[nradov]

Most business books are nonsense because they present a case study of how a single organization succeeded and are written by a single executive or consultant trying to put a positive spin on the experience. But they present no evidence as to whether the success was caused by or in spite of their actions.

One business book that actually applied hard data analysis to look for causality across multiple companies is "Good to Great" by Jim Collins.

https://www.harpercollins.com/9780066620992/good-to-great

[jstelly]

Good to great has a big problem with survivorship bias. It's fairly low-investment to read, but I wonder how much value there is in adhering to the principles it recommends.

[IsaacL]

Tony Hsieh of Zappos was a big fan, and recommended it to all his execs.

[katpas]

I agree there are a lot of crappy business books out there that fit that description. I read Sophia's after writing this list but it's good for all the reasons mentioned by IsaacL.

Here are a few I thought were interesting and in the tone 'this is my experience, apply it to your situation or don't' - https://medium.com/@KatAlexPas/an-hour-and-a-half-a-day-of-r...