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Books like The horse's mouth

Loved The horse's mouth by Joyce Cary? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from business & economics, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

10 books · ranked

  1. 1

    Moneyball

    Michael Lewis · 2003 · Business & Economics

    How a cash-strapped baseball team used data to beat richer rivals; a gripping story about questioning everything.

  2. 2

    The Lean Startup

    Eric Ries · 2011 · Business & Economics

    Build, measure, learn: the method that reshaped how new ventures are run; essential for founders.

  3. 3

    Management information systems

    Kenneth C. Laudon · 1945 · Business & Economics

    Laudon’s essential case-based text for the study of IS in business today. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm provides the most comprehensive overview of information systems, whi

  4. 4

    The Intelligent Investor

    Benjamin Graham · 1949 · Business & Economics

    This classic text is annotated to update Graham's timeless wisdom for today's market conditions... The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham, taught and inspired people

  5. 5

    Imperialism [and] Social classes; two essays

    Joseph Alois Schumpeter · 1951 · Business & Economics

    Joseph Schumpeter was not a member of the Austrian School, but he was an enormously creative classical liberal, and this 1919 book shows him at his best. He presents a theory of how states become empi

  6. 6

    The Practice of Management

    Peter F. Drucker · 1954 · Business & Economics

    "This classic volume achieves a remarkable width of appeal without sacrificing scientific accuracy or depth of analysis. It is a valuable contribution to the study of business efficiency which should

  7. 7

    Angel Pavement

    J. B. Priestley · 1930 · Business & Economics

    'Angel Pavement' provides readers with a vivid picture of London life before the war and the Blitz changed everything dramatically. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the story centres

  8. 8

    The affluent society

    John Kenneth Galbraith · 1958 · Business & Economics

    A discussion by a reknown economist, Galbraith, about the "more" society and how it operates.

  9. 9

    Reminiscences of a stock operator

    Edwin Lefèvre · 1923 · Business & Economics

    Based on interviews with trader Jesse Livermore, called Larry Livingston in the book.

  10. 10

    Etiquette in society, in business, in politics and at home

    Emily Post · 1922 · Business & Economics

    First published in 1922 under title: Etiquette in society, in business, in politics, and at home. The standard reference book on etiquette for all occasions.

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