delivering-happiness", "year": "2010" }, { "author": 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Kiyosaki", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.95", "title": "Rich Dad Poor Dad : What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That The Poor And Middle Class Don't", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69571.Rich_Dad_Poor_Dad", "year": "1997" }, { "author": "Jessica Livingston", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.94", "title": "Founders At Work: Stories Of Startups Early Days", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98233.Founders_at_Work", "year": "2007" }, { "author": "Eric M. 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Greenwald, Ava Seave", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.91", "title": "The Curse of the Mogul", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7162410-the-curse-of-the-mogul", "year": "2009" }, { "author": "Malcolm Gladwell", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.90", "title": "David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15751404-david-and-goliath", "year": "2013" }, { "author": "Adam Werbach", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.89", "title": "Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6553353-strategy-for-sustainability", "year": "2009" }, { "author": "Nassim Nicholas Taleb", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.88", "title": "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable", "url": "http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242472.The_Black_Swan", "year": "2007" }, { "author": "Jonah Berger", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.88", "title": "Contagious: Why Things Catch On", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15801967-contagious", "year": "2013" }, { "author": "Louis V Gerstner, Jr", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.88", "title": "Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/603985.Who_Says_Elephants_Can_t_Dance_", "year": "2003" }, { "author": "Seth Godin", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.87", "title": "Linchpin: Are You Indispensable", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7155145-linchpin", "year": "2010" }, { "author": "Chris Guillebeau", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.85", "title": "The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12605157-the-100-startup", "year": "2012" }, { "author": "Andrew Ross Sorkin", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.85", "title": "Too Big to Fail", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6687247-too-big-to-fail", "year": "2011" }, { "author": "Barry Shwartz", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.84", "title": "The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10639.The_Paradox_of_Choice", "year": "2005" }, { "author": "Guy Kawasaki", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.82", "title": "The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37875.The_Art_of_the_Start", "year": "2004" }, { "author": "Jeff Howe", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.82", "title": "Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2601510-crowdsourcing", "year": "2008" }, { "author": "Clay Shirky", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.82", "title": "Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7614793-cognitive-surplus", "year": "2010" }, { "author": "Peter Thiel, Blake Masters", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.75", "title": "Zero to One", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18050143-zero-to-one", "year": "2014" }, { "author": "Richard Brandt", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.75", "title": "One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11223478-one-click", "year": "2011" }, { "author": "Kenneth Cukier", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.70", "title": "Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15815598-big-data", "year": "2013" }, { "author": "Timothy Ferriss", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.61", "title": "The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/368593.The_4_Hour_Workweek", "year": "2012" }, { "author": "Ben Mezrich", "category": "Startups and Business", "rating": "3.50", "title": "The Accidental Billionaires : The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6326920-the-accidental-billionaires", "year": "2009" }, { "author": "Gregory Boyle", "category": "Philosophy And Psychology", "rating": "4.41", "title": "Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7090193-tattoos-on-the-heart", "year": "2010" }, { "author": "Krishnamurti", "category": "Philosophy And Psychology", "rating": "4.38", "title": "Education and the Significance of Life", "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353435.Education_and_the_Significance_of_Life", "year": "2008" }, { "author": "Viktor E. 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