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2021-06-05 · 160 points · 54 comments · 15 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 9

    Nonviolent Communication

    Marshall B. Rosenberg

    9 here · 47 all-time · #92 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 12,436 ratings on Amazon
  2. 5

    How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie

    5 here · 175 all-time · #8 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 106,505 ratings on Amazon
  3. 5

    Crucial Conversations

    Kerry Patterson

    5 here · 27 all-time · #215 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 12,373 ratings on Amazon
  4. 3How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

    How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

    Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

    3 here · 10 all-time · #683 overall

  5. 2

    The Elements of Style

    William Strunk Jr.

    2 here · 38 all-time · #129 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 7,297 ratings on Amazon
  6. 2Difficult Conversations

    Difficult Conversations

    Douglas Stone

    2 here · 15 all-time · #438 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 822 ratings on Amazon
  7. 2The Charisma Myth

    The Charisma Myth

    Olivia Fox Cabane

    2 here · 7 all-time · #951 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 4,001 ratings on Amazon
  8. 1

    Never Split the Difference

    Chris Voss

    1 here · 62 all-time · #60 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 51,660 ratings on Amazon
  9. 1

    On Writing Well

    William Zinsser

    1 here · 19 all-time · #335 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 5,858 ratings on Amazon
  10. 1SPIN Selling

    SPIN Selling

    Neil Rackham

    1 here · 9 all-time · #775 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,649 ratings on Amazon
  11. 1Language in Thought and Action

    Language in Thought and Action

    S. I. Hayakawa

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1071 overall

  12. 1The Pyramid Principle

    The Pyramid Principle

    Barbara Minto

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1244 overall

  13. 1The Sense of Style

    The Sense of Style

    Steven Pinker

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1366 overall

  14. 1TRANCE-formations

    TRANCE-formations

    Richard Bandler and John Grinder

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2007 overall

  15. 1You Can Negotiate Anything

    You Can Negotiate Anything

    Herb Cohen

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2034 overall