10 Best books on leadership (2025)

10 Best Books on Leadership (2025) offer invaluable insights for aspiring and seasoned leaders alike. These books encompass a range of topics, from emotional intelligence to strategic decision-making, providing practical tools and inspiring stories. Titles like "The Leadership Playbook" and "Transformative Leadership" emphasize adaptability in a rapidly changing world. Others, such as "Leading with Empathy," highlight the importance of understanding team dynamics. Each book serves as a guide to cultivating effective leadership skills, fostering innovation, and building resilient teams. Whether you're in business, education, or community service, these essential reads will elevate your leadership journey.

SaleBestseller No. 1
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
  • Sinek, Simon (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 368 Pages - 05/23/2017 (Publication Date) - Portfolio (Publisher)
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
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  • Sinek, Simon (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 256 Pages - 12/27/2011 (Publication Date) - Portfolio (Publisher)
SaleBestseller No. 3
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
  • Hardcover Book
  • Brown, Brené (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 320 Pages - 10/09/2018 (Publication Date) - Random House (Publisher)
SaleBestseller No. 4
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 30th Anniversary Edition (The Covey Habits Series)
  • Covey, Stephen R. (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 464 Pages - 05/19/2020 (Publication Date) - Simon & Schuster (Publisher)
SaleBestseller No. 5
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
  • Hardcover Book
  • Coyle, Daniel (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 304 Pages - 01/30/2018 (Publication Date) - Bantam (Publisher)
SaleBestseller No. 6
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
  • Hardcover Book
  • Maxwell, John C. (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 336 Pages - 06/14/2022 (Publication Date) - HarperCollins Leadership (Publisher)
SaleBestseller No. 7
The 48 Laws of Power
  • Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, a
  • Greene, Robert (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 452 Pages - 09/01/2000 (Publication Date) - Penguin Books (Publisher)
SaleBestseller No. 8
Begin With WE: 10 Principles for Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence
  • McDowell, Kyle (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 358 Pages - 09/07/2022 (Publication Date) - Lioncrest Publishing (Publisher)
SaleBestseller No. 9
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
  • Author: Bungay Stanier, Michael.
  • Publisher: Page Two
  • Pages: 244
  • Publication Date: 2016-02-29
  • Edition: 1
SaleBestseller No. 10
Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization
  • Hardcover Book
  • John Wooden (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 302 Pages - 04/26/2005 (Publication Date) - McGraw Hill (Publisher)
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