Best Business Books of 2020

The 5 Best Business Books of 2020 (According to Every Other Best-of-2020 List)

We looked through all the lists so you don’t have to

Todd Sattersten

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Marker

8 min readDec 17, 2020

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An illustration of 5 different books, some opened and others closed. Behind the books are sparkles and bracket style outline. — Illustration: Jake Terrell

This year, I read fewer business books than I usually do. You probably did, too. The category’s sales are down 20% since March, according to NPD’s Bookscan.

Todd Sattersten

Written by Todd Sattersten

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Marker

I am the publisher at Bard Press and the co-author of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. I read a lot of books.

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