The best books about success
Start 2021 on the right foot with our edit of the best books about success.

If you're starting a new venture or looking for ways to become more productive in the new year, read on for our edit of the best books about success. With behind-the-scenes insights into some of the world's biggest companies, stories of people who have made their dreams a reality and proven techniques to help you become more productive and efficient, these books will set you up for a successful year.
How I Built This
by Guy Raz

Having interviewed some of the world's most accomplished people on his podcast, Guy Raz knows a thing or two about starting a successful venture. In this new book, Raz distils everything he's learnt into a practical guide for entrepreneurs who want to make their big ideas a reality.
Blue Ocean Shift
by Renee Mauborgne

Essential reading for managers, business owners and entrepreneurs alike, Blue Ocean Shift offers insights and practical examples for inspiring confidence in your teams and helping your organisation to grow. In this book about leadership, professors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne draw upon more than a decade of research to share proven techniques that will set you and your teams up for future success.
Working Backwards
by Colin Bryar

Launched out of Jeff Besoz's garage in 1994, Amazon is now one of the biggest and most profitable companies in the world. In Working Backwards, two Amazon executives lift the lid on how the company achieved such domination, and how products including Kindle, Amazon Prime, Amazon Echo and Alexa came to be. Sharing the secrets of the company's fourteen leadership principles, meticulous hiring process and rigorous business principles, this is a must-read book for entrepreneurs.
Daily Rituals
by Mason Currey

If there's one thing we've learnt from working from home, it's that a well-established routine is one of the keys to staying productive. In Daily Rituals, Mason Currey shares the practices of some of the world's most successful individuals. From Ernest Hemingway's 5.30am starts to Beethoven's morning brew (made every morning from precisely 60 coffee beans) you'll find inspiring ideas from more than 160 of the world's most accomplished leaders, thinkers, writers and creatives.
The Character Edge
by Robert L. Caslen Jr.

A former superintendent of the US Army's West Point Academy and a psychologist explain why a strong character is an essential component of strong leadership. In this new book about leadership, General Caslen and Dr Matthews offer practical tools and exercises to help you strengthen your character and become a more effective manager.
Range
by David Epstein

For years we've been told that becoming an expert in your field is the key to success. In Range, David Epstein argues that this idea is entirely wrong. After reading this groundbreaking book, you'll understand how to solve problems better, how to learn more effectively and why developing broad interests and skills, rather than siloing yourself, is the key to succeeding in a complex world.
The Formula
by Albert-László Barabási
