Books You Must Read In 2014

As we approach the end of the third week of 2014, we have compiled a list of ‘must-read’ books for the year just for you! Here’s what your bookshelves must acquire in this new year …

Over the past few weeks, we contacted some of our lecturers and students to pick their brains on their book-reading habits. We asked them to recommend us books that everyone must read in 2014, if they haven’t already.

The intention was to not just target industry-specific books but those titles that would benefit professionals and students alike.

Result: A selection of books spanning several fields and from across the board. Not only do the contributors to this believe this will act as knowledge-imparting texts but also as motivational sources.

Here’s is the book-shopping list that you must be taking with you to your nearest bookstore over the weekend to stock for the year:

Professor Maurits Van Rooijen, LSBF Rector & CEO, recommends:

New Venture Creation: An Innovator’s Guide to Entrepreneurship – by Marc Meyer and Frederick Crane

Naushaba Singh, LSBF Head of Studies – Postgraduate, recommends:

Future Shock – by Alvin Toffler

Small is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered – by E.F Schumacher

Dr. Steve Priddy, LSBF Head of Research, recommends:

The Great Crash of 1929 – by JK Galbraith

Thinking, Fast and Slow – by Daniel Kahneman

Obliquity: Why Our Goals are Best Achieved Indirectly – by John Kay

The Prince – by Niccolo Machiavelli

Fool’s Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and Unleashed a Catastrophe – by Gillian Tett

Asmat Ullah, LSBF Student Association President, recommends:

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

Think and Grow Rich – by Napoleon Hill

The Master Key to Riches – by Napoleon Hill

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – by Stephen R. Covey

The Magic of Thinking Big – by Dr. David Schwartz

Losing My Virginity – by Richard Branson

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change – by Charles Duhigg

Do you have a list of books that you think are must-reads in 2014? Share your recommendations with us in the comments below!

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