I've always believed that everything I learned in college, I could have learned from books. The experiences are another matter, but for something like an MBA, who needs to hang around with stuffy twats for a few years when you could read a bunch of books and absorb the information yourself?

Presenting the PMBA, Josh Kaufman's user-helped list of 40 books to read to acquire all the knowledge (and more!) that a university-approved MBA gives you (provided you go to one of the better schools).
Here are my editing criteria:
  • Valuable Content - each book has to contain a lot of useful, practical information on how business works, how you can add value, and must explain why the material in the book is important to know. As a whole, the list must cover as much ground as possible, while providing a mix of both complimentary and conflicting viewpoints.
  • Acceptable Time Commitment - no 1,000 page books here, although there are a few (good) textbooks in the mix for the more technical topics (accounting, finance, real estate). You should be able to get the key points of each book in a few hours, or by reading the chapter introductions and summaries of the textbooks.
  • Reference Value - is the book going to be one you pick back up when you need information? How does the book re-read? Is this a book that is worth keeping for many years?

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