Books to Read Prior to B-School

Great recommendations, thanks a lot!

I just posted a Pre-MBA Reading List for Poets -
https://parttimembadegree.com/2011/07/27 ... ist-poets/ in my blog. The books I listed there are not on general business topics, but specifically to prepare for quantitative core courses in MBA. The books I am recommending there are easier read than any MBA textbook you will encounter, and they give you enough foundation so you can concentrate on more advanced applications once you get in MBA classroom.

I'm hoping my book Beyond The MBA Hype gets added to must-read list soon.

The first edition will be released only in India.

For now, the only thing out there on the internet is a cheesy book trailer in Hindi.

A bunch of books on management & related stuff.

1) Tom Peters - Circle of Innovation
2) Maverick - Ricardo Semler
3) Managing Radical Change - Sumantra Ghoshal
4) Every Business is a growth business - Ram Charan
5) Getting to Yes - William Ury
6) Getting past NO - William Ury & Gang
7) The Ffth Discipline - Peter Senge
8 ) Made in Japan - Akio Morita ( A very simplistic book though )
9) First, Break all the rules - Marcus Buckingham
10) Best Practices - Arthur Andersen

My favourite fiction author is - Eric Van Lustbader - Works include Ninja, Dark Homecoming and few others.

Great reads posted. I would also add:

From Battlefield to Boardroom - Dennis Laurie
The Marine Corps Way - Santamaria
The Undercover Economist - Harford
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - Lencioni
The Five Dysfunctions of a CEO - Lencioni
The Box (for anyone in the transportation industry)
Talent Masters
Atlas Shrugged
A Sense of Urgency - Kotter
Emotional Intelligence
Blink - Gladwell (also The Tipping Point, Outliers, What the Dog Saw)
Built to Last & Good to Great - Collins
Driving Change
The Dip - Godin
Guns, Germs & Steel
The Informant!
All The Devils Are Here - Nocera
The Alchemist - Coelho
Man's Search for Meaning
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The Essential 55
Math Magic
The Number Devil

The last bunch of books may not appear to be business-related at face value, but look again - there is intrinsic value in lessons that apply to businesses and business people both. (The last one, Math Magic, admittedly is more useful before the GMAT

Mick

Kaneisha Grayson wrote: My fourth recommendation is for single women who are going to business school and are hoping--in addition to getting an outstanding education, having an amazing experience, and launching a new career--to meet that special guy like I was. The book is "Make Every Man Want You" by Marie Forleo.

So what's the counterpart for men? :þ

Of course, it also helps to know what the enemy reads, so thanks ; )

Oh my gosh. What an amazing and thorough list of books. I am new to these forums and I can see already how helpful the community will be in my search for finding the best B-school and beating the GMATS.

Thanks to Eric for founding this site.