Biggest mover: The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch #3, rising 147 places.
Entrepreneurs on Fire drove the most book chatter, with 14% of this months book mentions.
Category Report
Which books are shaping founder thinking this month, as mentioned across top entrepreneurship podcasts.
Biggest mover: The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch #3, rising 147 places.
Entrepreneurs on Fire drove the most book chatter, with 14% of this months book mentions.
Across shows this month, conversation clusters around how leaders think, behave, and build resilient organizations in a fast-changing environment. Classic personal-effectiveness staples like The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Atomic Habits are being used to anchor discussions about systems, discipline, and goal-setting, especially as founders and operators look ahead to 2026. Strategy and durability are a second throughline: The Innovator’s Dilemma, 7 Powers, and High Output Management surface in debates about AI disruption, moats, and scalable management practices. Several titles, including The Beginning of Infinity and 1929, signal appetite for deeper historical and philosophical context on technological and market cycles. Indra Nooyi’s My Life in Full and The Motive bring in a more human lens, emphasizing the leader’s responsibility for culture, talent, and holistic support, not just performance. The sharp rise of Covey’s 7 Habits suggests renewed interest in foundational playbooks amid heightened uncertainty.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey, Jim Collins, Sean Covey
3
mentions
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear
2
mentions
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
David Deutsch
2
mentions
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Clayton M. Christensen
2
mentions
My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future
Indra Nooyi
2
mentions
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
2
mentions
7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
Hamilton Helmer
2
mentions
1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin
2
mentions
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
2
mentions
The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities
Patrick M. Lencioni
2
mentions
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to #1.
Significant outlier with 2.8x as many mentions as the average book.
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World to #3.
Up 147 places from #150 last month.
My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future to #5.
Up 136 places from #141 last month.
The Dealmaker’s Will to #208.
Down from #1 last month
The Dealmaker’s Will to #208.
No mentions after ranking #1 last month.
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich to #138.
No mentions after ranking #2 last month.
The shows that surfaced the most book mentions this month.
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