I love leadership. And I read a lot. So I wanted to provide you with a list of some of the best leadership books I recommend. These are not the only leadership books you should read. There are hundreds of others that are great. But these are just simply 50 of my favorite leadership books.
So here you go. And please share this leadership list with your friends, team, and other leaders who might benefit.
50 leadership books I recommend you read:
1. Good to Great- Jim Collins
2. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership- John Maxwell
3. Courageous Leadership- Bill Hybels
4. The Next Generation Leader- Andy Stanley
5. The Catalyst Leader- Brad Lomenick (***obvious bias on this one!!!)
6. Love is the Killer App- Tim Sanders
7. The Tipping Point- Malcolm Gladwell
8. Tribes- Seth Godin
9. It: How Churches and Leaders can Get it and Keep it- Craig Groeschel
10. Integrity- Henry Cloud
11. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership- Henri Nouwen
12. Axiom- Bill Hybels
13. EntreLeadership- Dave Ramsey
14. Five Dysfunctions of a Team- Patrick Lencioni
15. Visioneering- Andy Stanley
16. Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us- Daniel Pink
17. Creativity, Inc- Ed Catmull
18. Linchpin- Seth Godin
19. How to Win Friends and Influence People- Dale Carnegie
20. Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization- John Wooden
21. Start with Why- Simon Sinek
22. The Leadership Challenge- Barry Posner and Jim Kouzes
23. Leading with the Heart- Coach Mike Krzyzewski
24. unChristian- Gabe Lyons and David Kinnaman
25. True North- Bill George
26. Undaunted- Christine Caine
27. Execution- Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy
28. Daring Greatly- Brene Brown
29. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People- Stephen Covey
30. The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork- John Maxwell
31. What the CEO Wants You to Know- Ram Charan
32. Rework- Jason Fried and David Hansson
33. The Experience Economy- Joseph Pine and James Gilmore
34. Made to Stick- Chip and Dan Heath
35. Blink- Malcolm Gladwell
36. Making Ideas Happen- Scott Belsky
37. The Effective Executive- Peter Drucker
38. Emotional Intelligence- Daniel Goleman
39. On Becoming a Leader- Warren Bennis
40. Leading Change- John Kotter
41. Now, Discover Your Strengths- Marcus Buckingham
42. Leaders Eat Last- Simon Sinek
43. Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook- Gary Vaynerchuk
44. The Advantage- Patrick Lencioni
45. Leadership is an Art- Max Dupree
46. In Search of Excellence- Tom Peters
47. Start- Jon Acuff
48. Built to Last- Jim Collins
49. The Power of Habit- Charles Duhigg
50. Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands- Nancy Ortberg
bonus:
51. Silos, Politics and Turf Wars- Patrick Lencioni
52. Boundaries- Henry Cloud
53. In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day- Mark Batterson
54. The Essential Wooden: A Lifetime of Lessons on Leaders and Leadership- John Wooden
55. The Spark- John Bacon and Lyn Heward
56. The Starfish and the Spider- Ori Brafman
57. The Fred Factor- Mark Sanborn
58. Onward- Howard Schultz
What would you add?