books.gifI have a confession to make… I don’t read “business books” or ebooks.

I’ve read maybe three in my life:

Honestly, I think business books are a little silly. OK… maybe not silly, but they all seem rather pedantic and common sense to me. I love reading (here’s my LibraryThing profile which is no where near complete but a good approximation), but I don’t have hours to devote to offline reading.

I’m much more likely to read a book about physics or history or sociology and learn more about marketing by studying the theory of electromagnetism or kinetic energy than I do from reading a business book. But, that’s me. I have a rather wide academic background and I’m normally reading at least four or five different books on different subjects at any given time (ADHD? probably).

Anyway, I had an interesting conversation with a newer full-time affiliate today from Charlotte, NC (and a candidate for one of the two blogging editor positions here) who asked me what my favorite business books were. I couldn’t tell her because I didn’t have any.

When someone asks me a question that stumps me (which happens frequently), I automatically like them…she’ll probably get the job. However, I told her I would blog about it and find out from you all which business books newer affiliates should be reading to help guide them.

So, what are your favorite business books?